[pyrnet] Fw: CHAT: Sheep joke

[mapleway@iolinc.net (McConnell, Chrissy)]

    Had to forward.  May have to have my sense of humor but I busted out
laughing.

Chrissy


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> Sender:       Livestock Guardian Dog List <LGD-L@APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
> Poster:       Joel Rose <joelrose@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU>
> Subject:      CHAT: Sheep
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> The following is a *joke*, not an expression of my viewpoint on anything!
> Warning: contains slightly offensive language.
>
> -- Joel
>
> -------- Original Message --------
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> A shepherd is herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly, a brand
> new SUV advances 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, leans out
> of the window and asks 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!  This I gotta see."
>
> The yuppie parks the SUV, whips out his palm pilot, connects it to a
> cellphone, 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 to our shepherd and
> says: "You have here, exactly 1,586 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 into his
> SUV.  Then he says, "If I can tell you exactly what your business is, will
> you give me my sheep back?
>
> "Okay, sounds fair," answers the young man.
>
> "You are a consultant," says the shepherd, emphatically!
>
> "This is correct, says the yuppie, "How did you know that?"
>
> "Easy" answers the shepherd. "You turn up here, although nobody called for
> you.   You want to be paid for the answer to a question I already knew the
> answer to.   And you don't know shit about my business, because you took
> my dog."