Brazilian man killed in his bed by falling cow

[piscator]

Finally, some news worth reporting~ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23303998

"2200-lb cow" does sound like a big bunch of bullshit. Especially in a place where the people can't keep themselves wormed, much less their ringy livestock.

[Robert_S]

Just goes to show the folly of private cow ownership.

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[piscator]

Just goes to show the folly of private cow ownership.

Indeed. And the entire concept of Stand Your Ground as well.
We can only hope the proper authorities were notified promptly in this case.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Finally, some news worth reporting~ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23303998

"2200-lb cow" does sound like a big bunch of bullshit. Especially in a place where the people can't keep themselves wormed, much less their ringy livestock.

Might not have been his cow.

[piscator]

Might not have been his cow.

Udderly logical, and cuts to the meat of the issue too.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Might not have been his cow.

Udderly logical, and cuts to the meat of the issue too.

Sorry if I horned in.

[mistermack]

Finally, some news worth reporting~ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23303998

"2200-lb cow" does sound like a big bunch of bullshit. Especially in a place where the people can't keep themselves wormed, much less their ringy livestock.

Yeh, a one-ton cow is very unlikely in a poor area of Brazil. Especially in a hilly area, they would normally keep smaller cattle. Closer to half a ton, I would have thought.

Still not very comfortable to have on your lap, though.

In the old days, in Ireland, the farmhouse roofs were usually thatched, and the often had grass growing on them, when the thatch got old. Other roofs were deliberately covered in sods of earth, and it was fairly common, for people to put a goat up there, to keep the grass short. Cows might also get on it, where the house was built into the side of a hill, and I remember many references to a cow on the roof when I was a kid. Usually humorous stories, but probably with a bit of truth woven into it.

Of course, thatched roofs were much stronger than asbestos.

[FBM]

HP is calling it 3,000lbs. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/1 ... 91849.html

Elsewhere, it's 1.5. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... f-him.html

Realistically, being raised on a rural farm, I'd guess the max was probably around 7~800lbs. Sensationalism in the media.

[laklak]

I'm sick to death of these extreme grazing cows. No respect for the safety of others.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I'm sick to death of these extreme grazing cows. No respect for the safety of others.

If grazing is outlawed, only outcows will graze.

[mistermack]

I think it's wrong that this poor man's death is being milked for cheesy jokes.

[Rum]

If I cud have a penny for every bad pun on the forum..

[Xamonas Chegwé]

If I cud have a penny for every bad pun on the forum..

Something to ruminate on, for sure.

[Rum]

Not much gets pasteurised when you are wearing those specs..

[piscator]

Not in the moood to argue, but I'd steak my reputation that the reported weight is bollocks, a cownterfeit, and moreover, the animal just struck a grazing blow.