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Geraint Lewis

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Oct 31, 2001, 8:35:48 AM10/31/01
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In article <MPG.164a01538896b09c989f93@news>, Vokł <nos...@nospam.com>
writes
>Capitalism
>----------
>A system where you remain poor, whilst the richer people get even
>richer at your expense
>
I've always preferred economics as explained in cows:
>
>FEUDALISM
>You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.
>
>PURE SOCIALISM
>You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with
>everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all the cows. The
>government gives you all the milk you need.
>
>BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM
>Your cows are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of
>the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government
>gives you as much milk and eggs the regulations say you should need.
>
>FASCISM
>You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of
>them, sells you the milk.
>
>PURE COMMUNISM
>You have two cows. Your neighbours help you take care of them, and you all
>share the milk.
>
>REAL WORLD COMMUNISM
>You share two cows with your neighbours. You and your neighbours bicker
>about who has the most "ability" and who has the most "need". Meanwhile,
>no one works, no one gets any milk, and the cows drop dead of starvation.
>
>RUSSIAN COMMUNISM
>You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes
>all the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the
>black market.
>
>PERESTROIKA
>You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the Mafia takes all
>the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can sell it on the "free"
>market.
>
>CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM
>You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.
>
>MILITARIANISM
>You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
>
>TOTALITARIANISM
>You have two cows. The government takes them and denies they ever existed.
>Milk is banned.
>
>PURE DEMOCRACY
>You have two cows. You neighbours decide who gets the milk.
>
>REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
>You have two cows. Your neighbours pick someone to tell you who gets the
>milk.
>
>BRITISH DEMOCRACY
>You have two cows. You feed them sheep's brains and they go mad. The
>government doesn't do anything.
>
>BUREAUCRACY
>You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed
>them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then
>it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the
>drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing
>cows.
>
>PURE ANARCHY
>You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your
>neighbours try to take the cows and kill you.
>
>PURE CAPITALISM
>You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
>
>CAPITALISM
>You don't have any cows. The bank will not lend you money to buy cows,
>because you don't have any cows to put up as collateral.
>
>ENVIRONMENTALISM
>You have two cows. The government bans you from milking or killing them.
>
>POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
>You are associated with (the concept of "ownership" is a symbol of phallo
>centric, war mongering, intolerant past) two differently aged (but no less
>valuable to society) bovines of non-specified gender.
>
>SURREALISM
>You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica
>lessons
>

--
Geraint Lewis

[+- mike-+]

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Oct 31, 2001, 10:22:13 AM10/31/01
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In article <MPG.164a1bcba...@news.ntlworld.com>, M²T...
<m_t@?.uk.co.invalid> writes
>Gazing into my crystal ball I see Geraint Lewis wrote ...

>
>
>> >Capitalism
>> >----------
>> >A system where you remain poor, whilst the richer people get even
>> >richer at your expense
>> >
>> I've always preferred economics as explained in cows:
>
><snippery>
>
>You've missed twatism.

And complete-lack-of-humourism.

Perhaps you'd like to offer an explanation to the readers?
--
~+¦ mike ¦+~
http://www.u75.org

Flying Rat

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Oct 31, 2001, 11:50:33 AM10/31/01
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M淹... said...

> Gazing into my crystal ball I see Geraint Lewis wrote ...
>
>
> > >Capitalism
> > >----------
> > >A system where you remain poor, whilst the richer people get even
> > >richer at your expense
> > >
> > I've always preferred economics as explained in cows:
>
> <snippery>
>
> You've missed twatism.
>

TWATISM

The cows die of boredom from endless repetive drivel used to spam a
website.

Close enuff?

<O~~FR

Flying Rat

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Oct 31, 2001, 1:55:45 PM10/31/01
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JustaBloke said...
> M淹.....'s latest pearl of wisdom was...
> > Gazing into my crystal ball I see JustaBloke wrote ...
> >
> >
> > > Seems about right, but you forgot the foul language.
> >
> >
> > No - I'm on NTHell .....
> >
> > For the full flavour just chuck in a random four
> > letter word every 5 words.
> >
>
> Ahh. I see. Thanks.
>
>
I'm on BTBrokennet

No probs there with naughty words.

Support staff are that used to being called useless f*ck!"g w*nke%s and
other stuff they can't tell anymore what naughty words are.

<O~~FR
(new sig for this week...http://www.justabloke.com/index.htm)

[+- mike-+]

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Oct 31, 2001, 2:13:06 PM10/31/01
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In article <MPG.164a378eb...@news.ntlworld.com>, M²T...
<m_t@?.uk.co.invalid> writes
>You have two cows, but they will never be as good as Mike's two cows,
>nor will you be better at milking them. After all, Mike invented Milk
>and the proof is on his Web site:
>
>http://www.urban75.com/mygreatestinventions/cows/
>
>Besides, it turns out you've never had cows as you are unable to present
>Mike with URLs or usenet references regarding your cows. In fact you are
>a feckwit and you must bow before Mike as a thank you for having this
>pointed out to you.

Good grief. The cowardly fuckwit's really lost the plot now.

[+- mike-+]

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Oct 31, 2001, 2:13:44 PM10/31/01
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In article <MPG.164a51afd...@news.freeserve.com>, JustaBloke
<TheB...@JustaBloke.com> writes

>
>Seems about right, but you forgot the foul language.
>
Maybe I should stop being so lenient with you.....
--
~+Ś mike Ś+~
http://www.u75.org

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Oct 31, 2001, 2:14:39 PM10/31/01
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In article <3be0460f$0$58174$892e...@authen.puce.readfreenews.net>,
M²T..... <pink...@ukonlineDIM.Spamoco.uk> writes

>Gazing into my crystal ball I see JustaBloke wrote ...
>
>
>> Seems about right, but you forgot the foul language.
>
>
>No - I'm on NTHell .....
>
>For the full flavour just chuck in a random four
>letter word every 5 words.

You mean like "//twat\\," you pathetic hypocrite?

[+- mike-+]

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Oct 31, 2001, 2:15:39 PM10/31/01
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In article <MPG.164a3c315...@news.cis.dfn.de>, Flying Rat
<flyi...@windows-sucks.com> writes

>
>The cows die of boredom from endless repetive drivel used to spam a
>website.

Who, apart from Justa of course, has been repeatedly spamming a website
here?

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