# Hello! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 29, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242 "2012-10-29T18:33:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/201 "2012-11-01T22:08:02Z")
**V** erily, This thread still has **v** itality for our protein **v** ittles. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, “I was artificially inseminated this morning.” “I don’t believe you ,” says Dolly. “It’s true; no bull!” exclaims Daisy. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/202 "2012-11-01T22:34:27Z")
Meat is murder!!! I’m not a vegetarian, but I think it’d been a while since we heard from them so I’m stepping in for 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/203 "2012-11-01T23:08:56Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Meat is murder!!! > > I’m not a vegetarian, but I think it’d been a while since we heard from them so I’m stepping in for 'em. Stepping in _what_ for 'em? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/204 "2012-11-01T23:28:33Z")
Two cows, grazing in a field in England; talking about ‘cow stuff’. ‘So,’ says first cow, ‘what do you make of this Mad Cow Disease thing?’ ‘What do I care?’ says second cow, ‘I’m a helicopter.’ ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/205 "2012-11-02T00:05:56Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Meat is murder!!! {snip} But fish is justifiable homicide. Said years ago by some British stand-up comic I’d be happy to credit if I could just remember his name… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/206 "2012-11-02T01:06:35Z")
What the hay . . . V is for veal. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/207 "2012-11-02T03:01:40Z")
What a load of bulloney! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/208 "2012-11-02T03:18:03Z")
W is for wagu ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/209 "2012-11-02T05:55:17Z")
Neat! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/210 "2012-11-02T07:04:20Z")
Hmmm. Next letter is a little tricky… ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/211 "2012-11-02T07:14:55Z")
OK X is for hyperkeratosis. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/212 "2012-11-02T14:17:34Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I’m not a vegetarian, but I think it’d been a while since we heard from them so I’m stepping in for 'em. Being a vegetarian is a shankless job. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/213 "2012-11-02T14:21:05Z")
X is for xylem, the water-transport part of the plants that bovine love to munch. [Did you know that](http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/T0423E/T0423E05.htm) “Filamentous structures of the rumen anaerobic fungi penetrate and substantially weaken the xylem cell walls of forages in the rumen”? Isn’t that interesting? Don’t you enjoy thinking about cow stomachs? I sure do. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/214 "2012-11-02T14:25:03Z")
Y is for [scours.](http://calfscourstreatment.com/resources/calf-scours/) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/215 "2012-11-02T14:36:59Z")
OK. I know I’m going to regret this…but why is Y for scours? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/216 "2012-11-02T14:58:54Z")
Because he thinks he’s being funny and just wanted to post that stupid link again. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/217 "2012-11-02T15:08:30Z")
And…Z is for Zebu. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/218 "2012-11-02T15:13:05Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Because he thinks he’s being funny and just wanted to post that stupid link again. Let’s see, two posts in this thread and you weren’t even _trying_ to play either time. Suck it, crabbypants! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/219 "2012-11-02T15:18:59Z")
I wonder if **Y** aks get scours? **Y** ecch! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/220 "2012-11-02T15:21:33Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I wonder if **Y** aks get scours? **Y** ecch! **Y** ep! [9 DISEASE IN THE YAK (Chapter revisions by Tashi Dorji[2] in collaboration with Walter Roder[3] and by Yu Sijiu[4])](http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/AD347E/ad347e0k.htm) > [@](#): > > However, scours in young calves, mostly from birth to four days of age, have also been reported as a major cause of death in two studies with yak. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242.md?page=12)