Warning...
Jumped off 'without warning'.
What kind of warning would one want?
A US couple had a lucky escape when a 600lb cow unexpectedly landed on the bonnet of their minivan, unsurprisingly causing "heavy damage". According to AP, Michigan-based Charles and Linda Everson were visiting the area around Lake Chelan, Washington, to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. On their way back to the hotel …
US Govt to force manditory psycological screening of all cattle to prevent future terrorist suicide cows.
I cannot help but think that there is a golden "far side" cartoon in here somewhere.
I wonder what noise a falling cow makes before it splashes. Oh no, I just thought of it :"Geronimooooooooo"
"The cow wasn't so lucky,"
I sh-udder to think..
/coatHat
Euthanised? It survived?????
I can see the joke brigade milking this story for all its worth already.
- The scuffed leather jacket and hard hat please,,,,
Jumped off 'without warning'.
What kind of warning would one want?
I'll never complain when it's raining cats and dogs again.
This really is udderly ridiculous. A mooving and tragic tail of bovine ballistics. A humble creature hoofing it after teatering on the edge. One can only speculate on what thoughts were curdling in the animal's mind.
I'm sure people will be milking it for all it's worth...
emoo cow
the coat with the mittens on the bit of string through the sleeves
imagine if it had been a flying pig instead of a cow... that would have made us do all the things we promised to do when pigs fly... :p
well i`ve heard of a pat on the head but the whole cow is just silly :-)
They should've called in the professionals.
http://www.hyperactive-stage.co.uk/bovinedescenders
"Extremely Rare Beef Incident Destroys Minivan"
OMG its the first bit for the cows that WANT to be killed/eaten! Just as Douglas Adams predicted!
The cows actually try to make their selves tasty and tender, and try to entice people in the restaurant to eat various choice bits!
Its unfortunate the first one fell off a cliff though.
Hey what's the Paris Hilton angle?!
...Middelton estimated the animal weighed 600 lbs (272 kilograms), ***or the average size of a mature cow***
Hmmm.
- So did the driver needed emergency 'teatment' afterwards?
- Is this just another bullsh1t story?
- Clearly is an act of Cow-ardice.
- Was it a mad cow or was it just slightly upset
- Was it playing *hide* and seek?
- Was the driver's stomach 'churned'?
- Were his knees like butter?
- Her friends dairyed her to jump.
- He'll probably have to beef up his insurance after this.
- Can't milk this one any further ...
I wonder how long it's going to be before PETA steps in and reminds us that meat can kill.
"Jumped off 'without warning'.
What kind of warning would one want?"
There was a warning, all right ... MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Which means: MOOOOOOVE OUT OF THE WAY!!!!
Not really - the point is the cow didn't fly. It dropped. Quickly.
- Driver obviously couldn't 'steer' out of the way
- Witnesses stated they heard a 'long-horn' blast.
- Driver was said to be going 'hell-for-leather' when accident occurred.
- This happened in Ireland while ago. The surviving cows tried to pin trhe blame on the driver, but the authorities said it was a case of " the cattle calling the Pat black".
Ok, thank mercy I have a day job....
<coat over shoulder>
I wonder just how many Norrises of force the falling cow would have exerted on that poor minivan....?
I will now just go get my coat
Quite obviously a tractor beam failure from an abduction vessel! :)
"without warning"
I'm sure if they'd listened carefully they'd have heard a French sounding chap shouting "Fetchez la vache!" shortly before the cow hit them.
"Jumped off 'without warning'.
What kind of warning would one want"
How about "Mooooooooove"?
{coat is already on...}
Except it wouldn't have been flying. As Douglas Adams rightly pointed out, flying is defined as throwing yourself at the ground and missing. Clearly, in this case, that didn't happen...
...If this classes as roadkill (Make a hell of a barbie, pre-tenderised too)
OK,I'm off
Warning: CANNONBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
El Reg should consider seriously open a Raise of the Animals (tm) section...
And wasn't an Apocryphal rule "pictures or it never happened"?
This is what happens when you take your cow to the edge of a cliff so that it pushes back harder. I wonder if they'd have published the story had there been a Farmer Jed attached to the business end of said cow?
Bye
Police are looking for a homeless man of the name of "Eldred" who was seen in the area jabbering nonsense and waving his arms for several seconds shortly before the incident. He is of medium build and wears a dirty grey coat.
Well there's an-udder good reason for cops carrying guns.
If only they were allowed to carry flamethrowers...
Seems the state of the US cattle industry is worse than anticipated, if their cows already jump off cliffs.
With that couple it's probably just one thing after an udder.
Little bird flying high
dropped a message from the sky,
Angry farmer wiped his eye
thanking God that cows can't fly.
Oh shit, they're making a good attempt at flying, they just need to learn how to miss the ground. The trick is to get distracted just before you hit.
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/moo
That is all.
No noticeable improvement over sheep.
This is the most amoosing story I have read in ages!
Or did he just drive into it as he was too busy arguing with the wife and then claim it fell so he could claim the insurance...
Looks like they need to add an udder name to the list.
Just found this link :
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?Dato=20071106&Kategori=NEWS05&Lopenr=71106039&Ref=AR&Show=0&imw=Y
Should have sent Lester that one if only for this gem of a quote :
“It was bred for rodeo,” Harris said. “It was not your normal cow in a field.”
No shit sherlock! :-)
.. to per-suede the cow no to jump?
Pedant alert.
Must happen quite frequently in Tornado Alley, no?
Earthworm Jim would be proud of this effort.
I wonder if they were scared "cow patty"-less
got coat
We're really screwed if the suicide squirrel brigade hook up with the cattle and exchange tactics.
Imagine how much worse this would have been if the cow had figured out how to set itself ablaze *before* aiming itself at the van...