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Cow-Tipping, is it real?

Posted on 09/05/2014 10:32:31 AM PDT by MNDude

Many of us have heard of the mischievous act of sneaking up to sleeping cows in the middle of night and then shoving them over.

When people talk about cow-tipping, I've usually heard of it as "matter of fact." (I know Minnesota is sometimes called a "cow-tipping state")

I have grown up in the state of Minnesota all my life. In fact, most of my life, I've grown up in the farming communities where there plenty of cows.

Yet, I have never seen actual cow tipping before, nor have ever known anyone that's admitted to doing this.

Is this a real thing or an urban legend? Perhaps some of the older people here that have grown up on farms can shed some light on this.


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1 posted on 09/05/2014 10:32:31 AM PDT by MNDude
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It’s a lot like “snipe hunting”.


2 posted on 09/05/2014 10:34:12 AM PDT by CMailBag
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It’s real. And it’s spectacular!


3 posted on 09/05/2014 10:35:00 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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I’m from Wisconsin. It is real.


4 posted on 09/05/2014 10:35:23 AM PDT by Obadiah (None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.)
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5 posted on 09/05/2014 10:35:25 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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I believe my brother tried to tip a cow once. It didn’t budge. Then he grabbed it’s tail, and the cow started running in circles with my brother hanging on. The other cows just watched with amusement.


6 posted on 09/05/2014 10:35:47 AM PDT by DannyTN
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When I was in college, many South Jersey guys claimed they took part in cow tipping, but I've never seen it done.

In North Jersey we just tipped over mailboxes.

7 posted on 09/05/2014 10:35:48 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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My friend tried this with a bunch of his college mates, very drunk very dark and the cow did not tip over. It was a bull and it did not find this amusing.....


9 posted on 09/05/2014 10:36:40 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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Cow-tipping myth hasn’t got a leg to stand on
http://web.archive.org/web/20110629083548/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article586737.ece

Margo Lillie, a doctor of zoology at the University of British Columbia, and her student Tracy Boechler have conducted a study on the physics of cow-tipping.

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.


10 posted on 09/05/2014 10:37:11 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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I am from sw kansas where cows are so plentiful that they out number humans 100 to one, and its real.


11 posted on 09/05/2014 10:37:17 AM PDT by aft_lizard
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I think 15% is a good tip... especially for a cow.


12 posted on 09/05/2014 10:38:07 AM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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This would make a great MythBusters episode.


13 posted on 09/05/2014 10:39:20 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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I’ve seen it done. Usually takes a pretty big or strong guy to do it though, or two average sized guys.


14 posted on 09/05/2014 10:40:49 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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It’s real, and farmers don’t take kindly to it because you can injure the cows.


15 posted on 09/05/2014 10:41:16 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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In Russia is possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jTeocuM0yBM#t=10


16 posted on 09/05/2014 10:41:27 AM PDT by Justa
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The guy up the road keeps about 25 head of beef cattle; more or less a hobby. They get out and wander the road. There’s so little traffic it’s not a huge problem. What I’ve learned, however, is its best not to bother cows never mind bulls. They somehow know they are 7 or 8 times my weight and they regularly fight with each other. Bothering them needlessly will not lead to fun, at least no fun for me.


17 posted on 09/05/2014 10:41:53 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fictional)
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I thought it had been ‘debunked’ in one of the Big Bang Theory episode.


18 posted on 09/05/2014 10:42:18 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: thackney

Graduate of a rural Wisconsin High School, here. You are seriously overestimating the difficulty of finding five strapping young men willing to push over livestock for a laugh.


19 posted on 09/05/2014 10:42:46 AM PDT by Eepsy
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Yes, it is real and it will cause a dairy cow to produce less milk for a period of time.

It is a serious problem in dairy areas and is the bane of dairy famers in Wisconsin, particularly around Madison.


20 posted on 09/05/2014 10:43:35 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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