# How Many Cows Can You Fit into a Small Passenger Car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368 "2014-01-09T16:37:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/1 "2014-01-09T16:37:59Z")
[It would seem four](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/four-cows-pictured-car-boot-3001038). Wider-view photo [here](http://www.carthrottle.com/how-many-stolen-cows-can-you-fit-in-a-proton/). Some Malaysian smugglers stuffed four cows into a [Proton Wira](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/1995-1996_Proton_Wira_XLi_sedan_02.jpg) but had to flee after the car broke down. Going to be smuggled into Thailand apparently since this was all near Penang and the Thai border. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/2 "2014-01-09T16:42:15Z")
All that weight in the back probably plays hob with the steering. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/3 "2014-01-09T16:43:05Z")
They need to use a finer setting on the grinder. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/4 "2014-01-09T17:36:52Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > They need to use a finer setting on the grinder. Or a bigger van. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/5 "2014-01-09T18:10:27Z")
I would hope that these researchers are now working on the question of how many otters you can transport on a sixteen-seat charter jet. (Also, seriously, I hope the cows were unhurt. :() ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/6 "2014-01-09T18:13:01Z")
This is why Cow Clowns are not really a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/7 "2014-01-09T19:29:34Z")
Those are small cows. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/8 "2014-01-09T20:28:32Z")
A matched set of leather luggage. Nice! A few more days and it would have been carrion luggage. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/9 "2014-01-10T02:21:44Z")
Now I’m not so sure they were going to be smuggled into Thailand. Border guards may be sleepy, but they’re not _that_ sleepy. Joyriders. Or maybe they were all sneaking into a drive-in theater. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/10 "2014-01-10T02:28:41Z")
You know, there’s nothing worse than a cow backseat driver. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/11 "2014-01-10T02:29:03Z")
If you don’t stop mooing I swear to God I’m turning this car around RIGHT NOW. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/12 "2014-01-10T03:12:54Z")
Everyone’s assuming there were people involved who subsequently fled and abandoned the car. How do we know this isn’t a case of a herd of low-down no-good bovine automobile rustlers? ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/13 "2014-01-10T03:14:48Z")
It’s like a Far Side cartoon come to life. Well, it still needs a good punch line. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/14 "2014-01-10T03:22:27Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > It’s like a Far Side cartoon come to life. Well, it still needs a good punch line. That’s exactly what I thought. I’ll bet Gary Larson is kicking himself right now for retiring. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/15 "2014-01-10T03:26:08Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > It’s like a Far Side cartoon come to life. Well, it still needs a good punch line. the photo showed the windows blown out so it would read like this: Gus’s attempt to smuggle his cow buddies into the drive-in was successful until one of them said: pull my hoof. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/16 "2014-01-10T03:28:09Z")
Maybe this was all just an experiment into methane-powered cars. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/17 "2014-01-10T04:15:28Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > It’s like a Far Side cartoon come to life. Well, it still needs a good punch line. Darn! I thought I was on the right track with Cow Clowns. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/18 "2014-01-10T04:33:05Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Darn! I thought I was on the right track with Cow Clowns. That was udderly ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/19 "2014-01-10T07:00:11Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > That was udderly ridiculous. To pun is human, to ride in car trunks, bovine. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cows-can-you-fit-into-a-small-passenger-car/678368/20 "2014-01-10T07:10:33Z")
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