The following is a kind of joke that I received into my Inbox a while ago.
I smiled at the time and went off past it. But lately, I began to think about that again.
Whoever wrote this initially, certainly did a good job, looking around him. They might seem funny (and are), but nevertheless, I suppose all of you may recognize the stereotypes – that’s why they’re funny in the first place.
Of course, it doesn’t have to be like that in real life.
Well, not always…
But it pays back to keep them in mind when and if you target a global audience.
Not all cultures out there behave ‘properly ‘ – as it seems obvious to you at first glance.
Here comes the original design:
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
The herd grows up and the economy flourish.
You sell all and retire happily with your earnings.
And here the various contrivances:
AMERICAN COMPANY
You have two cows.
You sell one and try forcing the remaining one to give milk as… four cows.
You seem very surprised to see the cow dies…
FRENCH COMPANY
You have two cows.
You would like to have three.
You go on strike.
JAPANESE COMPANY
You have two cows.
You redesign them to be 10 times smaller and give 20 times more milk.
Then, you design intelligent anime images.
You name them Cowkemon and finally promote them globally.
GERMAN COMPANY
You have two cows.
You redesign them to live 100 years, eat once a month and milk themselves.
BRITISH COMPANY
You have two cows.
Both crazy…
What! You kill them, right?
ITALIAN COMPANY
You have two cows, but don’t know where they are right now.
Take a lunch break.
RUSSIAN COMPANY
You have two cows.
You count them upto …5…
…this was too tough, I removed it!
I can e-mail it to you if you like.
SWISS COMPANY – I rate this as the best!
You have ….. 5000 cows.
None of them is yours.
Bill the owners for storage…
INDIAN COMPANY
You have two cows.
You worship them.
CHINESE COMPANY
You have two cows.
But 300 people to milk them.
…. censored , I removed it! I can e-mail it to you if you like.
ROMANIAN COMPANY
You have 6 cows.
Expenses as for 10, but you milk only 3.
You run as crazy among them, but to no avail…
You bring 5 more employees to help you and go bankrupt in a month…
You blame the bull!
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