SpinnerBait_Nut
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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote<br />pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW<br />advanced out of the dust cloud towards him.<br /><br />The driver, a young man, probally sloopy, 
in a Broni suit, Gucci<br />shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie,<br />leaned out the window and asked the shepherd...<br /><br />"If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have<br />in your flock, will you give me one?"<br /><br />The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a<br />yuppie, then looked at his peacefully-grazing<br />flock and calmly answered, "Sure."<br /><br />The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM<br />Thinkpad and connected it to a cell phone, then<br />he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where<br />he called up a GPS satellite navigation system,<br />scanned the area, and then opened up a database<br />and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas.<br />He sent an email on his Blackberry and, after a<br />few minutes, received a response. Finally, he<br />prints out a 130 page report on his miniaturized<br />printer then turns to the shepherd and says.......<br /><br />"You have exactly 1586 sheep."<br /><br />"That is correct; take one of the sheep." said the<br />shepherd.<br /><br />He watches the young man select one of the<br />animals and bundle it into his car.<br /><br />Then the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly<br />what your business is, will you give me back my<br />animal?"<br /><br />"OK, why not." answered the young man.<br /><br />"Clearly, you are a consultant." said the shepherd.<br /><br />"That's correct." says the yuppie, "but how did<br />you guess that?"<br /><br />"No guessing required." answers the shepherd.<br />"You turned up here although nobody called you.<br />You want to get paid for an answer I already knew,<br />to a question I never asked, and you don't know<br />crap about my business.... Now give me back<br />my dog."
in a Broni suit, Gucci<br />shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie,<br />leaned out the window and asked the shepherd...<br /><br />"If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have<br />in your flock, will you give me one?"<br /><br />The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a<br />yuppie, then looked at his peacefully-grazing<br />flock and calmly answered, "Sure."<br /><br />The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM<br />Thinkpad and connected it to a cell phone, then<br />he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where<br />he called up a GPS satellite navigation system,<br />scanned the area, and then opened up a database<br />and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas.<br />He sent an email on his Blackberry and, after a<br />few minutes, received a response. Finally, he<br />prints out a 130 page report on his miniaturized<br />printer then turns to the shepherd and says.......<br /><br />"You have exactly 1586 sheep."<br /><br />"That is correct; take one of the sheep." said the<br />shepherd.<br /><br />He watches the young man select one of the<br />animals and bundle it into his car.<br /><br />Then the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly<br />what your business is, will you give me back my<br />animal?"<br /><br />"OK, why not." answered the young man.<br /><br />"Clearly, you are a consultant." said the shepherd.<br /><br />"That's correct." says the yuppie, "but how did<br />you guess that?"<br /><br />"No guessing required." answers the shepherd.<br />"You turned up here although nobody called you.<br />You want to get paid for an answer I already knew,<br />to a question I never asked, and you don't know<br />crap about my business.... Now give me back<br />my dog."