ragtimedog Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 > A shepherd was herding his flocks in a remote pasture when > suddenly a brand new Jeep Cherokee advanced out of a dust > cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, > Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and a YSL tie leaned out of > the window and asked our shepherd: "If I can tell you > exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give > me one?" > > The shepherd looks at the yuppie, then at his peacefully > grazing flock and calmly answers "sure!" The > yuppie parks the car, whips out his notebook, connects it to > a cell-phone, surfs to a NASA page on the Internet where he > calls up a GPS satellite navigation system, scans the area, > opens up a database and some 60 Excel spreadsheets with > complex formulas. Finally he prints out a 150 page report on > his hi-tech miniaturized printer, turns round to our > shepherd and says: "you have here exactly 1586 > sheep!" > > "This is correct. As agreed, you can take one of the > sheep," says the shepherd. He watches the young man > make a selection and bundle it in his Cherokee. Then he > says: "If I can tell you exactly what your business is, > will you give me my sheep back?" "Okay, why > not" answers the young man. "You are a > consultant," says the shepherd. > > "This is correct," says the yuppie, "How > did you guess that?" "Easy" answers the > shepherd. "You turn up here although nobody called you. > You want to be paid for the answer to a question I already > knew the solution to. And you don't know anything about > my business because you took my dog." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 It's one worth hearing again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnLloydJones Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 It's one worth hearing again. Yes, because , like most good jokes, it hits so close to the truth. [Disclaimer: I have worked as a Software consultant] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc4ever Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 LOL! My brother's getting this one sent to him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet_ceana Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 That one is going straight to the FIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiloh714 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I got that one in an email before!!!!! ha ha small world. My mom didn't think it was very funny , but I was laughing up a STORM! + -Janeen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophinator Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 I'm totally cracking up because I am a corporate tax consultant. Thanks for the laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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