I received one of those long email humor chains today, but some of the "definitions" are really funny so I'm posting them here. (Note to Attribution Gods: I would, really I would, but I don't know who to credit!)
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are
surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.
TALIBAN
CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan
, which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private
parts.
You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find
alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.
IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing. (practically haiku!)
BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish.
The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
The cow dies happy.
My fav line: You are surprised when one cow drops dead. Indeed you are.