jetje
10-18-2004, 09:15 AM
TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You retire on the income.
AMERICAN ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You profess surprise when the cow drops dead.
JAPANESE ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You redesign them so that they are one-tenth the size
of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create cute cartoon cow images called
Cowkimon and market them worldwide.
FRENCH ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
GERMAN ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You reengineer them so that they live for 100 years,
eat once a month and milk themselves.
BRITISH ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
They are both mad cows.
ITALIAN ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
SWISS ECONOMICS
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You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.
RUSSIAN ECONOMICS
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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 17 cows.
You give up counting and open another bottle of Vodka.
CHINESE ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment, high bovine productivity
and arrest anyone reporting the actual numbers.
PAKISTAN ECONOMICS
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You don't have any cows!
You claim that the Indian cows belong to you.
You ask the US for financial aid, China for military
aid, British for Warplanes, Italy for machines,
Germany for technology, French for submarines,
Switzerland for loans, Russia for drugs
and Japan for equipment. You buy the cows with all
this and claim of exploitation by the world.
INDIAN ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You worship them.
IRANIAN ECONOMICS
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You have ONE cows.
He rules the country.
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You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You retire on the income.
AMERICAN ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You profess surprise when the cow drops dead.
JAPANESE ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You redesign them so that they are one-tenth the size
of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create cute cartoon cow images called
Cowkimon and market them worldwide.
FRENCH ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
GERMAN ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You reengineer them so that they live for 100 years,
eat once a month and milk themselves.
BRITISH ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
They are both mad cows.
ITALIAN ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
SWISS ECONOMICS
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You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.
RUSSIAN ECONOMICS
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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 17 cows.
You give up counting and open another bottle of Vodka.
CHINESE ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment, high bovine productivity
and arrest anyone reporting the actual numbers.
PAKISTAN ECONOMICS
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You don't have any cows!
You claim that the Indian cows belong to you.
You ask the US for financial aid, China for military
aid, British for Warplanes, Italy for machines,
Germany for technology, French for submarines,
Switzerland for loans, Russia for drugs
and Japan for equipment. You buy the cows with all
this and claim of exploitation by the world.
INDIAN ECONOMICS
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You have two cows.
You worship them.
IRANIAN ECONOMICS
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You have ONE cows.
He rules the country.