February 5, 2007
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Dead
The topic at Featured_Grownups this time is Dead Bodies….it can be insects, water, all types of things.
Well, I was thinking, what do I write about dead bodies. Then I thought of a few things. One being the dead cow we had here just a few weeks ago. We had been having problems with one of the cows escaping, we couldnt seem to find the hole that she kept getting out. Well, later that week we can home from grocery shopping and what do I see but a cow in the yard, laying down. I thought well dont tell me that stupid cow got out again and this time decided to nap in the yard… well, at least it didnt run away. Guess my surprise when I saw that it was dead. I guess its hard for a dead cow to run away.
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Did you find how the cow got out? I hope that it’s not a run on dead cows… Great job and thanks for your comment.
Have a safe and blessed Monday!!
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I never gave much thought to dead cows until I worked on a dairy farm one summer– a dog dies and you can carry his limp body out back to bury it, but a dead cow?!
Good post!
Dear Kristen,
Forgive me for this, but the aim of the Feautred Grownups blogring is to get as many of the participants on Featured Grownups as possible. I am a member of the FG blogring, and I will be participating in this topic, by posting an entry later tonight. I vowed to at least give a couple of eprops to all the particpants so far, and so I’m writing you this “form letter” comment, along with the other participants, from work, before I start my day. There are 18 participants so far, so even though I’m merely copy/pasting the same message, this is taking a little time.
I certainly hope to come back and comment in depth. This is just to give you some “props” to tide you over until I get back.
This sentence is not part of the “form comment”. I’ll come back anyway to give you more props, as I’ve promised everyone else, but your entry is so short I can actually read it right now and comment. How do you “clean up” a dead cow? Must be pretty heavy. A forklift? A “cowlift”?
Yours Truly,
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
i remember when i was about 18 and my sister, now brother inlaw and now hubby, we were cooning for apples. (cooning unfortunately means stealing) i guess it sounded less of a bad thing. anyways i said out loud, HEY MAYBE WE COULD COON A COW. next thing i see is a dead cow. Keith my brother inlaw being a hunter grabbed out his knife and all he could think of was STEAK. my sister yelled at him and told him dont you dare.
great post…did ya ever find out how they were getting out…have a good one…Smile
Dear Kristen,
I’m giving you some more eprops with my Internet Island profile. I thought I’d comment about your previous entries dealing with hypocrisy within Christian circles. My favorite Bible verse has always been Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” Following is a poem I wrote in 1973, at the age of 20.
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
“God Proved Himself to Me”
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
Dec. 17, 1973 12:00 noon
Your house is a sanctuary, as is the very mind:
Being is a sanctuary for others, as well as self.
I am a mindless innocent, as are all others
Redeeming values are valueless to some
I cannot live without the touch
of God, be it through a
Spiritual Revelation,
Or simply by a touch
of someone who cares.
Bibles, notebooks,
Sunday Choirs are
meaningless without
a true awareness
of Spirit, a thorough
knowledge of you own
Personal God, no matter who
He may be. My Prayers and
Yours may have different words,
But they are essentially the same
Prayer. My God and yours may have
Different names, but they are certainly
The same God. Others will try to
convince, but they might only be
trying to convince themselves.
As long as we know God
As long as we care, we
are saved, and we
need no further
Proof.
St. Matthew Chapter 7, Verses 1-5
Peace
Guess the cow was just trying to “live a little” before the end!
Moo
I bet that was a shocker!
what did he die of?
oops, I guess a cow is a ‘she’. I’m a city girl.
It would indeed be hard for a dead cow to run away! LOL
i liked your post. i, as many of the readers above, am curious as to how you remove a dead cow. do you call animal control? do you bury it in the backyard? forgive me for sounding like a putz.
thank you for sharing.
~c
I would probably be thinking, “Woo-hoo! Steak for dinner! Call the butcher and plug in the deep freeze, we’ve got meat for a month!” (I could never go vegetarian, but Atkins suits me to a “T”.)
to remove a dead cow you call Valley protein, They pick it up and part of it ends up in shampoo. You dont want to eat a cow that died like that and laid for a bit. You only want to eat ones you slaugter.
Always hated cows and horses dying……………………..there wasn’t a valley protein back then ………………..had to burn them
Aww ,a dead cow is a burden for you,I am sorry!
Good Post.
Did ya ever figure out why the cow died??
Good post.. thanks for sharing
Poor cow. Have nice day and thanks for sharing with us.
it is hard for a dead cow to run
hahahaha. nice picture.
Poor cow must have had an affinity for you?!
Yes, I suppose it would be difficult, at best, for a dead cow to run away. Our neighbor once had a runaway cow on his front porch from a farm a couple miles away.
Are you sure the cow was dead? Or could it just have been “tipped”?
It would also be hard for a dead cow to be shooed home!