*Names have been changed to protect the Guilty*
A West Texas cowboy named Lor was minding his herd in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver Axle, a Young Man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out The window and asks Lor, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"
Lor looks at Axle, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"
Axle parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his AT&T cell phone, and 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.
Axle then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, Axle receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with 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 Lor and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
"That's right, so I guess you can take one of my calves," says Lor. He then watches Axle select one of the animals and looks on amused as Axle stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then Lor says to Axle, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?" Axle thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
"You're a professional poster on Madjacks, says Lor. "Wow! That's correct," says Axle, "but how did you guess that?" "No guessing required." answered Lor. "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. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about cattle... now give me back my dog
A West Texas cowboy named Lor was minding his herd in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver Axle, a Young Man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out The window and asks Lor, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"
Lor looks at Axle, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"
Axle parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his AT&T cell phone, and 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.
Axle then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, Axle receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with 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 Lor and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
"That's right, so I guess you can take one of my calves," says Lor. He then watches Axle select one of the animals and looks on amused as Axle stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then Lor says to Axle, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?" Axle thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
"You're a professional poster on Madjacks, says Lor. "Wow! That's correct," says Axle, "but how did you guess that?" "No guessing required." answered Lor. "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. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about cattle... now give me back my dog
