# Cattle mutes, Marley's death, and our newest Carol **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 21, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920 "2010-04-21T21:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/41 "2010-04-22T13:02:25Z")
> [@carol\_nistri](#): > > Ok Ok,Im going,lol,look Im not a Troll,I just wanted to see if you could all think differently,its ok,no hard feelings,I came to the wrong place thats all. Stay. Or I’ll mutilate the rest of your cattle. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/42 "2010-04-22T13:05:54Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Differently from what? Different from everybody else. Just like Carol. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/43 "2010-04-22T13:10:55Z")
Cattle mutilations are so 70’s. Get with the times and say Obama’s not American and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/44 "2010-04-22T13:18:46Z")
I mutilating you cattle. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/45 "2010-04-22T13:31:13Z")
Nutsack chilled? Warm it up with a NutSock ™. Available in over 30 colors and patterns. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/46 "2010-04-22T13:55:07Z")
Ha, I saw those thread titles and thought there must be some sort of internet game called “Cow Mutes.” Didn’t open them until this pitting. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/47 "2010-04-22T14:08:37Z")
> [@carol\_nistri](#): > > Ok Ok,Im going,lol,look Im not a Troll,I just wanted to see if you could all think differently,its ok,no hard feelings,I came to the wrong place thats all. Yes, you did come to the wrong place if you came here looking for people to swallow some sort of “aliens mutilate cattle for their experiments” bullshit. And you can feel free to drop the “if y’all are so smart why can’t y’all think outside the box?” schtick. You, however, came to the right place for us to mock your inability to express yourself coherently and back up anything you have to say with FACTS and citations to credible sources (not your ufoevolution site). Trosonut. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/48 "2010-04-22T14:15:15Z")
Don’t go **carol** , because then I will never know what you believe… and then I will have to actually research cattle mutes. I do have a job, you know! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/49 "2010-04-22T14:17:52Z")
You know the worst thing about Cattle Mutes? Trying to spell ‘moo’ in sign language with hooves is a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/50 "2010-04-22T14:28:07Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > is,that from,a christmas carol nisri Maybe and maybe not. I’m leading up to that, letting you figure it out for yourself… Let’s just say that you should think of different spellings. Every hear of Charles Dikkins, the famous Dutch author? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/51 "2010-04-22T14:28:12Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > You know the worst thing about Cattle Mutes? Trying to spell ‘moo’ in sign language with hooves is a bitch. I was going to say that the worst thing was trying to figure out where [this](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/French_horn_mute_02.jpg) goes. It’s not where you think - it’s a horn mute. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/52 "2010-04-22T15:08:00Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > You know the worst thing about Cattle Mutes? Trying to spell ‘moo’ in sign language with hooves is a bitch. Yeah, it keeps coming out ‘crapple moots’. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/53 "2010-04-22T16:07:28Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Maybe and maybe not. I’m leading up to that, letting you figure it out for yourself… Let’s just say that you should think of different spellings. Every hear of Charles Dikkins, the famous Dutch author? It was the best of clues, it was the worst of clues . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/54 "2010-04-22T17:36:16Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Differently from what? Sanity? Intelligence? Reason? > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Maybe and maybe not. I’m leading up to that, letting you figure it out for yourself… Let’s just say that you should think of different spellings. Every hear of Charles Dikkins, the famous Dutch author? I loved his Sale of Two Titties. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/55 "2010-04-22T18:12:34Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Every hear of Charles Dikkins, the famous Dutch author? I’ve heard of his brother Richard, the famous Dutch evolutionary scientist. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/56 "2010-04-22T21:54:09Z")
**Marley** is most certainly _not_ dead. He’s just pining for the fjords. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/57 "2010-04-22T22:21:43Z")
I saw a troll mutilated out near a Stream. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/58 "2010-04-22T23:31:02Z")
Can’t we talk about a more modern conspiracy, like fluoridation? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/59 "2010-04-22T23:31:19Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Ever hear of Charles Dikkins, the famous Dutch author? His brother David ran New York City into the ground. ---
**Author:** ![wolf11469](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf11469/32/12464_2.png) [@wolf11469](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf11469)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920/60 "2010-04-23T00:23:38Z")
> [@llcoolbj77](#): > > Oh and since I’m also new here… what is a troll? What is trolling? > **[GU Comics by: Woody Hearn - Comics](http://www.gucomics.com/comic/?cdate=20100326)** > > GU Comics is a single panel, nerd culture, webcomic drawn and colored by Woody Hearn. GU is updated Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-mutes-marleys-death-and-our-newest-carol/536920.md?page=4)