BUSINESS JOKE
Once upon a time there was a shepherd looking after
his sheep
on the edge of a deserted road. Suddenly a brand
new
Jeep Cherokee screeches to a halt next to him. The
driver,
a young man dressed in a Brioni suit, Cerrutti
shoes, Ray-Ban
glasses and a YSL tie, gets out and asks the
shepherd, "If I guess
how many sheep you have, will you give one of them
to me?"
The shepherd looks at the young man, then looks at
the sheep
which are grazing beyond and says "All right".
The young man parks the car, connects his notebook
to his
mobile, enters a NASA site, scans the ground using
his GPS,
opens a data base and 60 Excel tables filled with
algorithms,
then prints a 150 page report on his high-tech
mini-printer.
He then turns to the shepherd and says: "You have
exactly
1,586 sheep here."
The shepherd answers: "That's correct, you can have
your sheep."
The young man takes the sheep and puts it in the
back of his jeep.
The shepherd looks at the young man and asks: "If I
guess your
profession, will you return my sheep to me?"
The young man answers: "Yes, why not?"
The shepherd says: "You are an Arthur Andersen
consultant".
"How did you know?" asks the young man.
"Very simple," answers the shepherd. "First you
come here without
being called. Second, you charge me a sheep to tell
me something
I already know. Third, you do not understand
anything about
what I do, because you took my dog."
