time for humour?One day a shepherd was sitting on the side of the Cypress hills Saskatchewan, watching his sheep. In the far distance, coming from the big city of Calgary was a black SUV with tinted windows, fancy rims, and pulling a very fancy trailer with decals. As the SUV approached the shepherd was curious so he went out to see what all the dust and hurry was all about. To his surprise the SUV stopped right in front of his farm. The well-dressed man gets out, looks about, takes in the scenery and says: “I bet I can tell you how many sheep you have” The farmer is impressed… how could this guy in a fancy suit with $400 shoes know how many sheep he has…
So he says” Sure go ahead, but I don’t think you can get that information.” The SUV guy says… “well if I answer correctly the number of sheep you have will you give me one?”
Great. This man will never get this info. So what’s to loose. “sure go for it”
The SUV guy backs up the trailer, unloads his satellite antenna, opens his apple laptop. Accesses the spy satellite in orbit over Saskatchewan. He creates reports on colour, distribution, age, sex, birth rates, and cost benefit analysis of the farmer’s future prospects. Then with confidence says …” you have exactly 206 sheep” And he hands the farmer his 50 page report.
Well the farmer is impressed and graciously gives the SUV guy the right to take a sheep.
The exchange takes place and the Suv guy packs up and is about to leave. The farmer looks at the SUV guy and says… “If I can tell you what you do for a living, will you give me back the sheep?”
Sure, says the confident SUV guy.
So the farmer with confidence says… “you are a consultant. Because you came and I didn’t ask you to, you gave me answers to questions I already knew the answer to, and didn’t really need the information. And most of all you don’t know anything about sheep… because you took my DOG and not my sheep.
Howlong.