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Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14968 posts
QLD, 14968 posts
28 May 2008 5:29pm
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 analyze 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 a Democracy....

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The one on the left looks very attractive.

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
Mobydisc
Mobydisc
NSW
9029 posts
NSW, 9029 posts
28 May 2008 6:41pm
NSW Windsurfer's Corporation

You have two cows.
You spend your time all week looking after them.
You then realise its never windy on the weekend
You take up posting stupid things on Seabreeze.
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14968 posts
QLD, 14968 posts
28 May 2008 11:22pm
Mobydisc said...

NSW Windsurfer's Corporation

You have two cows.
You spend your time all week looking after them.
You then realise its never windy on the weekend
You take up posting stupid things on Seabreeze.



No Bull hey MD!
BigFatMick
BigFatMick
273 posts
273 posts
29 May 2008 12:08am
The Kiteboarding Company
You have two cows.
You advertise your new, up and coming, cow to be better and far more superior than you current cows and everyone elses too... the new cow arrives... and it is just that. A cow.
No-one is impressed, so you hide in the closet for a season before promoting your new modest and honest cow... that is better than any cow ever before.

(Not picking on anyone but: remember the Hellcow, SS Milkingmachine and milk, Takow Moova, etc)
shear tip
shear tip
NSW
1125 posts
NSW, 1125 posts
29 May 2008 8:59am
The Australian Ski Resort Company
You have two cows which produce milk for 10 weeks a year that is your yearly income. You charge $24.95 per litre for milk.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23688 posts
WA, 23688 posts
29 May 2008 9:55am
Aussie petrol company

You have two cows that make enough milk for the whole country.
You con the Govt to price the milk the same as Singapore, which has no cows or grass so of course milk is expensive there.
Because the milk is now so expensive you sell it all over the world and now you have to import some of your milk for the people back home
You then feed the imported milk to your cows.



The justice system

Everybody has a cow, and profits from it.
Billy Idiot shot his when he was 14, cos he saw Dad shot his own cow earlier.
The Govt gives Billy Idiot free milk even though he shot his cow.
Every week somebody give Billy a free cow but he kills it and demands free milk to continue.
Regardless of the freebies, Billy then stole 150 cows and kept them at his place.
Billy went to Court and got a fine (100L of milk payable to Govt), which he doesn't pay
The Govt still gives Billy free milk even though he owes the Govt milk.


Poida
Poida
WA
1922 posts
WA, 1922 posts
29 May 2008 1:29pm
the surfers system

you have two cows
you go surfing
what were the cows for?

knot board
knot board
QLD
1241 posts
QLD, 1241 posts
2 Jun 2008 11:05am
A PUBLIC UTILITY

Two cows produce enough milk for your needs
You recognise that people who don't have cows need milk too,
You use your cows to produce milk for the people at reasonable prices
You buy your own milk from subcontracted cows at inflated prices.
beastsurf
beastsurf
WA
902 posts
WA, 902 posts
2 Jun 2008 9:46am
The W A GOVERMENT.

Realises everybody else has two cows so they wait awhile.
Decidide to by two cows. They realise everybody else has moved on from cows. They wait awhile wait awhile wait awhile and still dont know what to do with the cows.
Maybe we can learn from the nazis and take the cows and shoot them.
pweedas
pweedas
WA
4642 posts
WA, 4642 posts
2 Jun 2008 4:50pm
beastsurf said...

The W A GOVERMENT.

Realises everybody else has two cows so they wait awhile.
Decidide to by two cows. They realise everybody else has moved on from cows. They wait awhile wait awhile wait awhile and still dont know what to do with the cows.
Maybe we can learn from the nazis and take the cows and shoot them.


Maybe more like this perhaps;

The W A GOVERMENT.

It has two cows that barely make a profit selling the milk.
They split the herd into two 'one cow' units and flog them off for a huge ammount in a privatisation deal on the pretence that the cows will get more individual attention and therefore produce more milk at a lower cost.
The two new 'one cow' organisations lose money hand over fist because they only have one cow and that's not enough to support all the overheads. (surprise surprise!)
They blame it on the price of cow feed going up which is beyond their control.
They ask the government for a large annual subsidy to make up the loss.
The government then takes the money off the taxpayer, plus handling costs.



cwamit
cwamit
WA
1194 posts
WA, 1194 posts
2 Jun 2008 6:00pm
pweedas said...

beastsurf said...

The W A GOVERMENT.

Realises everybody else has two cows so they wait awhile.
Decidide to by two cows. They realise everybody else has moved on from cows. They wait awhile wait awhile wait awhile and still dont know what to do with the cows.
Maybe we can learn from the nazis and take the cows and shoot them.


Maybe more like this perhaps;

The W A GOVERMENT.

It has two cows that barely make a profit selling the milk.
They split the herd into two 'one cow' units and flog them off for a huge ammount in a privatisation deal on the pretence that the cows will get more individual attention and therefore produce more milk at a lower cost.
The two new 'one cow' organisations lose money hand over fist because they only have one cow and that's not enough to support all the overheads. (surprise surprise!)
They blame it on the price of cow feed going up which is beyond their control.
They ask the government for a large annual subsidy to make up the loss.
The government then takes the money off the taxpayer, plus handling costs.







na wrong,

more like...

The W A GOVERMENT.

It has two cows that don’t make milk.
Because they are actually ducks.
And we all know ducks can’t feed monkeys.
It’s why the peanut public pays taxes.
Feed the monkeys that look after the ducks.
What a quack up!




GreenPat
GreenPat
QLD
4105 posts
QLD, 4105 posts
2 Jun 2008 9:29pm
The Mining Company

You have two cows.
Milk hits $50 000 per litre due to demand from China so you decide you need to double your milk production to make big profits.
In the meantime dozens of new cows are suddenly profitable and require skilled personnel to extract milk, causing half of your skilled personnel to quit for more money which also happens to drive up average wages for you.
You have a mass recruitment spree employing anyone with two legs and a heartbeat and end up producing half as much milk as before because no-one knows how to do it properly.
Richiefish
Richiefish
QLD
5612 posts
QLD, 5612 posts
2 Jun 2008 9:46pm
Bart Simpson method ; Dont have a cow !!! dude....
NotWal
NotWal
QLD
7436 posts
QLD, 7436 posts
4 Jun 2008 2:57pm
The NEBBIAN
He has 2 cows
He starts a share ware web site.
knot board
knot board
QLD
1241 posts
QLD, 1241 posts
4 Jun 2008 3:14pm
The CHAIR POLICE
You have two cows
You keep one at the Train
You keep one at Shearwater
You milk them on alternate days.
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