This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, it is Friday evening. It snowed like a mad man last night and is cold today and I needed a laugh. pat ttfn
-- OE & Pat Wilson UFF DA Fjords Hyde Park, Utah > This message is from: "Janne Myrdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > OK, i usually do not do this, but it is friday, winter has arrived late > and.........., and here is a laugh: > > > 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. (don't you wish!) > > 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. 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 buys your bull. > > 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. You then create clever > cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and > market them Worldwide. > > A GERMAN CORPORATION > You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat > once a month, and milk themselves. > > A BRITISH CORPORATION > You have two cows. Both are mad. > > 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 SWISS CORPORATION > You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for > storing them. > > A HINDU CORPORATION > You have two cows. You worship them. > > A CHINESE CORPORATION > You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full > employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who > reported the numbers. > > A WELSH CORPORATION > You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda cute
