Emailed to me by a friend (Thanks, Andy)
(From the Edmonton Sun newspaper.)
How agri-corporations around the world would treat their cows.
NORTH 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.
FRENCH: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.
JAPANESE: You have two cows. You redesign them to 1/10 the size of ordinary
cows, producing 20 times the milk. You then create clever cow cartoons
called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.
GERMAN: You have two cows, re-engineered so they'll live for 100 years, eat
once a month and milk themselves.
BRITISH: You have two cows. Both are mad.
RUSSIAN: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You
count them again and learn you have 42. You count them again and learn you
have 12. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
SWISS: You have 5,000 cows. None belongs to you. You charge others for
storing them.
HINDU: You have two cows. You worship them.
CHINESE: You have two cows and 300 people milking them. You claim full
employment, high bovine productivity and arrest the newsman who questions
the numbers.