Du har to køer: Forskelle mellem versioner

 

"'''Du har to køer'''" er indledningen til en politisk/økonomisk [[vittighed]]. Vittigheden beskriver gennem brug af [[satire]], hvorledes et givent [[politisk system]] vil behandle to køer for derigennem at illustrere systemets funktion.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Guevarra|first=Argee|title=Future Tense: e-jokes|journal=BusinessWorld|date=June 4, 1997|quote=praises the joke and gives versions from various countries/economic systems|accessdate=2006-12-08|issn=01163930|id=ProQuest document ID: 84519297, Source type: Periodical|url=http://www.proquest.com/|subscription=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Melnick|first=Rick|title=Bovinus economicus|journal=American Vegetable Grower|publisher=Willoughby|date=August 2001|volume=49|issue=8|pages=42|quote=presents the joke|accessdate=2006-12-08|issn=07419848|id=ProQuest document ID: 77628668, Source type: Periodical|url=http://www.proquest.com/|subscription=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Enronism Avenue Of The Americas [USA edition]|journal=Financial Times|location=London (UK)|date=January 10, 2002|pages=13|quote=adds Enron version of two cows joke|issn=03071766|id=ProQuest document ID: 98859339. Source type: Newspaper (subscription required)}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Insider Column|publisher=Bangkok Post|location=Thailand, distributed by Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. Washington|date=January 17, 2002|pages=1|quote=four new 2 cows jokes relevant to world economic issues|accessdate=2006-12-08|id=ProQuest document ID: 100120779 Source type: Wire Feed|url=http://www.proquest.com/|subscription=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Plender|first=John|title=Texan bull|journal=Financial Times (London 1st Edition)|location=London (UK)|date=April 14, 2003|pages=24|quote=talks about Enron version of joke|accessdate=2006-12-08|issn=03071766|id=ProQuest document ID: 324166071|subscription=yes|url=http://www.proquest.com/}}</ref>

 

Canadieren Bill Sherk skriver, at sådanne metaforer om køers behandling under forskellige økonomiske og politiske systemer har cirkuleret i USA siden 1936 under titlen "Ismernes parabel".<ref>"500 Years of New Words", by Bill Sherk, Doubleday, 1983, ISBN 0-385-17902-2, p. 162.</ref> En leder i ''The Chicago Daily Tribune'' i 1938 anvendte en tilsvarende liste med socialisme, kommunisme, fascisme og New Deal'isme i en beskrivelse af økonomien i Chicago.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Class in Political Isms |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |date=December 3, 1938 |at=p.12, col.3}}</ref>