MaveriK
02-05-07, 10:36
SOCIALISM: You have 2 cows, & you give one to your neighbour.
COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both & gives you some milk.
FASCISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both & sells you some milk.
NAZISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both & shoots you.
BUREAUCRATISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other & then throws the milk away.
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one & buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, & the economy grows. You sell them & retire on the income.
SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, & force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.
ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull.
FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, & block the roads because you want three cows.
JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow & produce twenty times the milk.
You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'cowkimon' & market it worldwide.
GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, & milk themselves.
ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them & learn you have five cows. You count them again & learn you have 42 cows. You count them again & learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows & open another bottle of vodka.
SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, & high bovine productivity, & arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are mad.
IRAQI CORPORATION: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you & invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy.
WELSH CORPORATION: You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. Business seems pretty good.
You close the office & go for a few beers to celebrate.
COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both & gives you some milk.
FASCISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both & sells you some milk.
NAZISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both & shoots you.
BUREAUCRATISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other & then throws the milk away.
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one & buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, & the economy grows. You sell them & retire on the income.
SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, & force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.
ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull.
FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, & block the roads because you want three cows.
JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow & produce twenty times the milk.
You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'cowkimon' & market it worldwide.
GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, & milk themselves.
ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them & learn you have five cows. You count them again & learn you have 42 cows. You count them again & learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows & open another bottle of vodka.
SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, & high bovine productivity, & arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are mad.
IRAQI CORPORATION: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you & invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy.
WELSH CORPORATION: You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. Business seems pretty good.
You close the office & go for a few beers to celebrate.