Mandar
I just received this email which may help explain why pigs are not called cows:
> > Economic Theory of Cows
> > >
> > > TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
> > > You have two cows.
> > > You sell one and buy a bull.
> > > Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
> > > You sell them and retire on the income.
> > >
> > > HIH VENTURE CAPITALISM
> > > You have two cows.
> > > You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters
of
> > > credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a
> > > debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all
> >four
> > > cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
> > >
> > > The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary
> > > to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder
> >who
> > > sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The
> >annual
> > > report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.
The
> > > public buys your bull.
> > >
> > > 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. You then create
clever
> > > cow
> > > cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide.
> > >
> > > A GERMAN CORPORATION
> > > You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years,
eat
> > > once
> > > a month, and milk themselves.
> > >
> > > A BRITISH CORPORATION
> > > You have two cows. Both are mad.
> > >
> > > 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 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for
> > > storing them.
> > >
> > > A CHINESE CORPORATION
> > > You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full
> > > employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who
> >reported
> > > the numbers.
> > >
> > > A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
> > > You have two sheep. That one on the left is kinda cute...
>
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve McKenzie [mailto:Mechproj@xtra.co.nz]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:05 PM
To: <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=sl-PDRP3QxJt7LnXgfPNXNuQWBdaEprCy0T-CuMY_wlTIb1kE_KuQ-4GzpaTJQ56SjWv1WO1MZ3Kq6dPJ0zKAzQs">PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com</a>
Subject: RE: [PipingDesign] Pig - Just a curiosity
Hi Mandar
I think pigs are so called because of similarities:
Both are basically cylindrical
Both get covered in shit
Neither will go where you want them to
Hope this helps
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=-r0ILRqouxrDevpBpRO7C47OBgoSgraCWfVtG2BF7XvbbHJk8l9Wrf8nvEX7uNaVeLjcOeQDh_YVdPA_">mapte@technip.com</a> [mailto:<a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=-r0ILRqouxrDevpBpRO7C47OBgoSgraCWfVtG2BF7XvbbHJk8l9Wrf8nvEX7uNaVeLjcOeQDh_YVdPA_">mapte@technip.com</a>]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 6:11 PM
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Subject: RE: [PipingDesign] Pig - Just a curiosity
Why are pigs called pigs?
I mean why not goat, cow etc...
Joke apart, there should be some reason to call this thing PIG.
Any inputs ?
Have a nice day.
-Mandar.
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