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There's this shepherd looking after his sheep on the edge 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, a 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, then looks at the grazing sheep 
and replies, "Okay."

The young man parks the car, connects his laptop to the mobile-fax, 
enters a NASA website, 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 1586 sheep here."

The shepherd answers, "That's correct, you can have your sheep."

The young man takes an animal 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 a consultant for Arthur Andersen."

"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. 
Third, you don't understand anything about my business. Can I now have 
my dog back?"


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