The Ford Barn

RcT · 11-01-2011, 02:29 PM

Hello to all,

I've been out of touch for a week or so, due to the downfall of my computer. It's back, so I'm back.

Farmer Joe:

A farmer named Joe was overseeing his herd when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a cloud of dust towards him.

The driver, a young man in an Armani suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses, leans out of the window and asks the farmer, "If I can tell you how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?

Joe looks at the the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks peacefully at his grazing herd and calmly answers, "Okay, sure!"

The yuppie parks his car, whips out his laptop, connects it to his internet-capable mobile phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite that scans the area into an ultra-high-resolution photo. He then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in a nearby major city. Within mere seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data is stored. He then accesses the database through a wirelessly connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.

Finally, he prints out a full-color i50-page report on his high-tech miniaturized LaserJet printer then turns to the farmer and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."

"That's right. Well, I suppose you can take one of my calves," says Joe. He watches the young man as he selects one of his animals and looks in amusement as he the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.

Then Joe 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 says, "Okay, why not?"

"You work for the Government," says Joe.

"Wow, that's spot on," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"

"No guessing needed," answered Joe. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; You wanted to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter you were, and you know nothing about cows... this is a herd of sheep. Now, open your trunk, give me my dog back and get outta here..."

11-01-2011, 02:29 PM	#1
RcT Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 451	I'm back, so this calls for a joke... Hello to all, I've been out of touch for a week or so, due to the downfall of my computer. It's back, so I'm back. Farmer Joe: A farmer named Joe was overseeing his herd when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a cloud of dust towards him. The driver, a young man in an Armani suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses, leans out of the window and asks the farmer, "If I can tell you how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf? Joe looks at the the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks peacefully at his grazing herd and calmly answers, "Okay, sure!" The yuppie parks his car, whips out his laptop, connects it to his internet-capable mobile phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite that scans the area into an ultra-high-resolution photo. He then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in a nearby major city. Within mere seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data is stored. He then accesses the database through a wirelessly connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response. Finally, he prints out a full-color i50-page report on his high-tech miniaturized LaserJet printer then turns to the farmer and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves." "That's right. Well, I suppose you can take one of my calves," says Joe. He watches the young man as he selects one of his animals and looks in amusement as he the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car. Then Joe 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 says, "Okay, why not?" "You work for the Government," says Joe. "Wow, that's spot on," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?" "No guessing needed," answered Joe. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; You wanted to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter you were, and you know nothing about cows... this is a herd of sheep. Now, open your trunk, give me my dog back and get outta here..."