posted 10-13-2004 09:12 AM               

This last past period has been sosad for all of us due to recent spaceflight events so i thought that we all needed cheering up. It would be great if anyone had any funny photographs, jokes or stories they could put them here. A little time ago i got the below in an email called world economics demistified.

SOCIALISM:
You have 2 cows and you give one to your
neighbour.

COMMUNISM:
You have 2 cows, the Government takes both and
gives you some milk.

FASCISM:
You have 2 cows, the Government takes both and
sells you some milk.

NAZISM:
You have 2 cows. The Government takes both and
shoots you.

BUREAUCRATISM:
You have 2 cows; the Government takes both,
shoots one, milks the other and 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.

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 analyse why the cow
dropped 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 a clever
cow cartoon image 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 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 2 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 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 INDIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You worship them.

A BRITISH CORPORATION:
You have two cows. Both are mad