A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a
Brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young
Man in a BOSS suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and D+G tie, leans out
The window and asks the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you
Have in your flock, will you give me one?"

The shepherd looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his
Peacefully grazing flock and calmly answers, "Sure. Why not?"

The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer,  connects it

To his mobile phone, surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up

A GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on   his location
Which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an
Ultra-high-resolution photo. They young man then opens the digital photo in
Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg,
Germany. Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the
Image has been processed and the data stored.  He then accesses a MS-SQL
Database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with hundreds of
Complex formulas. He uploads all of this data via an email on his Blackberry

And, after a few minutes, receives a response.  Finally, he prints out a
Full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturised HP LaserJet printer

And finally turns to the shepherd and says:

You have exactly 1586 sheep."

"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my sheep." says the
Shepherd.  He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on
Amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.

Then the shepherd says to the young man: "Hey, if I can tell you exactly
What your business is, will you give me back my animal?"

The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"

"You're a consultant." says the shepherd.

"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"

"No guessing required." answered the shepherd. "You showed up here even
Though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew,

To a question I never asked; and you know F*** ALL about my business. Now
Give me back my dog."