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Cow-tipping myth hasn't got a leg to stand on
Times on Line (Britain) ^
| November 05, 2005
| Jack Malvern
Posted on 11/05/2005 11:21:46 AM PST by 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.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: hillary
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I did a search and cannot believe that this hasn't been posted yet!
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:21:47 AM PST
by
OSHA
To: OSHA
Yeah, lord knows we need to know these things before we try and do it.
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:23:56 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
To: OSHA
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...
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:26:07 AM PST
by
LowOiL
("I am neither . I am a Christocrat" -Benjamin Rush)
To: OSHA
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.
To: Abathar
Maybe this will help....
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:26:47 AM PST
by
OSHA
(I've got a hole in my head too, but that's beside the point.)
To: OSHA
To be successful you have to grasp the legs on the far side and two big guys can then do it easily.
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:29:26 AM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
To: OSHA; NoCmpromiz; Darksheare
Bulls get up faster than cows. NEVER tip a bull.
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:31:23 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: OSHA
Trust me, as a native Texan, it's not the cow you need to worry about sneaking up on.
To: DJ MacWoW
Bulls get up faster than cows. NEVER tip a bull...To heck w/ that!, I'd rather tip some Beef Barbecue... :D
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:36:12 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: LowOiL
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.
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:37:27 AM PST
by
johnny7
(“What now? Let me tell you what now.”)
To: txroadkill
..cow you need to worry about sneaking up on...not to many, Where we lived. GO ATM AGGIES!
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:38:38 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: skinkinthegrass
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! ;)
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:40:49 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: DJ MacWoW
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.. :)
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posted on
11/05/2005 11:57:07 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: Baynative
Now, where again did that "BEVO" name come from?Wellll.. :D ..from "Texas A and M" ...sayin' it loud and proud...Ahem, somewhat removed.
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posted on
11/05/2005 12:03:48 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: OSHA
You have to get the cow drunk too!
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posted on
11/05/2005 12:22:37 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(LET ME DIE ON MY FEET IN MY SWAMP, ALEX KOZINSKI FOR SCOTUS)
To: OSHA
Plus they have surveillance
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posted on
11/05/2005 12:27:45 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Semper Paratus! (always prepared))
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: OSHA
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.
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posted on
11/05/2005 12:50:11 PM PST
by
SoDak
To: OSHA
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posted on
11/05/2005 3:56:01 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
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