# Mad cow! Mad cow! Run away!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771 "2003-12-24T02:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 24, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/1 "2003-12-24T02:54:24Z")
And now, following shortly on the heels of my **condition orange** thread, I bring you the **MAD COW** paranoia thread. Yes, folks, the dread disease that decimated England, depopulated Ireland and caused all Scots to leap into the maelstrom to escape it has finally descended upon [us](http://www.cnn.com/). Whatever shall we do? I’m feeling a bit over the edge, I can tell you… \*\* Maybe I shouldn’t have eaten that double whammyburger at lunch?\*\* ---
**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:** [December 24, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/2 "2003-12-24T03:12:15Z")
Oops…should have linked to [the article](http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/23/mad.cow/index.html) instead of the site. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/3 "2003-12-24T03:34:41Z")
Well, that’ll be the beef barons pissed off … ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/4 "2003-12-24T03:59:07Z")
See, now - times like this I am grateful that I’m a vegetarian. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/5 "2003-12-24T04:24:40Z")
Maybe it’s the work of the terrorists ---
**Author:** ![danixa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@danixa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danixa)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/6 "2003-12-24T04:27:29Z")
eepy. i’m having a barbecue today, you don’t suppose it’s gotten to australia? now im all eepy. ---
**Author:** ![deadeyesdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@deadeyesdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deadeyesdad)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/7 "2003-12-24T04:39:26Z")
I just hope the cows I sent to sale today were bought before the news hit. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/8 "2003-12-24T04:40:05Z")
Now, that’s spooky, **Chavardz** - I was thinking the exact same thing! **daniza** , you’re probably safe…or not. Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember… ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/9 "2003-12-24T04:41:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by deadeyesdad \* > \*\*I just hope the cows I sent to sale today were bought before the news hit. \*\* Well, those of us who are vegetarians on the SDMB wish the same, assuming their death is less painful. Thanks for posting! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/10 "2003-12-24T05:32:35Z")
Geez, **Chefguy** , are you setting up as the SDMB Cassandra? Such a ray of sunshine you are, in these dark days. 😛 I wonder just what’s in those sausages I had for supper last night… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![RyanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@RyanV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyanV)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/11 "2003-12-24T07:50:38Z")
I hope the U.S. beefmarket suffers enormous losses and goes plain downhill raising the price of a McDonald’s hamburger to over $2.00 which will in turn prevent the fat ass’s of America from eating them which in turn will drive them to Subway which in turn will drop 3.5 BILLION dollars of obesity related health problems. Oh and the only serious part, is the American beef market collapsing. Sorry for not helping with your war, but when you act all in shock when WE discover and publicly notifty 1 CASE of BSE, while your testing methods are nothing short of DISPICABLE, and you discover 1 case and say “oh it’s nothing really”. Well, enough ranting only time will. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RyanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@RyanV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyanV)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/12 "2003-12-24T07:51:46Z")
Ok @ not being able to edit your own post. LAME “only time will _TELL_” ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/13 "2003-12-24T11:06:27Z")
Is/was there general confusion in the States between BSE and the foot and mouth outbreak? They’re not the same think y’know. You should be OK unless there’s brain or spinal-cord bits in your burger. You do know what goes into burgers? ---
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/14 "2003-12-24T11:45:35Z")
One cow to another: hey dude, did you know there are mad cows in the USA ? Other cow: I am Napoleon and don’t bother me with your nonsens… ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/15 "2003-12-24T12:27:50Z")
That’s _ **thing** _ dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/16 "2003-12-24T12:52:38Z")
> [@](#): > > See, now - times like this I am grateful that I’m a vegetarian. Me too, **Blonde**! I’m feeling despicably smug today. ---
**Author:** ![modro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@modro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/modro)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/17 "2003-12-24T13:44:24Z")
Now I just have to remember to ask for an extra helping of Mad Cow on my burger today… It’s a personal death wish I guess, after the local Hepatitus outbreak, I was sure to ask for extra hepatitus on all my food. No real reason, just to poke fun at the “Oh my god! Hepatitus! Run Away, Run Away!” people. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/18 "2003-12-24T14:21:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by modro \* > \*\*Now I just have to remember to ask for an extra helping of Mad Cow on my burger today… > > It’s a personal death wish I guess, after the local Hepatitus outbreak, I was sure to ask for extra hepatitus on all my food. No real reason, just to poke fun at the “Oh my god! Hepatitus! Run Away, Run Away!” people. \*\* That’s hilarious! They’ve found ONE cow, folks! ONE freaking cow. Even with the number of cases uncovered in the UK, and the case in Canada, unless we’ve all been mislead, those countries weren’t wiped out by it. The panic the media tries to instill is the real disease. I’ll be in line right behind **modro**. “I’ll have my burger with no MSG, but extra BSE, please.” 😃 ---
**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:** [December 24, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/19 "2003-12-24T14:26:55Z")
To all the smug vegetarians out there, I have only this to say: Mexican Onions! Run away! Run away! ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771/20 "2003-12-24T14:27:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blonde \* > \*\*See, now - times like this I am grateful that I’m a vegetarian. 🙂 \*\* I hope you get Mad Carrot Disease. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-cow-mad-cow-run-away/220771.md?page=2)