Posted on 01/16/2002 6:36:40 AM PST by mykdsmom
DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office that put a tax on your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money, buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous. Barbara Streisand sings for you.
SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So?
COMMUNIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it. It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
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.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one. You force the 2 cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses. Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch. Life is good.
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. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains. Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows but you don't know where they are. While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman. You break for lunch. Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You have some more vodka. 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. You produce your 10th, 5-year plan in the last 3 months. The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
POLISH CORPORATION: You have two bulls. Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
FLORIDA CORPORATION: You have a black cow and a brown cow. Everyone votes for the best looking one. Some of the people who like the brown one best vote for the black one. Some people vote for both. Some people vote for neither. Some people can't figure out how to vote at all. Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which is the best-looking one.
NEW YORK CORPORATION: You have fifteen million cows. You have to choose which one will be the leader of the herd, so you pick some fat cow from Arkansas.
MKM
ROTFLMAO!!!! - Yeah!!!
LOL...thanks fer the bump, my fellow P8triot...MUD
Methinks this e-mail musta been floatin' around Cyber-Space awhile if they still believe in the Myth of Japanese Hyper-Efficiency.
Thanks fer the post, my FRiend...MUD
American Multi-Level Corporation: You have two cows. Milk sell's for $4.00 a gallon.. retail. You combine the milk from both and call it "concentrated." You add 50% to the price to pay for commissions. You sell the milk to a neighbor, who takes 25% and pays you to ship the milk to him, he also pays the taxes for you. The neighbor sells the milk to someone in his down-line, who recieves a 10% commission, he in turn sells it to another who gets a 5% commission...and the milk eventually ends up on the table of one of your down-line reps who didn't sell enough milk to be eligble for a commission...but buys it anyway for $5.20 (shipping and handling not included) and believes he's "saving" 30% over the retail price.
MKM
Polish joke? In '02?
How can this be?
After Trent Lott "compromises" with Dasshole:
REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So? Cut one cow in half, give it to your neighbor and say, "See? I ain't as bad as the other guy"
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