# Watch For Falling Cow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479 "2007-11-06T23:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/1 "2007-11-06T23:04:18Z")
[**Falling cow smashes van…**](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003996996_webcow06m.html) > [@](#): > > A Chelan County fire chief says a couple were lucky they weren’t killed by a cow that fell off a cliff and smashed their minivan. A cow. Fell off a cliff. And smashed a minivan. I mean, okay, yeah, poor cow. But still. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/2 "2007-11-06T23:08:16Z")
mmmmoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/3 "2007-11-06T23:12:56Z")
Two hundred feet and she didn’t die. Is fall survivability a cow trait of which I was not familiar? ---
**Author:** ![Dosipede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dosipede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dosipede)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/4 "2007-11-06T23:38:30Z")
They need one of [these](http://www.roadtripamerica.com/roadside/Falling-Cow.htm). ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/5 "2007-11-07T01:09:20Z")
Reason #426 Not to Live in Chelan. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/6 "2007-11-07T01:41:44Z")
[QUOTE=Dosipede] They need one of [these](http://www.roadtripamerica.com/roadside/Falling-Cow.htm). [/QUOTE] One of [these](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowcatcher) might have been in order, too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/7 "2007-11-07T02:07:16Z")
paging **FlyingCowof Doom** … ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/8 "2007-11-07T02:18:41Z")
[QUOTE=Balance] One of [these](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowcatcher) might have been in order, too. 😉 [/QUOTE] They could try [this](http://www.pokezam.com/anime/wile-e-coyote.jpg). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/9 "2007-11-07T02:19:41Z")
[obligatory Monty Python reference] “RUN AWAY!! RUN AWAY!!!” [/oMPr] Hmm, now I want a milkshake and don’t know why… That cow went from standing rib roast, to hanger steak, to flat iron in about three seconds flat. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/10 "2007-11-07T05:04:15Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Two hundred feet and she didn’t die. Is fall survivability a cow trait of which I was not familiar? [/QUOTE] To be fair, it’s probably not one that’s been noticed much up until now. Hey, for all we know, penguins could be fantastic brachiators (ok probably not, but I mean have they ever _tried_?) ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/11 "2007-11-07T05:22:00Z")
Cows don’t fly. They plummet. Tris (among others.) ---
**Author:** ![Dosipede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dosipede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dosipede)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/12 "2007-11-07T05:27:41Z")
Joke #1: It was lean beef. Leaned too far. Now it’s ground beef. Joke #2: That’s what I call a chuck steak. I’m sorry. Really. ---
**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 7, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/13 "2007-11-07T11:09:19Z")
Knock, knock! Who’s there? Interrupting cow. Interrup… S M A S H ! I bet that’s the last time anybody in that minivan tells knock-knock jokes during a road trip. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/14 "2007-11-07T12:48:17Z")
“Knock Knock” “Who’s There?” “Interrupting Falling Cow” "Interrupting Fall- [QUOTE=Autolycus] mmmmoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! [/QUOTE] ing cow who?" ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/15 "2007-11-07T12:53:46Z")
All this time, I thought the pigs were supposed to fly. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/16 "2007-11-07T14:10:37Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Two hundred feet and she didn’t die. Is fall survivability a cow trait of which I was not familiar? [/QUOTE] Cows have the same deal going that cats do. ---
**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 7, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/17 "2007-11-07T14:13:58Z")
1.) “The Fastest Animal in the World is a cow… that has been dropped out of a helicopter.” – Dave Barry 2.) “As God is my witness, I thought Cows Could Fly!” ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/18 "2007-11-07T14:14:38Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] All this time, I thought the pigs were supposed to fly. [/QUOTE] Nope - in fact it [caused quite a flap](http://www.pigs4ever.com/news/flying_pig1.htm) when someone tried it! "Birdie, birdie, in the sky Why’d you do that in my eye I don’t weep, I don’t cry, I’m just glad that cows don’t fl - uh, WHAT??? :eek: :eek: :eek: " ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/19 "2007-11-07T14:15:55Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Interrup… S M A S H ! [/QUOTE] Hah - great minds think alike!! ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/20 "2007-11-07T14:24:34Z")
How can we be sure he wasn’t _pushed_? _paranoid eye-shifting_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479.md?page=2)