Dear freinds,
here is another nontechnical story which could (nevertheless)
have a little bit of truth.
Best wishes
Otto
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A shepherd is supervising his large group of sheeps in a deserted
environment. All of a sudden a well-dressed young man comes driving a
modern minivan and asks:
"If I can find out the number of your sheeps... can I then get one of
them"? The shepherd agrees.
Thereafter, the young man opens the NASA Internet homepage, scans the
environment using GPS satellite navigation system, opens a data base
and sixty EXCEL pages. He prints a 150 page report using a very fashionable
printer and, finally, he says: "You are owner of exactly 1586 sheeps".
The shepherd replies: "That's absolutely correct. Please select one of them
for your tonight's meal".
The young man selects a sheep and puts it into his minivan.
Just before he is starting the motor, the shepherd says:
"If I can find out your profession... can I then get my sheep back?".
The young man agrees.
The shepherd says: "You are a consultant. I'm absolutely sure about that".
The young man is stupefied and says: "That's correct. But how could
you find out my profession"?
The shepherd: "I have at least three convincing reasons for that:
1. You came without being asked".
2. With a very complicated procedure you have found out something which
was already well-known to me.
3. You don't have any knowledge about your customer,
(i.e. about my profession) since the sheep which you have selected
is the sheepdog."
