A man walking along a road in the countryside comes across a shepherd and a
huge herd of sheep. He stops and tells the shepherd, “I’ll bet you $100 and a sheep, that I can guess how many sheep you have in your herd.”
The shepherd thinks it over for a few seconds.
Its a huge herd, so he takes
the bet.
The man looks a the herd and answers, ”1001 sheep” rather smugly.
The shepherd is astonished because the man is exactly right. The shepherd then says, “here’s a $100 and take a sheep.” The man takes
the money and an animal, and begins to walk away. “Wait a minute,” the shepherd yells, “give me a chance to get even. Double or nothing that I can guess your exact occupation.” The man
agrees.
“You’re a government tax accountant,” the shepherd says with exactitude.
“Amazing!” said the man. “You’re Right! Tell me how you figured that out?”
“Well” said the shepherd, “Put my dog down and I’ll tell you......”