# Texting while driving causes Daisy Cowit to hit a herd of cows

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while-driving-causes-daisy-cowit-to-hit-a-herd-of-cows/673456>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 8, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while-driving-causes-daisy-cowit-to-hit-a-herd-of-cows/673456 "2013-11-08T21:29:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while-driving-causes-daisy-cowit-to-hit-a-herd-of-cows/673456/21 "2013-11-10T04:03:42Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> Does she have a brother named Elmer?

That’s just bull.

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**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while-driving-causes-daisy-cowit-to-hit-a-herd-of-cows/673456/22 "2013-11-10T07:30:31Z")

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> [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> But what is a cow’s full impact? Do they possess half impacts as well?

Impact is an anatomical term we prefer not to use in polite company.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while-driving-causes-daisy-cowit-to-hit-a-herd-of-cows/673456/23 "2013-11-11T01:12:11Z")

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> [@horsetech](#):
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> Impact is an anatomical term we prefer not to use in polite company.

…but Prime Rib & Prairie Oysters were half-price in Orange County for at least a week!

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while-driving-causes-daisy-cowit-to-hit-a-herd-of-cows/673456/24 "2013-11-11T09:24:44Z")

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> [@James\_Toothpaste](#):
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> This is why we should not text while driving.

Or drive while texting.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while-driving-causes-daisy-cowit-to-hit-a-herd-of-cows/673456/25 "2013-11-11T16:06:40Z")

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Should one text while mooooooooving?

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while-driving-causes-daisy-cowit-to-hit-a-herd-of-cows/673456/26 "2013-11-11T17:26:45Z")

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In related news, several of the cows were posthumously ticketed for jaywalking.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while-driving-causes-daisy-cowit-to-hit-a-herd-of-cows/673456/27 "2013-11-11T17:27:01Z")

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Honest, if she’d used the horn, none of this would have happened.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while-driving-causes-daisy-cowit-to-hit-a-herd-of-cows/673456/28 "2013-11-11T17:37:44Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> I like it, I like it!
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> Heh. 🙂
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> Oh, Lord, I read that as, “Fed the ostrich fruit under her breast…” i.e. she had an ostrich fruit under her breast. I couldn’t figure out what an  
> “ostrich fruit” was. :smack:

They’re very rare.

They only grow under breasts.

(And I had the same reaction when I read the headline on that page)

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