Hook Dem
09-28-2004, 10:47 AM
A cowboy was herding his cows in a remote pasture when suddenly a
brand-new
> >BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him.
> >
> >The driver, a young man in a YSL suit, Fendi shoes, Bvlgari sunglasses
&an
> >Armani tie leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If I tell you
exactly
> >how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"
> >
> >The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his
> >peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure. Why not?"
> >
> >The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects
it
> >to his AT&T cell phone, surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he
> >calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his
> >location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the
area
> >in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The young man then opens the digital
> >photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility
in
> >Hamburg, Germany.
> >
> >Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has
> >been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL data base
> >through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with hundreds of complex. He
> >uploads all of this data via an email on his Blackberry and, after a few
> >minutes, receives a response.
> >
> >Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech,
> >miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and
says,
> >"You have exactly 1586 cows and calves."
> >
> >"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says the
> >cowboy.
> >
> >He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as
> >the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
> >
> >Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly
what
> >your business is, will you give me back my calf?" The young man thinks
> >about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
> >
> >"You're a consultant to the Kerry campaign." says the cowboy.
> >
> >"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
> >
> >"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even
> >though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already
> >knew, to a question I never asked; and you don't know anything about my
> >business....... Now give me back my dog.
:rollin
brand-new
> >BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him.
> >
> >The driver, a young man in a YSL suit, Fendi shoes, Bvlgari sunglasses
&an
> >Armani tie leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If I tell you
exactly
> >how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"
> >
> >The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his
> >peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure. Why not?"
> >
> >The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects
it
> >to his AT&T cell phone, surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he
> >calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his
> >location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the
area
> >in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The young man then opens the digital
> >photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility
in
> >Hamburg, Germany.
> >
> >Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has
> >been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL data base
> >through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with hundreds of complex. He
> >uploads all of this data via an email on his Blackberry and, after a few
> >minutes, receives a response.
> >
> >Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech,
> >miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and
says,
> >"You have exactly 1586 cows and calves."
> >
> >"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says the
> >cowboy.
> >
> >He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as
> >the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
> >
> >Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly
what
> >your business is, will you give me back my calf?" The young man thinks
> >about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
> >
> >"You're a consultant to the Kerry campaign." says the cowboy.
> >
> >"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
> >
> >"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even
> >though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already
> >knew, to a question I never asked; and you don't know anything about my
> >business....... Now give me back my dog.
:rollin