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Gassy German cows blamed for barn explosion
MySanAntonio.com ^ | 01/28/2014 | unknown

Posted on 01/28/2014 7:30:04 AM PST by red-dawg

Edited on 01/28/2014 7:43:18 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

BERLIN (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at mysanantonio.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Cheese, Moose, Sister; Humor; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bovinegascloud; cheese; dairycows; methane
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1 posted on 01/28/2014 7:30:04 AM PST by red-dawg
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To: red-dawg

Hard to imagine a barn that was built vapor tight, holding in lighter than air gases.


2 posted on 01/28/2014 7:31:53 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

Germans


3 posted on 01/28/2014 7:33:02 AM PST by Mercat
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To: Mercat

I “herd” about this...


4 posted on 01/28/2014 7:36:10 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Mercat

... it happened RIGHT after the farmer said “Hey! Johann! Pull my finger!”


5 posted on 01/28/2014 7:36:58 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: red-dawg

I expect this is how my Boston Terriers will kill me one day.


6 posted on 01/28/2014 7:37:55 AM PST by skeeter
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To: xsmommy

Weren’t we just referring to something like this?


7 posted on 01/28/2014 7:39:07 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: red-dawg
Somewhere Mrs. O’Leary is smiling at the vindication.
8 posted on 01/28/2014 7:40:33 AM PST by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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To: Mercat

They’ve weaponized cows Jim!


9 posted on 01/28/2014 7:40:48 AM PST by School of Rational Thought
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To: red-dawg
They needed cowtalytic converters to burn off the methane.
10 posted on 01/28/2014 7:41:48 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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To: thackney

Wonder how much old hay was in that barn!


11 posted on 01/28/2014 7:42:05 AM PST by gr8eman (How ya doin Bob?...Bitchen!)
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To: red-dawg

Didn’t Gassy German Cows open for The Human League back in the 80’s?


12 posted on 01/28/2014 7:42:49 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: red-dawg
They needed cowtalytic converters to burn off the methane.
13 posted on 01/28/2014 7:42:59 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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14 posted on 01/28/2014 7:43:26 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: red-dawg

Colonel Hogan, I smell nothing!


15 posted on 01/28/2014 7:46:44 AM PST by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: KarlInOhio

The cows names were Elsie....Bossy.... Assy.... and Gassy...

But... this story sounds like...

wait for it....

here it comes...

“UDDER bullsh*t!”

(I’m cracking myself up over here...)


16 posted on 01/28/2014 7:47:04 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: red-dawg

Don’t feed the cows kraut when they’re penned up in the barn.


17 posted on 01/28/2014 7:47:20 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: red-dawg; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Daffynition
A herd of dairy cows nearly lifted the roof off their barn in central Germany when methane released by the animals caused an explosion.

"Who cut the cheese???"

18 posted on 01/28/2014 7:48:07 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: MrB

good grief, you’re prescient! ; )


19 posted on 01/28/2014 7:49:06 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: thackney

Manure pits, or deep beds of animal litter, can generate explosive quantities of methane. But the usual result is not an explosion, but a mass death of the animals in confinement, asphyxiated by the ammonia and methane fumes that build up.

Not so much that the facility was vapor tight, as the ventilation system (usually large exhaust fans) failed in some way, allowing the accumulation of the fumes.


20 posted on 01/28/2014 7:49:12 AM PST by alloysteel (Obamacare - Death and Taxes now available online. One-stop shopping at its best!)
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