# Cowboys vs sailors **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116 "2010-05-03T04:09:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/1 "2010-05-03T04:09:53Z")
Who wins? ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/2 "2010-05-03T06:44:36Z")
Astronauts. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/3 "2010-05-03T06:52:31Z")
Pirates. ---
**Author:** ![Twisted\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@Twisted\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twisted_Angel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/4 "2010-05-03T06:57:40Z")
Cowboys are out riding the range somwhere. Sailors are on a ship. I don’t think the two groups would ever meet and even if they did I dont think they’d have a reason to go into battle with each other. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/5 "2010-05-03T07:02:48Z")
In a fight or as “male entertainers”? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/6 "2010-05-03T09:04:51Z")
Corn fed beef or seafood…hmm, sort of a Surf 'n Turf at most Gay bars I have gone to. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/7 "2010-05-03T09:50:40Z")
Location? ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/8 "2010-05-03T15:43:30Z")
Humm, let see, you say Cowboys, so you must mean the Dallas Cowboys and the sport must be football, what city are the Sailors from, I’ve never heard of them? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/9 "2010-05-03T15:48:00Z")
Sailors have access to more firepower. And aircraft carriers. And shit. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/10 "2010-05-03T16:46:20Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > Humm, let see, you say Cowboys, so you must mean the Dallas Cowboys and the sport must be football, what city are the Sailors from, I’ve never heard of them? Doesn’t matter – I’m still rooting for the Sailors. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/11 "2010-05-03T17:37:30Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Sailors have access to more firepower. And aircraft carriers. And shit. Only if the sailor is _in the navy_. And if he is, then there’s probably a cowboy right beside him. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/12 "2010-05-03T17:43:32Z")
I think they’re both _fabulous_. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/13 "2010-05-03T17:46:20Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > Humm, let see, you say Cowboys, so you must mean the Dallas Cowboys and the sport must be football, what city are the Sailors from, I’ve never heard of them? Topeka. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/14 "2010-05-03T18:00:21Z")
Sailors have those big nine-pounders, and can pummel the shoreline. What are the cowbows going to do? Lasso the boat? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/15 "2010-05-03T18:45:53Z")
I think this will make it clear. [Cowboy guns](http://whitemountain-tradingpost.com/pages/gunfights_files/page2_1.jpg). [Sailor guns](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Mk38-1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/16 "2010-05-03T18:50:10Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > I think they’re both _fabulous_. OK, that’s settled. How about cops versus Native Americans? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/17 "2010-05-03T18:51:17Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think this will make it clear. [Cowboy guns](http://whitemountain-tradingpost.com/pages/gunfights_files/page2_1.jpg). [Sailor guns](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Mk38-1.jpg). I’ll see your .50 cal and raise you four inches. > **[File:5-54-Mark-45-firing edit.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:5-54-Mark-45-firing_edit.jpg)** > > If you think this file should be featured on Wikimedia Commons as well, feel free to nominate it. > If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it. >   > This image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 970418-N-4142G-002 (next). > This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. > العربية ∙ বাংলা ∙ > Bahaso Ja... ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/18 "2010-05-03T19:38:47Z")
> [@Crawlspace](#): > > Astronauts. [Watch out! He’ll try to stick an American flag in you!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK-30442RII) ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/19 "2010-05-03T19:41:41Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Topeka. Google. Seriously though, do you mean the USS Topeka or the capitol of Kansas, because this city has no Team Sailors (just a Douchbag Baptist Church that hates homosexuals.) ---
**Author:** ![yuliya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f6c823/32.png) [@yuliya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yuliya)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116/20 "2010-05-03T19:46:54Z")
Sailors. Cowboys are undersocialized from being out on the range alone all day. Sailors are part of a crew so they are easier to get along with. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116.md?page=2)