TheShepher

The Shepherd
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Once up0n a time there was a shepherd looking after his sheep on the
edge 0f a deserted road. Suddenly a brand new BMW screeches to a halt
next t0 him.
The driver, a y0ung man dressed in a snazzy suit and shoes, Ray-Ban
glasses and a yell0w tie gets out and asks the shepherd: "If I guess
h0w many sheep you have, will you give me one of them?"
The shepherd l0oks at the young man, then looks at the sheep grazing
and says:
- "All right."
The y0ung man parks the car, connects his Toshiba notebook and the
m0bile, enters a NASA site, scans the ground using his GPS, opens a
database and 60 Excel tables filled with alg0rithms, then prints a 150
page rep0rt on his high-tech mini-printer. He then turns to the
shepherd and says:
- "Y0u have exactly 1586 sheep."
The shepherd answers: - "That's c0rrect, you can take your sheep."
The y0ung man takes one and puts in the back of his BMW.
The shepherd l0oks at him and asks: - "If I guess your profession,
will y0u return my animal to me?"
The y0ung man answers: - "Yes, why not?"
The shepherd says: - "Y0u are a consultant."
"H0w did you know?" asks the young man.
"Very simple", answers the shepherd:
"First, y0u come here without being called.
Sec0nd, you charge me a sheep to tell me something I already knew.
Third, y0u do not understand anything about what I do, because you
t0ok my dog."