What Do You Do if you Have Two Cows at Lake Chapala ?
February 3, 2010
At the risk of offending almost everyone, amusing some and hopefully enlightening others I’ve added my own twist to an internet joke I recently received.
What do you do with two cows?
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.
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.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You modify them genetically so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
Mexican Living at Lake Chapala
A Mexican has two cows.
He stakes them both out on Federal Land by the Lake or on Highway right of ways and they eat their fill of grass and save the government the cost of mowing.
He trades the milk of one for the labor to milk them both.
Then, he trades his milk to the cheese maker who gives him half the cheese.
His wife then makes scrumptious casadillas for comeda while he takes an afternoon siesta.
Life is Good !
Gringo Retiree Living at Lake Chapala
Two Mexican cows have broken their ropes where they were tethered and wandered onto your property and are eating your garden plants.
Your gardener Juan corals them both and takes them to the local carneceria (butcher shop) which butchers both, keeps one and returns one to you.
You throw a neighborhood fiesta and Juan’s brother in law Bar B Q’s some of the meat, makes sausage from some of it, and fajitas out of the rest.
Juan invites his other brother in law, a Mariachi band leader to bring the band along.
The other guests bring cerveza, tortillas, and salsa picante.
Everyone pigs out on all the home cooked wonderful Mexican food and drink at the fiesta.
Life is very good for you, your gardener and his brother in law at Lake Chapala !
So, if you want to join us here living the good life too: I can help.
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. The Real Estate Market
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, Living life here as a Contented Gringo
at beautiful and affordable Lake Chapala Ajijic Mexico.
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