MIKEE HUSSLA
27th May 2003, 11:33 AM
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell the herd and retire on the income.
VARIATION NO. 1 - AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four
cows.
You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
VARIATION NO. 2 - A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
VARIATION NO. 3 - A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-design them so they are one-tenth the size of an
ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create irritating cow cartoon images called Cowkimon
and market them world-wide at a fantastic profit.
VARIATION NO. 4 - A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a
month, and milk themselves.
VARIATION NO. 5 - ENGLISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
VARIATION NO. 6 - AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
VARIATION NO. 7 - 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 12 cows.
You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
VARIATION NO. 8 - A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.
VARIATION NO. 9 - 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.
VARIATION NO. 10 - A WELSH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The younger one is rather attractive . . .
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell the herd and retire on the income.
VARIATION NO. 1 - AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four
cows.
You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
VARIATION NO. 2 - A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
VARIATION NO. 3 - A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-design them so they are one-tenth the size of an
ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create irritating cow cartoon images called Cowkimon
and market them world-wide at a fantastic profit.
VARIATION NO. 4 - A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a
month, and milk themselves.
VARIATION NO. 5 - ENGLISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
VARIATION NO. 6 - AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
VARIATION NO. 7 - 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 12 cows.
You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
VARIATION NO. 8 - A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.
VARIATION NO. 9 - 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.
VARIATION NO. 10 - A WELSH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The younger one is rather attractive . . .