Shepherd humour


English: Shepherd dog, sheep, Dolenja vas near...

A shepherd was bringing his large flock of sheep down a dusty road when a man in a Ferrari drove up and stopped. He got out of his car wearing an expensive Armani suit and had a laptop computer in his hand.

He said, β€œWhat a wonderful flock of sheep you have here, I’ll make a deal with you. If I can tell you how many sheep you have in your flock in less than a minute, you give me one sheep. How about it?”

The shepherd agreed.

The man scanned the flock with his computer cam and began typing on the laptop. In less than 45 seconds he shouted β€œYou have 1253 sheep!”

β€œYes, exactly!” said the shepherd. β€œYou can have a sheep.”

The shepherd watched the rich man carry an animal to his car.

β€œWait a minute” said the shepherd, β€œI’ll make a deal with you. If I can tell you what kind of work you do for a living, you give me back my animal, OK?”

β€œIt’s a deal” said the rich man.

β€œYou are an IT consultant” said the shepherd.

β€œWow, that’s right, how did you know?” asked the IT man.

β€œThree reasons” said the shepherd.Β β€œOne, you came and asked for work without me calling you. Two, I had to pay you to tell me something I already knew, and three you don’t understand my business at all. I don’t think you know the first thing about shepherding. Now give me back my dog!”

 


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13 responses to “Shepherd humour”

  1. thank you so much for the laugh. I needed that.

  2. I have a similar tale which will fit nicely on the end of that story – also about IT consultants…

    A group of IBM IT consultants were having a meeting in their HQ, situated on the top floor of a tall skyscraper in the city. Suddenly, they were interrupted by a helicopter hovering near to the window. Then they saw the co-pilot hold up a board by the window of his chopper – it read;

    “We’re lost – can you tell us where we are please?”

    The IBM consultants had a quick discussion and then one of them started to write on a large piece of card with his marker pen. He held it up to the chopper pilots – it read;

    “You’re in a helicopter” ! πŸ˜‰

  3. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Brad!

  4. lynnwyvill Avatar
    lynnwyvill

    Laughed out loud at this!

  5. Ha ha, I think I would have taken the dog too. Way smarter than a sheep. πŸ™‚

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