# Whozat orking all those defenseless cows? (Very lame rant) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 2, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whozat-orking-all-those-defenseless-cows-very-lame-rant/243075 "2004-05-02T00:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whozat-orking-all-those-defenseless-cows-very-lame-rant/243075/21 "2004-05-02T19:32:13Z")
**DesertGeezer** , you had me fooled. I thought it was a clever satire to state that cow-orker was so overused that no one could find it funny or original anymore. As in, it had been so overdone that no one would fall for it as an actual typo. 😃 If you’d stuck with my interpretation, you could have saved face. 😉 \ **ETF** , I always get such a kick out of your posts. Won’t you consider coming to the [New England Fest-A-Que](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248062)? \ ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whozat-orking-all-those-defenseless-cows-very-lame-rant/243075/22 "2004-05-02T20:41:48Z")
> [@DesertGeezer](#): > > Cow tipping is bad enough, but orking those poor critters is just going too far. Wait, let me get this straight - you’re _not_ supposed to tip cows? Not even just 10%? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whozat-orking-all-those-defenseless-cows-very-lame-rant/243075/23 "2004-05-02T20:59:16Z")
> [@DesertGeezer](#): > > Almost as cruel as goat-felching, if ya ask me. Whoa there buddy, I can apreciate a good joke thread as much as the next guy, but how **dare** you malign goat-felchers! You’ll be hearing from my attorney. You’d better pray to Og that the People’s International Goat-Felchers Union doesn’t find out about this. You don’t want PIGFU on your ass! ---
**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:** [May 3, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whozat-orking-all-those-defenseless-cows-very-lame-rant/243075/24 "2004-05-03T02:28:59Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > \ > **ETF** , I always get such a kick out of your posts. Won’t you consider coming to the [New England Fest-A-Que](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248062)? > \ Hey, thanks for alerting me! I haven’t been spending much time in MPSIMS lately, and I’d missed that. [scurrying off to check calendar] Can’t say for sure, but I’m pencilling it in on the calendar – the one with all those cute, fuzzy kitten pix. ETF tell me it makes them nostalgic for the days when they were [adorable little fluffballs](http://community.webshots.com/photo/782975/784351). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whozat-orking-all-those-defenseless-cows-very-lame-rant/243075/25 "2004-05-03T03:29:38Z")
ISTR that the term originated (or at least was popularized) on USENET in the alt.folklore.urban newsgroup; I recall seeing it sometime around '89 or the early ‘90s, which jibes with the Wikipedia article. I never saw the term hyphenated on USENET, and it always irritates me to see the hyphenated spelling, since using the hyphen just screams "Haw! Lookit me! I’m makin’ a joke!". ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whozat-orking-all-those-defenseless-cows-very-lame-rant/243075/26 "2004-05-04T01:57:13Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > A couple of years ago, when I went by **beeblebrox** \*, So much for recognizing people from their posting style. I thought **beeblebrox** got orked by cows and had vanished from the knowledge of elves and men. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whozat-orking-all-those-defenseless-cows-very-lame-rant/243075/27 "2004-05-04T02:49:01Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > The Og thing also dates back to the USENET days. > > Haj Not in it’s incarnation here. I think we’ve had this argument several times before on the board, but those who first started using the term Og here were completely unaware of any other use of Og. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whozat-orking-all-those-defenseless-cows-very-lame-rant/243075.md?page=1)