A young man takes a walk on the country-side

A young man takes a walk on the country-side where meets a shepherd. The do some small talk about the weather and then the young man offered a bet:
“If I can tell you how many sheep you have, will you give me one?”

The shepherd agrees, because he is sure that they are impossible to count.

“1671!”

The shepherd gets pale…

“How did you manage to do this?”

“I just counted all feet and divided by four.”

“Amazing, go and pick a sheep of your choice”

The young man picks a black animal and is about to say Good-Bye when the shepherd held him back .

“May I propose a bet to you? If I can tell you where you went to school, I’ll get my animal back.”

“Fair enough.”

“You went to ENA*!”

The young man handed the animal back to the shepherd

“How did you know?”

“You picked my dog.”

*ENA or Ecole Normale d’Administration is the french elite school for the soon to be business and political leaders. It is so elitist that Harvard compares as a social project. The admission is so difficult that it usually takes 2–3 years in specialized prep-schools to pass the entrance exam, afterwards you won’t have to worry about tuition fees, students get paid a salary. Because of the brilliance of the students and teachers and the demanding curriculum they have earned the reputation to produce graduates with a thing for impressively complicated solutions.