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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.

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> 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,

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> 'If I can tell you how many sheep you have, will you give me one of

> them?'

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> The shepherd looks at the young man, 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 Website, scans the ground using his GPS, opens a

> database and 60 Excel tables filled with algorithms and pivot tables.

> He then prints out a 150-page report on his high-tech mini-printer,

> turns to the shepherd and says,

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> 'You have exactly 186 sheep.'

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> The shepherd cheers, 'That's correct, you can have your sheep.'

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> The young man takes one of the animals from the flock 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?'

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> The young man answers, 'Yes, why not?'

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> The shepherd says, 'You are an auditor.'

>

> 'How did you know?' asks the young man.

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> 'Very simple,' answers the shepherd. '

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> Firstly, you came here without being wanted.

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> Secondly, you charged me a fee to tell me something I already knew.

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> Thirdly, you don't understand anything about my business....'

>

> '.....Now can I have my dog back?'

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