Surrealism is: you own a giraffe and the gov. makes you take harmonica lessons

This is inspired by a description of various government -ism's using cows. I originally saw it in an Ann Landers newspaper column, but she called it an "oldie but a goodie."

There are, of course, various versions out there if you search "you have two cows." But an example is Capitalism: You have two cows. Sell one and buy a bull.

In the version Ann Landers printed, it ended humorously with Surrealism: You have a giraffe. The government makes you take harmonica lessons.

This has become my favorite definition of surrealism.