A very definite joke about Consultants!!!

There was a shepherd watching over his herd of sheep in a very ordinary afternoon. Then came a bright red ferrari out of nowhere and stopped on its way probably to nowhere. A very happening kind of guy came out of that ferrari and asked the Shepherd, "Would you give me one if I could tell you the number of sheep that you have here?"

The shepherd was a bit confused and reluctantly agreed. Immediately the Guy took out his state of the art gear and connected to some satellite, did some stuff and after a while, he returned back to the shepherd and said, "You got 1065 ones there!!".

The shepherd nodded in agreement and the Guy took one sheep and walked towards his ferrari. As he was about to start, he was stopped by the Shepherd who said, "Would you give me back that one, if I could tell you your profession?"

The Guy was really astonished and agreed. The shepherd said without any hesitation, 'You are a Consultant!!".

The guy was really impressed and asked the shepherd how did he know that.

The shepherd explained, "Three reasons...1) I did not Call you; 2) You did not tell me anything new as I always knew the number and 3) You do not know what you are doing, because you are taking my dog instead. So please give me back my Dog!!!"

This was told in a meeting back in New Delhi by a Senior Official as he was trying to explain why the Consultants are not always as helpful as they pose. In fact, this ons is probably the most appropriate definition of a Consultant...at least the best I have come across!!!

Dipankar Sahu