Got this as a mail fwd.
Once upon a time there was a shepherd looking after his sheep on the
side of a deserted road. Suddenly a brand new Porsche screeches to a
halt.
The driver, a man dressed in an Armani suit, Cerutti shoes, Ray-Ban
sunglasses, TAG-Heuer wrist-watch, and a Pierre Cardin tie, gets out
and asks the Shepherd: If I can tell you how many sheep you have, will
you
give me one of them?"
The shepherd looks at the young man, and then looks at the large flock
of grazing sheep and replies: "Okay."
The young man parks the car, connects his laptop to the mobile-fax,
enters a NASA Webster, scans the
Ground using his GPS, opens a database and 60 Excel tables filled with
logarithms and pivot tables, then prints out a 150 page report on his
high-tech mini-printer.
He turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly 1,586 sheep
here."
The shepherd cheers,"that's correct, you can have your sheep."
The young man makes his pick and puts it in the back of his Porsche.
The shepherd looks at him and asks:
"If I guess your profession, will you return my animal to me?"
The young man answers, "Yes, why not".
The shepherd says, "You are an IT consultant ".
How did you know?" asks the young man.
"Very simple," answers the shepherd. "First, you came here without
being called.
Second, you charged me a fee to tell me something I already
knew, and third, you don't understand anything about my business...
Now can I have my DOG back?"
The IT Professional
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