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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new
, Y/ w7 g, |& ?! M6 S' r4 rBMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a , G) I& n& _0 P4 f* g/ m+ j
Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window
& P p' ?5 n5 K1 Z9 Jand asked the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your % ~$ L1 X4 z2 T
flock, will you give me one?"& x: z: ?/ L( J& X. H
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The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his
7 ^* ?# Y1 q* U! `- l% A3 v2 apeacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."+ \; a' M& g7 V6 @% k
$ M% t1 t0 _0 W4 o! u) @& `8 OThe yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM ThinkPad and connected it to a
+ A: f' @( h: xcell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a 0 c+ E* h0 v' G' A& c
GPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database
1 O7 M. P; l. Y$ \$ N% ~1 Nand an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his
+ c; @1 x$ w$ R8 M0 l& UBlackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out 3 O2 A7 t4 _& E
a 130 page report on his miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and
% B* @4 y& p$ K+ Z8 n: s5 b0 w* wsays,"You have exactly 1586 sheep".
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"That is correct; take one of the sheep" said the shepherd. . z! n) q' S0 E% g
c8 C0 Z% s3 [/ t% D& P2 b AHe watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his / V2 `% W" K& r) e' R
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6 q* @& y# R: ]% `# b7 A, JThen the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly what your business
( @4 M, H% j# O9 Q. Q5 {$ ^0 uis, will you give me back my animal?"
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E' [0 Y6 }5 {$ ^+ v"OK, why not" answered the young man.
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& z& ?2 W5 d+ E: b"Clearly, you are a consultant" said the shepherd.
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, i6 w' _7 N7 o2 U9 c& H"That's correct" says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?" S J1 z5 R" {4 I" ^7 n& D v# x
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"No guessing required" answers the shepherd. "You turned up here although
# w$ R3 r0 V) e% T1 p1 D4 r: k& qnobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a
! G6 \+ R# K1 f5 J( Oquestion I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business.... Now give % q; b% ]" N3 w0 C& D
me back my dog". |
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