FW:

[Alex]

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> > Once upon a time there was a shepherd looking after
> > his sheep on the side of a deserted road. Suddenly a
> > brand new Porsche screeches to a halt. The driver, a
> > man dressed in an Armani suit, Cerutti shoes, Ray-Ban
> > sunglasses,TAG-Heuer wrist-watch, and a Pierre Cardin
> > tie, gets out and asks the shepherd: "If I can tell
> > you how many sheep you have, will you give me one of
> > them?" 
> >     The shepherd looks at the young man, and then
> > looks at the large flock of grazing sheep and replies:
> > "Okay." 
> >     The young man parks the car, connects his laptop
> > to the mobile-fax,enters a NASA Webster, scans the
> > ground using his GPS, opens a database and 60 Excel
> > tables filled with logarithms and pivot tables, then
> > prints out a 150 page report on his high-tech
> > mini-printer. He turns to the shepherd and says, "You
> > have exactly 1,586 sheep here." 
> >     The shepherd cheers, "That's correct, you can have
> > your sheep." The young man makes his pick and puts it
> > in the back of his Porsche. 
> >     The shepherd looks at him and asks: "If I guess
> > your profession,will you return my animal to me?" The
> > young man answers, "Yes, why not?" The shepherd
> > says,"You are an IT consultant." 
> >     "How did you know?" asks the young man. "Very
> > simple," answers the shepherd. "First, you came here
> > without being called. Second, you charged me a fee to
> > tell me something I already knew, and third, you don't
> > understand anything about my business...now can I have
> > my DOG back?"
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