# 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:** 12
**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, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/221 "2012-11-02T15:23:49Z")
I did too play! I played the Alphabet Game. I’m just not a very punny person so I didn’t play that game. BTW, how does Y relate to scours? 🙂 ---
**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, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/222 "2012-11-02T15:25:38Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I did too play! I played the Alphabet Game. I’m just not a very punny person so I didn’t play that game. > > BTW, how does Y relate to scours? 🙂 It doesn’t. I was just trying to be funny by posting that link again. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/223 "2012-11-02T15:31:38Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > 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. What a load of tripe. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/224 "2012-11-02T15:34:57Z")
“The cow’s digestive system is a fascinating thing,” Tom ruminated. ---
**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, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/225 "2012-11-02T15:55:53Z")
Cattle are simple. Indeed, when it comes to cows, watusi is what you get. ---
**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, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/226 "2012-11-02T16:54:19Z")
And speakng of cow diseases, I think the best source of information about bovine skin cancer can be found in that classic work from George Eliot: _The Mole on the Flossie_ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/227 "2012-11-02T18:19:18Z")
> [@Crab\_Rangoon](#): > > T is for Teat! > > or…Testicle, depending. Or Testicle, descending? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/228 "2012-11-03T00:58:08Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > “The cow’s digestive system is a fascinating thing,” Tom ruminated. Wat’ chew talkin’ 'bout, Willis? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/229 "2012-11-03T02:24:27Z")
I think it would be for the Bessie if we dropped the cow puns. ---
**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 3, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/230 "2012-11-03T04:44:56Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I think it would be for the Bessie if we dropped the cow puns. I agree. Let’s concentrate on the more positive (indeed the more artistic) contributions that cows have made to society. For example… what was the name of that wonderful Broadway musical with the dancing cattle? You know the one I mean. That long-running musical. What was it…? Oh yeah… _A Taurus Line_ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/231 "2012-11-03T04:52:15Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > I don’t mind em being bossy. I am 100% understanding that I am fighting an uphill battle here, and I am also 100% understanding that it’s a bit of a silly battle to be fighting given that “my side” has never been a formal “ally”\* and potentially doesn’t care. It’s almost like I’m Big T, but less sensitive or something. > > Oh, and I’m 100% understanding the mod behaviour makes sense. I just think my way of doing things _also_ makes sense and is better by default given the greater freedom. > > \*In the sense that they’re not a known poster here and haven’t asked me for help or anything. If they’re super duper spammy, then they will never come here again. Sorry, dude, but you even topped me this time. You wanted a spammer not to be banned. That’s hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/232 "2012-11-03T05:05:23Z")
He probably wrestles the phone away from his mom as she’s about to hang up on a telemarketer: “Waiiiit, he deserves a chaaaaaaance…” ---
**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 3, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/233 "2012-11-03T05:09:36Z")
Come now, anoa we can all get along. ---
**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 3, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/234 "2012-11-03T05:12:47Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Sorry, dude, but you even topped me this time. You wanted a spammer not to be banned. That’s hilarious! A spammer? All she wanted was to see recipes, meat new friends, and share her amazing beef with us. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/235 "2012-11-03T10:56:45Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > Wat’ chew talkin’ 'bout, Willis? Cud you not guess? ---
**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 3, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/236 "2012-11-03T15:57:05Z")
Sigh. Yet another day of bovine puns. When will it end? Maybe if I go away today, and come back tamaraw…? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/237 "2012-11-03T16:21:46Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Sigh. Yet another day of bovine puns. When will it end? It’s going to carry on until the cows come home. 😛 ---
**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 3, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/238 "2012-11-03T16:39:21Z")
Cud we least all agree to stop using the same jokes and puns over and over that we’ve already herd several times beefore in this thread? Time to moooove on to something gnu. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/239 "2012-11-03T16:49:54Z")
I was waiting for someone to pull out the “gnu” pun. Finally, some good gnus! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/240 "2012-11-03T19:31:43Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I think it would be for the Bessie if we dropped the cow puns. If I’d seen this a few hours ago, I would’ve suggested we turn our attention to some Saturday morning cow tunes. I don’t know about ewe, but those were always a favorite when I was a kid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242.md?page=13)