From: Miriam English (miriam@werple.net.au)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 05:49:54 MST
Darn, there isn't an Australian one... so I'll relate the sitch here:
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You send one to a distant Pacific island and place the
other in a razor-wire-fenced detention center. You refuse to let anyone in
to milk it and then complain that we need to import milk at such high prices.
At 03:52 PM 05/02/2002, Spike Jones wrote:
>Do indulge me in a bit of cow humor. Someone sent these to
>me, I added only the one about the extropians. {8-] spike
>
>Subject: Fw: Fwd: Fw: Corporate cows
>
> 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
> World-Wide.
>
> A GERMAN CORPORATION
> You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years,
> eat once a month, and milk themselves.
>
> An EXTROPIAN CORPORATION
> You have two cows. You read their DNA and figure out a way to
> create lean beef directly in a vat. You upload your cows. You debate
>
> endlessly on what to do with the originals cows, which are still alive
>
> and well, and are demanding bovine rights.
>
> 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.
>
> AN INDIAN 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.
>
> AN ISRAELI CORPORATION
> So, there are these two Jewish cows, right? They open a milk
> factory, an ice cream store, and then sell the movie rights. They send
>their
> calves to Harvard to become doctors. So, who needs people?
>
> AN ARKANSAS CORPORATION
> You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda cute...
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