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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new
j# L. b/ M2 ~8 v; j0 RBMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a & Q3 B+ h8 @+ y9 v. P: A
Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window ; }7 p ^" [2 @% y
and asked the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your 4 C8 |- B4 D) G3 O7 H0 ]
flock, will you give me one?"
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2 ^; v/ Q: z( Q xThe shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his
6 ]! W6 x9 \1 e) Zpeacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."
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0 t& P8 l+ Y+ T* }/ k+ jThe yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM ThinkPad and connected it to a
3 | w z+ D- B) Fcell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a
- c, |* ~; c8 [GPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database
5 @# f9 S' @6 ?" oand an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his
$ f8 b# a3 h( A6 ~8 @# Y, uBlackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out
5 @) }# v7 i4 d* X& b: I8 Wa 130 page report on his miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and " r; }4 T) z) Z; [+ k5 F; ^, A
says,"You have exactly 1586 sheep".
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7 t& A' m! I; O, x. o! }5 Z"That is correct; take one of the sheep" said the shepherd. f/ d% f& K6 p2 M: z1 W* V
! W/ J! \( s5 K4 tHe watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his
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Then the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly what your business ; w" g+ f+ q3 q0 t' i5 M
is, will you give me back my animal?"
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( S; P& b. K; |1 d9 G6 _, Y# _9 v"OK, why not" answered the young man.
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9 @& i0 W) |) H6 {, ~1 s7 Z0 n"Clearly, you are a consultant" said the shepherd.
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"That's correct" says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
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& i) c$ b8 ?6 c0 d" D6 [* @"No guessing required" answers the shepherd. "You turned up here although
$ ^# [8 l0 {$ w/ v, D, N9 anobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a
% k5 y( Y, e$ o- H% i: l6 o! \question I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business.... Now give
, j/ K" J) H0 u+ H; Q- Rme back my dog". |
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