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Would appreciate help from someone who knows about such things in settling an argument.
I was at a friends in the country this weekend (remote lane in the new forest if that makes any difference) and a gigantic farmyard animal of the bovine variety ambled down the lane (a bit too close to comfort to my car, any closer and i'd have turned it into fillets but we'll let that go).
This thing had enourmous horns like a bull, but (and heres the thing) a whopping set of udders too.
So was it a cow, a bull or a pre op transvestite cow?
I was at a friends in the country this weekend (remote lane in the new forest if that makes any difference) and a gigantic farmyard animal of the bovine variety ambled down the lane (a bit too close to comfort to my car, any closer and i'd have turned it into fillets but we'll let that go).
This thing had enourmous horns like a bull, but (and heres the thing) a whopping set of udders too.
So was it a cow, a bull or a pre op transvestite cow?
dds1 said:
Would appreciate help from someone who knows about such things in settling an argument.
I was at a friends in the country this weekend (remote lane in the new forest if that makes any difference) and a gigantic farmyard animal of the bovine variety ambled down the lane (a bit too close to comfort to my car, any closer and i'd have turned it into fillets but we'll let that go).
This thing had enourmous horns like a bull, but (and heres the thing) a whopping set of udders too.
So was it a cow, a bull or a pre op transvestite cow?
Cows also have horns ( depending on the breed), unless they are removed, which to prevent injury (to other cows) they usuall are. Btw not all breeds of bull have horns.
do you think they will refer to us as males and females? Or humans. 
If its a full grown bull you will be able to tell because
a) It'll have nads the size bowling balls swinging between its back legs
b) It will look like its been working out. Bulls are much more heavily built than cows... its neck and shoulders would have been about 3 feet across.
c) it would probably have had a steel ring through its nose in true punk rocker style....
My parents live on a farm, we had an aberdeen angus bull that weighed over a ton and reduced a 15 foot reinforced steel gate to scrap (and smashed his way through a 6 inch block wall) when he couldn't get to his ladies..... scary animals to be around!
a) It'll have nads the size bowling balls swinging between its back legs
b) It will look like its been working out. Bulls are much more heavily built than cows... its neck and shoulders would have been about 3 feet across.
c) it would probably have had a steel ring through its nose in true punk rocker style....
My parents live on a farm, we had an aberdeen angus bull that weighed over a ton and reduced a 15 foot reinforced steel gate to scrap (and smashed his way through a 6 inch block wall) when he couldn't get to his ladies..... scary animals to be around!
MilnerR said:
My parents live on a farm, we had an aberdeen angus bull that weighed over a ton and reduced a 15 foot reinforced steel gate to scrap (and smashed his way through a 6 inch block wall) when he couldn't get to his ladies..... scary animals to be around!
Years ago my brother's Godfather used to have a herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angi(?) which he used to show. He gave a cow to my bro for his 18th birthday present. It was f
g mental. Took it to the South of England show for its 1st (and only)show outing, proceeded to drag my bro and 2 others around the ring, the trade stands, everywhere, smashing things as if they where balsa wood. The professional handlers at the show wanted to know why the cow didnt have ring through its nose (apparantly Aberdeen Angus cows are one of the few breeds where it is recommended the cows and the bulls need rings through the noses for human handling) Tasted bloody lovely though
NJW 77 said:
Years ago my brother's Godfather used to have a herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angi(?) which he used to show. He gave a cow to my bro for his 18th birthday present. It was f
Tasted bloody lovely though
They do taste nice.... maybe they know this which is why they are so irate all the time! If ours started acting up there was nothing you could do... hit him with a stick and he wouldn't even blink, just turn round slowly whilst figuring out the easiest why of crippling you 
You learn how to vault gates very quickly.... NJW 77 said:
Years ago my brother's Godfather used to have a herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angi(?) which he used to show. He gave a cow to my bro for his 18th birthday present. It was f
Tasted bloody lovely though
Sounds like the original mad cow. Are you sure it was wise eating it?
Meeeeuuuhhhh.... The bloody thing charged me in the field one day. I used to have a leaded shilale (sp?), basically a short walking stick, hollowed out and filled with lead (dont ask why 
) Hit it square between the eyes with the full force of 17st (me not the cow), the shilale (sp?) snapped like a bit of 1x2 and the cow just kept coming. All this time my bro was peeing himself with laughter from the gate and didnt try to help!
) Hit it square between the eyes with the full force of 17st (me not the cow), the shilale (sp?) snapped like a bit of 1x2 and the cow just kept coming. All this time my bro was peeing himself with laughter from the gate and didnt try to help! medicineman said:
I remeber going to alot of country shows with a ex who used to show horses. Many a time seen a couple of people "water skiing" behind a loose bull and odd tactical use of an artic truck to stop them.
I used to ride show ponies and my mum still shows horses and ponies. I 'may' know/know of your ex
Whats her (or his? not unusual in the show world) name and what type of show horses did she have?medicineman said:
I remember going to alot of country shows with a ex who used to show horses. Many a time seen a couple of people "water skiing" behind a loose bull and odd tactical use of an artic truck to stop them.
Saw a Farmer in france at a show in the Alps wrestle the biggist Bull I have seen to the ground. He then proceeded to punch it in the face to calm it down!!
Think the way he got the Bull to hit the floor was twisting of the nose ring.
I know it sounds cruel but the bull was about to break a fence a release about 25 Livestock
Very impressive as the thing was huge
>> Edited by gibo993 on Monday 22 August 16:24
When I grew up, on a farm in the West, I had a pet cow called Polly, an Aberdeen Angus, but she was as gentle as a lamb, me and my brothers used to collect windfall apples for her which she loved, and my brother even used to be able to ride her like a horse......
....then we came home from school one summers day and found out that my dad had sold her to the pie and gristle man.
Fecker.
>> Edited by timmy30 on Monday 22 August 16:40
....then we came home from school one summers day and found out that my dad had sold her to the pie and gristle man.
Fecker.
>> Edited by timmy30 on Monday 22 August 16:40
timmy30 said:
When I grew up, on a farm in the West, I had a pet cow called Polly, an Aberdeen Angus, but she was as gentle as a lamb, me and my brothers used to collect windfall apples for her which she loved, and my brother even used to be able to ride her like a horse......
....then we came home from school one summers day and found out that my dad had sold her to the pie and gristle man.
Fecker.
>> Edited by timmy30 on Monday 22 August 16:40
Ooops!
I remember (just) many years ago (must have been about 3 yrs old) we used to have a pet lamb called, funnily enough, Lamb Chop. Lovely fluffy little thing. One day I noticed it wasnt there but my parents wouldnt tell me where it went
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