TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: * You have two sheep. * You sell one and buy a ram. * Your flock multiplies, and the economy grows. * You sell them and retire on the income.
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: (Workchoices!) * You have two sheep. * You sell one, and force the other to produce the wool of four sheep. * You are surprised when the sheep drops dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION: * You have two sheep. * You go on strike because you want three sheep.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION: * You have two sheep. * You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary sheep and produce 20 times the wool. * You then create clever sheep cartoon images called Sheepkimon and market them worldwide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION: * You have two sheep. * You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and shear themselves.
A BRITISH CORPORATION: * You have two sheep. * Both die from foot and mouth.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: * You have two sheep, but you don't know where they are. * You break for lunch.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: * You have two sheep. * You count them and learn you have five sheep. * You count them again and learn you have 42 sheep. * You count them again and learn you have 12 sheep. * You stop counting sheep and open another bottle of vodka.
A SWISS CORPORATION: * You have 5,000 sheep, none of which belong to you. * You charge others for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION: * You have two sheep. * You have 300 people shearing them. * You claim full employment, high productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION: * You have two sheep. * That one on the left is kinda cute.
I find that offensive. I used to shear (or is that 'share'? I forget) sheep back home and I'd never have left; if it wasn't for the fact that one of them broke my heart.
I find that offensive. I used to shear (or is that 'share'? I forget) sheep back home and I'd never have left; if it wasn't for the fact that one of them broke my heart.
Maybe if ewe had stuck to your shearing, instead of sharing, she might have stayed true to ewe.
How is that "shaggers' back" of yours anyway? I've seen lambs wool therapuetic underblankets advertised on the telly... I think you're suposed to sleep on them, but if you close your eyes it might be just like being back home.
