[ECONOMICS 101] The "You Have Two Cows" Case study

[ISAWHIM]

Zimbabwe:
You have two cows.
No, You have one cow.
No, You have 0.5 cow.
No, You have 0.1 cow.
No, You have 0.002 cow.
No, You have 0.0000001 cow.
No, You have 0.000000000000005 cow.
No, You have 0.00000000000000000000000000000003 cow.
No, You have 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 cow.

You trade that for $0.01 USD
Then you buy one cow off an ebay auction for $0.01 USD, with free shipping, but you eventually get two cows, and your $0.01 USD back from buyer-protection with paypal.
You now have two cows again.
No, You have one cow.
No, You have 0.5 cow.
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Silk Road:
You have two cows.
They are worth $0.0001
Now they are worth $0.0001
Now they are worth $0.001
Now they are worth $0.01
Now they are worth $0.10
Now they are worth $1.00
Now they are worth $10.00
Now they are worth $100.00
Now they are worth $1,000.00

Finally they sold...

Now they are worth $10,000.00
Now they are worth $100,000.00
Now they are worth $1,000,000.00
Now they are worth $10,000,000.00

Now you regret selling them... You buy two more...

Govt takes all your funds before you get to cash-out the cash-cow. Then takes your two new cows.

[ISAWHIM]

Arabia
You have two cows.
You trade them for two wives.

Borg
You have two cows.
You assimilate them... Resistance if mootile.

Yemen
You have two cows.
They produce four calf.
There is no bull.

Second-Life
You have two cows.
Anshe-Chung steals the design and makes $99,999,999.00 Lindens selling the cheap knock-offs.

Black hole
You have two cows.
But you can't see them.
On the edge of the hole, Hawking-radiation lets you know they are in there.

Future
You have two cows.
One is a clone.

Past
You have two cows.
You trade them for tulip-bulbs.

Seattle
You have two cows.
They are depressed.

California
You have two cows.
One is on anti-depressants, Ritalin, Prozac, Oxycontin and in therapy.
The other is working full-time with a marijuana-grower/caretaker.

New York
You have two cows.
Both are unemployed, living off welfare, have many kids, some of them yours, and don't like being called bitches. But they are your bitches.

Moon
You have two cows.
But they imploded.

Mars
You have two cows.
They both wonder why the hell you put them on mars.

Desert island
You have two cows.
You wish you had one boat.