The Two Cow Explanation

by Kenneson 2 Replies latest social humour

  • Kenneson
    Kenneson

    The Two-Cow Explanation of WHAT MAKES...

    A CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT:
    You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor.

    A SOCIALIST:
    You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.

    A REPUBLICAN:
    You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So What?

    A DEMOCRAT:
    You have two cows. You neigbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righeous.

    A COMMUNIST:
    You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk.

    A FASCIST:
    You have two cows. The government seizes both and sells you the milk.
    You join the underground and start a campaign of sabotage.

    DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE:
    You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.

    CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE:
    You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.

    BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE:
    You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, then pours the milk down the drain.

    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.

    A FRENCH CORPORATION:
    You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

    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.

    A GERMAN CORPORATION:
    You have two cows. You reengineer hem 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 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

    A MEXICAN CORPORATION:
    You think you have two cows, but you don't know what a cow looks like. You take a siesta (nap).

    A SWISS CORPORATION:
    You have 5000 cows, none of which belongs to you. You charge for storing them for others.

    A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION:
    You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an American corporation Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation declares bankruptcy.

    AN INDIAN CORPORATION:
    You have two cows. You worship them.

  • ballistic
    ballistic

    Enron
    You have two cows.
    You borrow 80% of the forward value of the two cows from
    your bank, then buy another cow with 5% down and the rest
    financed by the seller on a note callable if your market cap
    goes below $20B at a rate 2 times prime. You now sell three
    cows to your publicly listed company, using letters of
    credit opened by your brother-in-law at a 2nd bank, then
    execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer
    so that you get four cows back, with a tax exemption for
    five cows. The milk rights of six cows are transferred via
    an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by
    the majority shareholder who sells the rights to seven cows
    back to your listed company. The annual report says the
    company owns eight cows, with an option on one more and this
    transaction process is upheld by your independent auditor
    and no Balance Sheet provided with the press release that
    announces that Enron as a major owner of cows will begin
    trading cows via the Internet site COW (cows on web).

  • gem
    gem

    A WELSH CORPORATION:

    'You have two cows. That one on the left looks kinda cute."

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