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[anotheranon]

Mal Reynolds was right: if someone tries to kill you, you try and kill them right back! Or so sez this press release about a study out of Florida State University: "Recent studies indicate people who employ self protective strategies are better off than those who do not. And, even better, you do not have to be an expert martial artist to expertly protect yourself or a loved one." Found at TFS Magnum; their link to the study is broken but I found it here (warning, huge PDF file).

In less important news: cow tipping is a myth, again backed up by academic studies (via aetiology). Very good news for cows, who I would imagine get irritated at repeated attempts; not so great for bored people :P

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[shemhazai.livejournal.com]

Myth, huh?

Well, I dunno about myths...but my high school buddy Liz, her boyfriend and another couple, back in Minnesota, went out cow tipping one night. They actually found a cow and tipped it. She felt very dumb afterwards.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Any idea how they did it? I get the impression that the angles involved + the tendencies of cows to be light sleepers make this well nigh impossible!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

I'd think it'd pretty much have to have been a dead cow, in the rigor mortis stage, that somebody had propped up as a joke. Especially since the final paragraph of the article is correct ... cows don't really sleep standing up; they lie down to sleep (in a similar position to cats, with front legs tucked under). The most they do standing up is start to doze off, then jerk awake, just like humans.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

LOL!!!!! Your average cow, and most of the sub-average ones, have no difficulty taking care of two-legged irritants with a well-placed hoof. Most of 'em wouldn't even wait for a first attempt at tipping ... they'd just assume you're an irritant and take care of you right back (to misquote Mal) first. ***this opinion voiced by a person who has sported a few hoof-shaped bruises in her life, even though she had no intention of being irritating***

P.S. Where I grew up, cow tipping was the equivalent of a snipe hunt ... it was something you lured some poor, unsuspecting townie into trying. ;-)

[kat1392.livejournal.com]

Or what about the elusive jackalope hunt?? ;p

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

***grin*** Didn't learn that one until I moved out west (no jackrabbits or antelope where I grew up). But I knew all about prairie oysters BEFORE I left Ontario. ;-)

[nminusone.livejournal.com]

Cow tipping is totally easy! You just need a good puddle of quick-set cement, an hour to kill, and a small bulldozer. In that order. Or uhhh so I hear. Seriously, I was outta town when that shit happened.