9597 Economic Models

explained with cows:

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 has dropped dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION 
You have two cows. 
You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.

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

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION 
You have two cows. 
Business seems pretty good. 
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION 
You have two cows. 
The one on the left looks very attractive...

[B]AN ITALIAN CORPORATION 
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. 
You decide to have lunch.[/B] :laughs:

Category
General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 05:32

for anyone who liked that, there is an extended version here ...
[url]http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/general-chat-about-italy/6425-unhappy-italians-3.html#post60004[/url]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 05:38

[quote=pigro;89992]for anyone who liked that, there is an extended version here ...
[url]http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/general-chat-about-italy/6425-unhappy-italians-3.html#post60004[/url][/quote]

Love the Enron line :laughs::laughs:

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 05:50

I also find it amusing that it's the welsh who are portrayed as "sheep shaggers" in the one I linked to, while the New Zealanders get that dubious honour in Elefante's version - clearly a bit of localised sub-editing going on during its travels on the web!

A bit like Manuel from Faulty Towers mysteriously recast as a Mexican for the dubbed Spanish version ... or as an Italian in the Catalan version (or was it vice versa) !!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 12:52

just to note the longevity of these things: I first saw a version of this some time back in the md-60s