- With apologies to Reader's Digest magazine -

High on a hillside, a shepherd is tending his flock when a BMW winds up the track towards him.

A young man in an expensive suit gets out and says, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have, will you let me have one?"

The shepherd agress, so the young man gets out a laptop, connects to a GPS satellite navigation system, scans the area, compiles a complicated spreadsheet, then tells the farmer, "You have 1586 sheep."

"Correct," says the farmer. The young man selects one of the animals and bundles it into his car.

"Now," says the shepherd. "If I can guess what your job is, can I have my animal back?" Sure, says the young man.

"You are a management consultant," says the shepherd.

"How did you guess that?" says the young man.

"Easy," says the shepherd. "You turned up though nobody wants you here. You want to be paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you know nothing about my business.
"Now, give me back my dog."