# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/21 "2007-11-07T14:38:36Z")
Meanwhile, high above the cliff, two aliens are high-fiving each other and shouting, “Bullseye!” ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/22 "2007-11-07T14:40:07Z")
[QUOTE=BlackKnight] How can we be sure he wasn’t _pushed_? _paranoid eye-shifting_ [/QUOTE] Pushed? Or… _tipped_? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/23 "2007-11-07T14:41:49Z")
[QUOTE=slortar] Cows have the same deal going that cats do. [/QUOTE] Nine lives, eh? Do I have to worry about zombie steak? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/24 "2007-11-07T14:45:59Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] Nine lives, eh? Do I have to worry about zombie steak? [/QUOTE] GRAAAAAAAAINS… ---
**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, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/25 "2007-11-07T14:56:18Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] Nine lives, eh? Do I have to worry about zombie steak? [/QUOTE] I’d better get some cownip just to be safe. ---
**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, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/26 "2007-11-07T15:07:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Cows have the same deal going that cats do. Cows always land on their hooves? They must use those masive tails to right themselves in midair. ---
**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 7, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/27 "2007-11-07T15:23:50Z")
No, if you strap buttered toast to the back of a cow, it will always land on one side or another. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/28 "2007-11-07T15:35:03Z")
[QUOTE=BlackKnight] How can we be sure he wasn’t _pushed_? _paranoid eye-shifting_ [/QUOTE] Correct me if I’m wrong but wouldn’t it be **she**? ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/29 "2007-11-07T15:46:35Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Two hundred feet and she didn’t die. Is fall survivability a cow trait of which I was not familiar? [/QUOTE] Its fall was broken by the minivan. What!? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/30 "2007-11-07T15:56:06Z")
Damn, Autolycus. How did you get the O’s to go off the page like that? Cool effect. ---
**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 7, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/31 "2007-11-07T16:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] Its fall was broken by the minivan. [/QUOTE] I didn’t realize minivans were that…soft. ---
**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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/32 "2007-11-07T16:25:43Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] No, if you strap buttered toast to the back of a cow, it will always land on one side or another. [/QUOTE] Wait a minute. If toast always lands buttered side down and cows always land on their feet, won’t they cancel each other, resulting in the cow spinning in the air several inches above the ground? Holy cow! I think I’ve discovered antigravity! :eek: ---
**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 7, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/33 "2007-11-07T16:33:56Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Holy cow! I think I’ve discovered antigravity! :eek: [/QUOTE] Which will, according to the [Right Hand Rule](http://www.molecularexpressions.com/electromag/electricity/generators/index.html) induce a current flow in the cow. No, you’ve discovered virtually free energy. One presumes that the cow must be fed and the butter renewed periodically. ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/34 "2007-11-07T16:37:41Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] One presumes that the cow must be fed and the butter renewed periodically. [/QUOTE] Uh, if this is a dairy cow, the butter would be self renewing, provided you keep feeding it. ETA: Since butterfat originates from the udder, does that not mean the cow would always land on it’s feet? ---
**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/35 "2007-11-07T16:40:09Z")
Cow should’ve read this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=442639&page=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=442639&page=2) Or maybe it DID, and that’s why it survived. Not that it helped, in the long run. ---
**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/36 "2007-11-07T16:47:21Z")
This raises the question, if you place a cow on a treadmill and cause the treadmill to run at a speed equal to the cow’s and in the opposite direction… No, maybe I’d better leave that one alone. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/37 "2007-11-07T16:55:10Z")
Don’t worry everyone, it wasn’t me. –FCOD ---
**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 7, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/38 "2007-11-07T17:14:08Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] GRAAAAAAAAINS… [/QUOTE] Win. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/39 "2007-11-07T17:33:53Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Win. [/QUOTE] Ditto. ---
**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 7, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479/40 "2007-11-07T17:49:30Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Uh, if this is a dairy cow, the butter would be self renewing, provided you keep feeding it. ETA: Since butterfat originates from the udder, does that not mean the cow would always land on it’s feet? [/QUOTE] So it’s entropy or conservation of energy or Free Silver or something like that which ruins the free energy plans. Dammit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-for-falling-cow/425479.md?page=3)