A shepherd was out with his sheep one day. He was standing next to an old dirt road as a brand new SUV went speeding by. The driver stopped one hundred feet away, then backed up twenty feet before killing the engine and jumping out of his vehicle. The man approached the shepherd in his perfectly pressed suit and power tie. As he got near the rural resident, he began to speak. "Hello there, are these your sheep?"
The shepherd nodded, "Ayep. They're mine."
The other man immediately smiled as he began his pitch. "I'd like to make a little wager with you. If I can tell you how many sheep you have, will you let me have one of them?"
The shepherd pondered this for a moment before replying, "I reckon that's a fair deal. Go ahead."
The well dressed man trotted back to his vehicle, pulled out a laptop and began to set it up. The shepherd watched in bemusement as he connected to the Internet while standing there in the field. In moments, the businessman had downloaded satellite imagery of that very field, running the photos through an image processing program.
After a few minutes, the man proudly announced, "YOu have exactly two hundred thirty seven sheep."
The shepherd nodded, "Ayep. That's exactly right. Pick out your sheep."
After a couple minutes, the man made his selection. The shepherd carefully picked up the small creature and maneuvered into the back of the SUV. Once this was completed, the two men shook hands. At that moment, the shepherd suggested a new wager. "I'll tell you what, son. If I can guess your profession, can I have my sheep back."
The other man was intrigued. "Sure. Though I can't imagine you'd be able to guess my profession."
The shepherd simply smiled and said, "You're a business consultant, aren't you?"
The man was floored. "How could you have known?"
The country dweller simply shrugged. "'Tweren't that difficult, son. You showed up without an invitation. YOu asked me to pay you to tell me something I already know. And you clearly don't know squat about my business, because you just took my dog!"
