how far...
Will cow gags get milked...
Someone will have a beef with this story...
I know where the door is thanks... No need to push!
A farmer from Tayside has sent a plastic robot cow to the Middle East in a bid to educate Saudi children about where milk comes from (from robot cows, perhaps? -Ed). Kenny Farquharson describes himself as a "plastic farmer" and builds life size beasts to show children how nature works. His latest creation - a fully milkable …
That's what I didn't understand. They article said the cow was built for a company that runs dairy farms but they were having trouble finding a cow. My first thought was that if you are going to have a dairy farm you probably want some cows but then figured maybe they're running the farm vaporware style and just waiting for outside investors to come along.
Then I discover they have a thriving dairy industy complete with their own cows. I don't get it.
Children born and raised in a large city (like mine is) strongly believe that grocery refrigerators are the real producers of milk boxes. I had to take mine to some sort of a museum-like farm where he was confronted with the unpleasant truth when meeting the real thing. I find this somewhat sad thinking that unlike him, I had the opportunity to spend a good part of my childhood at my grandparents small farm in the company of a variety of such utility pets. On the other hand he is much better than me at using my mobile phone.