RotorPilot
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- Mar 11, 2003
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"The Consultant"
A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a
brand-new BMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him.
The driver, a young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and
YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the shepherd...
- "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give
me one?"
The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his
peacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."
The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM Thinkpad and connected it to a cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a GPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out a 130 page report on his miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and says....."You have exactly 1586 sheep."
- "That is correct; take one of the sheep." said the shepherd.
He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his car.
Then the shepherd says:
[SIZE= 12pt]- "If I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my animal?"
[/SIZE][SIZE= 12pt]- "OK, why not." answered the young man.
[/SIZE][SIZE= 12pt]- "Clearly, you are a consultant." said the shepherd.
[/SIZE][SIZE= 12pt]- "That's correct." says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
[/SIZE][SIZE= 12pt]- "No guessing required." answers the shepherd. "You turned up here although nobody called you; You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business.... Now give me back my dog."[/SIZE]
A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a
brand-new BMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him.
The driver, a young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and
YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the shepherd...
- "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give
me one?"
The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his
peacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."
The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM Thinkpad and connected it to a cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a GPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out a 130 page report on his miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and says....."You have exactly 1586 sheep."
- "That is correct; take one of the sheep." said the shepherd.
He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his car.
Then the shepherd says:
[SIZE= 12pt]- "If I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my animal?"
[/SIZE][SIZE= 12pt]- "OK, why not." answered the young man.
[/SIZE][SIZE= 12pt]- "Clearly, you are a consultant." said the shepherd.
[/SIZE][SIZE= 12pt]- "That's correct." says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
[/SIZE][SIZE= 12pt]- "No guessing required." answers the shepherd. "You turned up here although nobody called you; You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business.... Now give me back my dog."[/SIZE]
