Brainbox Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 My friend showed me this today, so i've just searched for it myself: Economic Models explained with cows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> SOCIALISM: >> >> You have 2 cows and you give one to your neighbour. >> >> COMMUNISM: >> >> You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and gives you some milk. >> >> FASCISM: >> >> You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and sells you some milk. >> >> NAZISM: >> >> You have 2 cows. The Government takes both and shoots you. >> >> BUREAUCRATISM: >> >> You have 2 cows; the Government takes both, shoots one, milks the >> other and throws the milk away... >> >> TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: >> >> You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, >> and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. >> >> AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: >> >> You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the >> milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the >> cow dropped dead. >> >> A JAPANESE CORPORATION: >> >> You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size >> of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create >> a clever cow cartoon image called Cowkimon and market them Worldwide. >> >> A GERMAN CORPORATION: >> >> You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, >> eat once a month, and milk themselves. >> >> AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: >> >> You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for >> lunch. >> >> A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: >> >> You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You >> count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and >> learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle >> of vodka. >> >> A SWISS CORPORATION: >> >> You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others >> for storing them. >> >> A FRENCH CORPORATION: >> >> You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. >> >> A CHINESE CORPORATION: >> >> You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full >> employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who >> reported the numbers. >> >> AN INDIAN CORPORATION: >> >> You have two cows. You worship them. >> >> A 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 and they bomb you. You still have no cows, >> but at least now you are part of a Democracy.... >> >> SURREALISM: >> >> You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica >> lessons >> >> HONG KONG CAPITALISM: >> >> You have 2 cows. You sell 3 of them to your publicly listed company, >> using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, >> then execue a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so >> that you get all 4 cows back, with a tax deduction for keeping 5 >> cows. The milk rights of >> 6 cows are transferred via a Panamanian intermediary to a Cayman >> Islands company secretly owned by the majority shareholder, who sells >> the rights to all 7 cows' milk back to the listed company and >> proceeds from the sale are deferred. The annual report says that the >> company owns 8 cows, with an option on one more. Meanwhile, you kill >> the 2 cows because the feng shui is bad. >> >> NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION: >> >> You have 2 cows. That one on the left is kinda cute >> >> AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: >> >> You have 2 cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and >> go down the pub to celebrate. :-D Quote
Lost Viking Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 My friend showed me this today, so i've just searched for it myself: :-D >> AN INDIAN CORPORATION: >> >> You have two cows. You worship them. LOL!!! That is funny. Thanks for sharing! Quote
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