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Postby Dynamiks » Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:23 am

21 Economic Models explained with Cows - 2008 update

SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour.

COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.

NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.

BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then 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.

SURREALISM
You have two giraffes.
The government requires you to take harmonica lessons

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 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.
You 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 then buys your bull.

A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, 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.
You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer 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 decide to have 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 them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.

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

A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.

AN 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 and invade your country.
You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of Democracy....

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The one on the left looks very attractive.
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Postby Samalicious » Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:26 am

That is so very, very wrong! lmao!! :lol: :lol: :lol:


I can't wait to see what my auntie says when I send her a copy of this...
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Postby Kista » Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:42 pm

omg /wipes tears

that was great :D
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Postby Shigy » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:41 am

rofl awesome dyna :)
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Postby Mcsuave » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:14 am

This is truly incredible... 5/5 :D
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Postby Nushen » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:17 am

Just so it's known, I'm "still" forwarding this to everyone I know. Perhaps my most forwarded email this year, business or personal-wise.

And I STILL laugh my arse off every time.

Dyna, you friggin' rawk!
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Postby Cupboady » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:50 pm

Sure made me chuckle a lot, hehe :lol: top ace, man! :)
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Postby bratitude » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:22 pm

LOL I know I'm a little late on this but given the fact that I collect cows I found the post to not only be hilarious but very accurate as well.
I'm putting it on my wall!!
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Postby Prymalrage » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:33 pm

rofl...love this Dyna!!
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Postby promethial » Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:43 pm

Much extended list of Two Cow politicism:

(May cantain *some* language not appropriate for all audiences.)


http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/You_have_two_cows/17


Strange the things that get bookmarked from Org chat. :shock:


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