Cow-tipping myth hasn't got a leg to stand on

Times on Line (Britain) ^ | November 05, 2005 | Jack Malvern

[OSHA]

IT IS the kind of story you hear from a friend of a friend — how, after a long night in a rural hostelry and at a loss for entertainment in the countryside, they head out into a nearby field.

There, according to the second-hand accounts, they sneak up on an unsuspecting cow and turn the poor animal hoof over udder.

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Ms Boechler, now a trainee forensics analyst for the Royal Canadian Mounted Corps, concluded in her initial report that a cow standing with its legs straight would require five people to exert the required force to bowl it over.

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Another problem is that cows, unlike horses, do not sleep on their feet — they doze. Ms Boechler said that cows are easily disturbed. “I have personally heard of people trying but failing because they are either using too few people or being too loud.

“Most of these ‘athletes’ are intoxicated.”

[OSHA]

I did a search and cannot believe that this hasn't been posted yet!

[Abathar]

Yeah, lord knows we need to know these things before we try and do it.

[LowOiL]

Never tried the cow tipping as a youth, but did run from an ole bull that would chase us when we went cruising for Christmas Trees to chop down.

Dang things are big the closer that you get to em...

[Fester Chugabrew]

The best guitar player in the world probably hangs out in some Memphis dive, but he doesn't have the breaks and thereby has yet to become famous. Being only one jellybean away from the big time, he ends up winding clocks for a living while the tuning pegs corrode.

[OSHA]

Maybe this will help....

[mad_as_he$$]

To be successful you have to grasp the legs on the far side and two big guys can then do it easily.

[DJ MacWoW]

Bulls get up faster than cows. NEVER tip a bull.

[txroadkill]

Trust me, as a native Texan, it's not the cow you need to worry about sneaking up on.

[skinkinthegrass]

Bulls get up faster than cows. NEVER tip a bull...To heck w/ that!, I'd rather tip some Beef Barbecue... :D

[johnny7]

Bulls are mean-spirited. My granpaw used to lead his around with a stick through the ring in its nose.

I had some high school buds who would light a pig up every once in a while. Splash gasoline on it and toss a match... sick SOB's.

[skinkinthegrass]

..cow you need to worry about sneaking up on.

..not to many, Where we lived. GO ATM AGGIES!

[DJ MacWoW]

To heck w/ that!, I'd rather tip some Beef Barbecue... :D

You had to go and say that when I'm hungry didn't ya! ;)

[skinkinthegrass]

You had to go and say that when I'm hungry didn't ya!

*Sigh*...only b/c, I have a (Chicken) TeeVee Dinner in the Oven...still ('67-69) remember the Beef BBQ from TX..Remember me, when you pick up bisket...GRRRR.. :)

[skinkinthegrass]

Now, where again did that "BEVO" name come from?

Wellll.. :D ..from "Texas A and M" ...sayin' it loud and proud...Ahem, somewhat removed.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

You have to get the cow drunk too!

[Lady Jag]

Plus they have surveillance

[SoDak]

Shhhhhhh!!!!! Don't tell the city people this! I especially enjoy when city people tell me they remember doing this in their youth when visiting a relative/friend's farm.

[P.O.E.]