Dru Posted February 11, 2003 Posted February 11, 2003 A man approaches a shepherd, and bets him $100 against a sheep from the flock, that he can, in one guess, estimate how many sheep are in the flock. The shepherd knows he has nearly a thousand sheep, and figures it will be hard for this suited man to come anywhere near the correct number. So, thinking of what he can spend the $100 on, he agrees to the bet. The suit looks over the flock, hems and haws for a minute, mutters to himself 'add 10 for wanderers betweeen subgroups and divide by coefficient of density'... then turns to the shepherd : "979". "That's....that's Exactly right! By god I don't know how you did it but you've won fair and square." The suit grabs an animal from the flock and is turning to go when the shepherd says: "WAIT!! I'll bet you double or nothing, that I can guess your occupation!" The suit agrees, and the shepherd says "Government economist." "Yup." says the economist. "How did you know? "Well, I had a real good clue when you picked up my dog there...." Quote
chucK Posted February 11, 2003 Posted February 11, 2003 Hey Dru, I think you forgot the "blew a seal" part Quote
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