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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.
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SS, Mrs. M might give you the tip of her boot. Read her response to cow tipping in the tipping thread.
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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.)
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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.
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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
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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...
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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!
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*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. Posts: 2034 | Registered: Apr 2004
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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...
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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. . .
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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. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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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. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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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."
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. Posts: 8504 | Registered: Aug 1999
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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. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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I just had Mexican hot chocolate with cayenne in it yesterday. I would LOVE the chocolate chili recipe!
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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!
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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.
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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. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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