A consultant was driving his new BMW along a county road and came upon a shepherd herding his flock. He thought he'd have some fun with the old shepherd so he roared up in a cloud of dust. He stepped out of his car wearing an Armoni suit, Gucci shoes and Revo sunglasses, then he said to the shepherd: "I've got a proposition for you. If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?" The sheep herder though for a moment, and calmly said: "Sure, why not?"

So the guy parked his car, whips out his IBM Think-Pad, connects it to his mobile phone, surfs the Internet and finds the NASA Web site. Using the site, he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system and scans the area. Next he opens a database and an Excel spreadsheet and after a few minutes, he prints out a report on his portable printer. He then turned to the shepherd and said, "You have exactly 1,586 sheep."

Impressed and a little stunned the shepherd said; "That's right, guess you'll have to take one of my sheep with you." He watched as the young man selects one of his animals and bundles it into his car. Then the shepherd got an idea; "Hold on a minute young man. If I can tell you exactly what your line of business is, how about you give me back my animal?" "That sounds fair, why not?"

"You're a consultant."

"That's right! But how did you guess that?"

"There was no guessing required. You turned up here with all sorts of fancy stuff nobody needs, you expected compensation for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you know absolutely nothing about my business. Now, give me back my dog."

By Mrsheidi on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 11:25 pm:

I've heard the same joke, only it was substituted by a politician instead of a consultant.

Pretty funny either way! :-)

By Cocoabutter on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 08:21 pm:

By Dawnk777 on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 08:55 pm:

Cute!