| lesley153
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| Every time? What a pain. How much does that put you off flying? |
Reply #1881. Nov 16 10, 6:01 PM
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| Lochalsh
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Every single time. It doesn't put me off flying at all. The searches are minor inconveniences in the grand scheme of things, and I appreciate the security measures.
Reply #1882. Nov 16 10, 6:06 PM
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garrysouders 
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off the subject a little, but I am trying to paint a cow in a pastoral and it is the hardest thing yet, any advise on how to be successful with this cow.
Reply #1883. Nov 16 10, 6:08 PM
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| Lochalsh
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Garry, how to be successful with a cow? Tip it.
(Sorry, I lived in Iowa way too long. :) )
Reply #1885. Nov 16 10, 6:50 PM
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| Lochalsh
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It's occurred to me that (putative) cow tipping is uniquely American, although there's been a variation of it with elephants elsewhere:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_tipping
I hope you find the article mooving. It's a good one, so I've herd.
Reply #1886. Nov 16 10, 8:21 PM
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| veronikkamarrz
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OMG, we're back to Alexander Lessons again! At least now I know they have nothing to do with walking with a book on your head...
Lochalsh, most everything that goes on in an airport is a pain. I agree, it's worth the security.
Great cow, HB4. Good luck, Garry! You can top it...or tip it!
Reply #1887. Nov 16 10, 8:49 PM
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bionic4ever
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I live in Wisconsin, and I've never tipped a cow (but always wanted to, in high school).
Reply #1888. Nov 16 10, 10:06 PM
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| C30
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So I thought, "Ok, I'll buy it. What the heck is "cow tipping" when it's out"? Does the cow get a tip for providing 'x' amount of milk? If so how what amount and of what (I mean a £1 tip isn't much use to you if you happen to be a cow).
Then I read the article and realised it meant tipping the animal "base over apex". Now I don't know how the rest of you feel, but were I a cow (well Bull in my case) happily chewing the cud and some human "tipped" me, when I got up I would be an extremly bad tempered animal indeed.!
Which reminds me of a notice in a field (probably near Bedford):-
"If you think you can cross this field in 30 seconds, don't bother as the bull can do it in 20" rofl
Reply #1889. Nov 17 10, 1:48 AM
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Rowena8482
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There's a wonderful bit in one of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, where the "Wee Free Men" steal cows by getting one under each hoof then "there's a muffled Hup! Hup! and a cow whizzes past you, travelling backwards faster than you can run, and sensible people get out of the way" :-D Pure magic :-D
Reply #1890. Nov 17 10, 5:13 AM
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| lesley153
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Lochalsh, that's a very grown-up attitude!
I'm delighted to hear that Garry is still painting, but I can't paint for toffee and I think even I could paint a better cow. The one Judy found is wonderful - it looks like an explosion in a chipboard factory.
Only in America:
"A study led by Margo Lillie, a doctor of zoology at the University of British Columbia, concludes that cow tipping by a single person is impossible." (Mooving? *groan*)
Oh no - wait - "The British media outlet Times Online has posted a detailed illustration of the force necessary to push over a cow." The diagram is labelled "happy torque." *more groans*
http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,242244,00.jpg
Hadn't seen that warning notice. Like it. Obviously don't visit fields often enough.
This: "a cow whizzes past you, travelling backwards faster than you can run" sounds like my neighbour backing out of his drive into rush-hour traffic and taking my back bumper with him. He leapt out of his car and caressed it and spoke sweetly to it, while his wife stood at the front gate cackling: "Most people give him a wide berth." I didn't like to tell her, I'd been giving him a wide berth for years.
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Reply #1891. Nov 17 10, 7:19 AM
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| Lochalsh
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Garry, have you found a cow to paint? I wouldn't want you to get a bum steer. Just wait until the divine bovine comes around, and don't kowtow to any other kind.
Lesley, I actually am a grown-up, despite some paronomastic evidence to the contrary. Uh-pun my word.
Reply #1892. Nov 17 10, 8:23 AM
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| Lochalsh
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(P.S.: Lesley, you missed the 'herd' for 'heard' after 'mooving.' I don't want to you think I don't know how to spell. I have my pride [a word related to 'herd.'])
Reply #1893. Nov 17 10, 8:29 AM
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| lesley153
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"I actually am a grown-up"
Yes, course you are. I believe you!
"you missed the 'herd' for 'heard' "
I didn't, I'd just run out of groans. :) Just saw bum steer, and ran out of them again. |
Reply #1894. Nov 17 10, 8:37 AM
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honeybee4
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That is all a bunch of bull. HaHa!
Reply #1895. Nov 17 10, 8:39 AM
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| Lochalsh
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Dairy say we've punned enough? This is getting udderly ridiculous.
Reply #1896. Nov 17 10, 8:50 AM
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| Lochalsh
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And we've not paid enough attention to Garry's original question, and it's all my fault.
I will say that I don't mind the cow art that Judy linked to. It's how one person sees the creature, and I appreciate that unique vision. If I want an image of a "real" cow, I'll take a photo myself. Art doesn't have to be a direct representation of reality (whatever that is), or what's a Picasso or Pollock for?
Reply #1897. Nov 17 10, 8:55 AM
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garrysouders
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Reading all of the comments was the most entertaining thing I have read in sometime, and if it takes bovines to bring out the puns and funs I am all for it, thanks Lesley for letting us play in your yard.
Reply #1898. Nov 17 10, 9:37 AM
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garrysouders
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By the way honeybee the picture you supplied looks very much like where I am right now. Thanks for the picture and thank you lesley for the diagram I will post this thing when it is finished. What a wonderful group.
Reply #1899. Nov 17 10, 9:40 AM
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| lesley153
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Lochalsh, a lot of his work is brilliant.
http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/
I just... don't... like... the cow. Sorry. :(
Garry, it's so much fun having people playing in "my" yard. And yes please to your own picture.
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Reply #1900. Nov 17 10, 9:55 AM
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