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Croatian farmer killed by falling cow
Reuters UK ^
| Jul 26, 2005
| Reuters
Posted on 07/26/2005 2:34:11 PM PDT by Cowman
Croatian farmer killed by falling cow Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:59 AM BST
ZAGREB (Reuters) - A Croatian farmer was killed when a cow he was about to milk fell and crushed him, local media reported on Tuesday.
The unfortunate 61-year-old farmer, from the village of Cadjavacki Lug in central Croatia, went into the stable where his family keeps nine cows, as he had every morning for the past 20 years, the Vecernji List newspaper reported.
"I think he slipped, grabbed the milking machine and knocked it over. That must have frightened the cow, which slipped and fell on top of him," his distraught daughter-in-law, who was in the stable with him, told the daily.
"It took me and the rest of the family almost three minutes to get the cow off him."
She said the cow, named Lara, had been very meek and that even children could milk her without fear. The newspaper did not say what had become of the cow.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: fallingcow; milkingdeath
Seriously though... It must have hurt when they tried to pull him out of that squeeze.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:34:11 PM PDT
by
Cowman
To: Cowman
Now they're fighting back...
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:35:39 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
To: Cowman
Reminds me of a date I once had.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:37:32 PM PDT
by
Spok
To: Cowman
I feel guilty for saying it, but...he really got creamed.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:37:34 PM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
To: Cowman
I think he slipped, grabbed the milking machine and knocked it over. That must have frightened the cow, which slipped and fell on top of him
LOLOL THE funniest thing Ive read all day...you can't make this stuff up!!!!!
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:37:40 PM PDT
by
PaulaB
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile .. hoping it will eat him last--Winston Churchill)
To: Cowman
So this is what is meant by Breaking News.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:37:42 PM PDT
by
Buck W.
(Yesterday's Intelligentsia are today's Irrelevantsia.)
To: Darkwolf377
Now they're fighting back...like this?
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:38:10 PM PDT
by
Cowman
(Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
To: Cowman
All clear?
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:39:39 PM PDT
by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: Dashing Dasher; Allegra; MikeinIraq; peacebaby
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:40:48 PM PDT
by
PaulaB
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile .. hoping it will eat him last--Winston Churchill)
To: Cowman
I hate it when that happens.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:40:48 PM PDT
by
Fudd Fan
(fiat voluntas Tua)
To: PaulaB
LOL! "Revenge of the Cows"
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:41:33 PM PDT
by
Fudd Fan
(fiat voluntas Tua)
To: Cowman
grabbed the milking machine and knocked it over.Well, at least we know it's not bullsh*t.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:42:37 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
( If you want to give me a present, my size is cash..........)
To: Cowman
"I think he slipped, grabbed the milking machine and knocked it over. That must have frightened the cow... Maybe that wasn't what he grabbed.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:44:03 PM PDT
by
bannie
(The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
To: Cowman
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:44:36 PM PDT
by
MortMan
(Mostly Harmless)
To: Cowman
"Fetchez la vache!"
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:45:36 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Don't it always seem to go...that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.)
To: Cowman
To: Cowman
Guess the poor guy just couldn't mo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ve fast enough.
To: LongElegantLegs
I once heard about a guy getting crushed by a Jersey barrier but this is about the same thing.
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posted on
07/26/2005 5:40:24 PM PDT
by
Cowman
(Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
To: Cowman
I spent the first half of my life milking and dealing with the evil beasts.Take my word,this was no accident.
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posted on
07/26/2005 5:42:53 PM PDT
by
carlr
To: PaulaB
Now THAT's a heifer for you!
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posted on
07/27/2005 7:21:56 AM PDT
by
peacebaby
(Hot town, summer in the city. Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty.)
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