What is the Gambian version? -- You have two cows. Yaya jammeh takes both,
sells them, sends your yai-compin mom to mecca for the hajj, you turn from
being a "fence-sitter" to an AFRC apologist!

Madiba.
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      A CHRISTIAN:
      You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor.

      A SOCIALIST:
      You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your
      neighbor.

      A REPUBLICAN:
      You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So what?

      A DEMOCRAT:
      You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being
      successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing
      you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for
      then take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You
      feel righteous.

      A COMMUNIST:
      You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk.

      A FASCIST:
      You have two cows. The government seizes both and sells you the
      milk. You join the underground and start a campaign of sabotage.

      DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE:
      You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you have to
      sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow,
      which was a gift from your government.

      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. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks
      the other, pays you for the milk, then pours the milk down the drain.

      AN 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.

      A FRENCH CORPORATION:
      You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

      A JAPANESE CORPORATION:
      You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size
      of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.

      A GERMAN CORPORATION:
      You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years,
      eat once a month, and milk themselves.

      AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:
      You have two cows but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.

      A RUSSIAN CORPORATION:
      You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You
      count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again
      and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another
      bottle of vodka.

      A SWISS CORPORATION:
      You have 5,000 cows, none of which belongs to you. You charge for
      storing them for others.

      A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION:
      You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an American
      corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation
      declares bankruptcy.

      AN INDIAN CORPORATION:
      You have two cows. You worship them.

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