A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when
suddenly a brand-new BMW 745iL advanced out of the dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the shepherd,

"If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock,
will you give me one?"

The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked
at his peacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."

The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM Thinkpad and
connected it to a cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page
on the Internet where he called up a GPS satellite navigation
system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database and
an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email
on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, received a
response. Finally, he prints out a 150 page report on his hi-
tech, miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and says,
"You have exactly 1,586 sheep".

"That is correct, take one of the sheep," said the shepherd.

He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle
it into his car. Then the shepherd says: "If I can tell you
exactly what your business is, will you give me back my sheep?"

"OK, why not," answered the young man.

"Clearly, you are a consultant" said the shepherd.

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

"No guessing required," answers the shepherd. "You turned up
here, although nobody called you. You want to get paid for an
answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you
don't know crap about my business. Now give me back my dog".