Mrs. M,I figure you're the best person to ask. I'm just not satisfied with the digital cows any longer and am ready for the real thing. How should I approach the cow, from the side or the rear? I'm assuming night time is the best time, but are there other times--like, say, if I want to video tape my exploit for posterity--that I might tip a cow safely? Any tips you might be able to give would be appreciated.
Yourf in Chrift,
Ftorm
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
SS, Mrs. M might give you the tip of her boot. Read her response to cow tipping in the tipping thread.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
no such thing as safe cow-tipping.
Okay - now I'm gonna go home and hug a cow because you've made me feel bad for all of them...
FG
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Wow, that's what I get for not bothering to read the thread. (People should be giving me money for the privilege of being in my presence, so the proper amount for tipping is not a concern for me.)
[ December 29, 2004, 07:02 PM: Message edited by: Storm Saxon ]
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Hey, should I tell you about the cows that nap in the middle of the street here?
I once saw nine cows napping. Cars driving around them.
It's a common ocurrence. And heck, I even have a picture to prove it to ya! Here!
It's the banner for my website.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
banner shows a broken link for me.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Yeah, and I know why, too. Silly mistake. *grrr!*
I've fixed it, I'm re-uploading files, and you should be able to see it about now. Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Good call, Elizabeth. My advice is: don't tip real cows.
And keep in mind that most farmers are armed.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I *have* tipped real cows.
I know that's awful.
I'm a bad person.
Thank you so much for bringing the topic up. Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
If you decide to do it, though, you should definitely do it like I did. In the mountains. Less likelihood of getting killed by angry cows.
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
If you want to tape it, just use a flood light, most cows won't wake up to this unusual light (but armed farmers do). Make sure to be on the up hill side of the herd when you do it (they tend to stampede down hill). oh and if the farmer starts shooting at you, just yell some obscenities (so they know it's a person) and run like hell (they usually shoot a few feet over your head).
Your partner in terrorizing livestock, JT Stryker
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
I dunno. I always figured that you tip cows 15%.
20% if you're feeling generous or the service was very good.
Anyone know any stats on the dangers of undertipping cows?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I don't know, Sndrake, it seems like they're really milking you.
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
Broken legs, agonizing pain, dumb incomprehension, lost livelihood for farmers ... Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
Cow tipping is almost a yearly ritual around here, and I've yet to hear of a farmer loosing his livelihood from it, in fact the only time i've herd of one getting injured as result of cow tipping is when the farmer accidentally shot the poor thing...
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
I find this whole conversation Udderly incomprehensible.
In India Cow Tipping is illegal, immoral, and sacracilious.
And SnDrake, you took my joke. I wanted to say 15%.
[ December 29, 2004, 09:23 PM: Message edited by: Dan_raven ]
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
No, that's what a good hamburger is.
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
lol
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I know, Sara. Weren't you ever a teenager?
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Did NO ONE look at my cow pictures? *pouts*
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
Meh, if a cow it tipped it's just ground beef to me. *poor attempt at a pun*
I don't see what's so entertaining about it, would you like it if someone threw you out of your bed? But alas, my distaste for it changes nothing, so go on tippers, tip away!
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
*goes back to check out Laurie's cow pictures*
and my daughter asked if I'm sure the cows are napping and now dead. I told her I'm sure you wouldn't post pictures of dead cows in the middle of the road and say they were napping. Posted by BelladonnaOrchid (Member # 188) on :
Quidscribis-I thought that your picture of the cows napping in the road was absolutely hilarious.
I'm curious-why didn't anyone try to move the cows? Where were they from? Do cow owners commonly let their cows run amock in the streets of Sri Lanka? Did the police arrest the cows for disrupting the flow of traffic, or did the police just fine the owner of the cattle?
So many questions...
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
The cows are indeed napping and not dead.
Dogs also nap in the middle of streets and intersections. So do water buffolow (yes, that's how it's spelled here.)
Um, cows, goats, water buffolows, dogs, cats, and other animals regularly wander around freely here. I've been told that the cattle graze on grass wherever they can find it, and the reason their owners let them roam free is because they have no pasture land. But they go home every night. Sometimes, people go about rounding them up and driving them home, so you sometimes see a herd of a dozen cows or whatever with two humans on foot behind them driving them home.
Other cows are not owned, but have been marked by the Hindus. They're not for eating, they're the true free range cows. They have no home either. Or something like that.
Cows are always wandering around everywhere here. Seriously. In the typical 30 minute trishaw ride going in absolutely any direction, I'll usually see a half dozen to a dozen cows wandering the streets like two penny whores.
Frequently, they walk on the road. So vehicles - cars, trucks, motorbikes, bicycles, trishaws, ox-carts, hand-carts, tractors - will have to drive around them.
Sometimes, they trot. And that's the funniest of the lot. Cows trotting down a road, cars and other vehicles trying to dodge them, and, well, can you say traffic jam?
The cows - and all the other animals - have no fear. They know that everyone will try to avoid them. And succeed. They know they're safe even if they walk into the middle of a busy intersection, lie down, and sleep.
Welcome to my world.
Unfortunately, and there's a long story behind this that I won't get into right now, a lot of the pictures in my blog aren't linked properly. But you can still look at them if you go to my photo directory. I'm working on fixing the links, but what with the tsunami and all, I guess my priorities are elsewhere at the moment. . .
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Sorry, missed a question.
No, no one gets fined. Not for the cows, for the water buffolow, the goats, or anything else. Nope.
And no one tries to chase them away unless they're halting traffic in all directions. The drivers just peacefully find a way around the cattle, take turns, and it all works out. Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
Icky, I was born a weathered forty. Never did enjoy life much, actually -- not until now.
quidscribis, great shot.
Posted by Scythrop (Member # 5731) on :
Quid - Great photo! Gave me a good laugh. Now I'm off to have a proper look around your site...
cheers tony
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
It was a fluke shot, believe me! I had the digital camera with me, and I was in a moving trishaw at the time, going around the cows and heading up the street that's in the photo. It was NOT planned. It was "click the photo and hope for the best" kind of thing.
But man, was I so happy when it turned out this well! It just kinda summarizes Sri Lanka for me. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
That is a great shot, quid! Sorry I didn't get back into it yesterday to see it -- I believe it was too near quitting time here...
Farmgirl
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Eve's family used to have a few cows when she was growing up when she was 11 or so.
Every now and then the cows would break out of the pasture and huddle up in the yard. It was like, "Oh boy! We got out! What do we do now?" "Let's eat some grass." "OK!"
Eve would go out to send them back, and they pretty much ignored her until she picked up a stick. Any stick, didn't matter. She didn't hit them with it, or even swing it at them. Just having the stick made them go back into the pasture. "Uh, oh. She's gotten bigger. We better go."
Dagonee
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
The cows are always dumber on the other side of the fence...
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Yeah, I have to admit. . . I AM rather proud of that photo. Thanks! Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
You should be. It's well cropped, too.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
That's a great picture!
Seattle-ites ought to study it every AM before the morning work rush . . .
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Laurie is a nine-cow woman!
Also, if you like the chocolate chili recipe I sent, feel free to use it on your chili and chocolate page. Only fitting, I would think. Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote:And SnDrake, you took my joke. I wanted to say 15%.
(notes that I will tip up to 20%, not that I want to suggest Dan is cheap. )
Dan,
this doesn't begin to make up for all the jokes you took from me.
Of course, to be perfectly honest, you've stolen most of them before I thought of them.
But I would have! You just beat me to it!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote: Laurie is a nine-cow woman!
Also, if you like the chocolate chili recipe I sent, feel free to use it on your chili and chocolate page. Only fitting, I would think.
Annie, you crack me up! I never thought of myself as a nine-cow woman before, but I guess I must be. Perhaps I can get a starring role in a new version of Johnny Lingo?
Thanks for giving me permission to use your recipe. I was going to ask you anyway, but what with everything that's been going on, I just hadn't gotten around to it yet. But yes, it seemed unusually appropriate to me, too! Thanks!
I haven't made it yet. I will, soon, though. We've got some nice peppers here. Green chilis, four inches long, 1/3 of an inch thick, dark green, glossy, and they're somewhat hot. To me. Who finds nothing hot. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I just had Mexican hot chocolate with cayenne in it yesterday. I would LOVE the chocolate chili recipe!
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
I expect nothing less than 20%
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
Around here, the cows do the tipping. They love me, and think I am their mother. They follow me around, and nibble on my clothes, and give me a good nudge once in a while if I'm not paying them enough attention. I have found it much more comfortable to fall into manure than anywhere else. One time, I was in the field and one of the yearling heifers jumped up and put her front legs over my shoulders. So I staggered around for a bit, trying to get her off, while my farmer husband rolled on the ground laughing. I got her down, and another one did the same thing. Fun and games!
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Cows really can be very affectionate....
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
And smelly. And loud.
I've described above what the cow situation here is like. But as I thought about it, I realized that I grossly understated it.
In actuality, a five minute trishaw ride to the local department store yields a half dozen to two dozen cow/water buffalow sighting. On the way to the store yesterday, I saw no less than 5 water buffalow and another 8 or so cows. Some calves, young and energetic still, nipping at people. Or sniffing them, at any rate.
Some of them get washed regularly. Or, at least, don't roll around in their own much. As in, some don't smell. Others are filthy. And smelly. And disgusting to behold.
And they moo. Loud.
They wander through the streets all the time. Not just the main streets, believe me. They wander everywhere. We live off the main road on a somewhat quiet street which is sized much like a North American back alley but in much worse condition. The cows wander down the road eating whatever vegetation they can, eating whatever garbage they find, and they moo!
I sit quietly in my living room, minding my own business, and there's mooing going past my windows!
This is a regular occurrence here. And I'm used to it, now.
Sigh. That's life here, folks.
Elizabeth, since Annie gave me permission, I'll post the recipe to my website. As soon as I've done that, I'll post back in here with a link. Give me ten or fifteen minutes and it ought to be done.
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
Here's a fun game. Watch out for the Cow Pies!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Okey dokey smokey!
The Mexican Truffles and Candied Thai Chillis are posted to my Chilli & Chocolate recipes site.
While you're there, wander into appetizers and try out my New Wave Garlic Bread. It's nummy!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Thanks, Q.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
You're welcome!
I only have one bottle of sambal oelek left, and that has me sad. Very very sad. Because New Wave Garlic Bread doesn't exist without it. So I'm forcing myself to learn how to make it from scratch.
And in the process, I made a small batch today, which turned out pretty good, but used up all my green chillies, which means I can't try the Candied Thai Chillies until I get more.
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