Apparently Summer has decided to bring back early Spring for another run. Raining and chilly. Yee-haw. However, colder temperatures seem to make the mosquitoes move a bit more slowly, so there's your silver lining.
I was watching the cows out the kitchen window this morning. They were finally finishing up the oats and corn I dumped in the trough last night. Tuesday night they didn't eat their food and so when it rained heavily, the trough clogged up and made a soggy mess. Hey, that was fun to clean! Stupid cows. This stupidity factor is what makes it soooo easy to eat them. I like to think I'm doing the food chain a major service. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom taught me that it's usually the sick or weak animals that get culled by predators. They forgot stupid.
Well The Governor just walked in and asked if he could have the scissors so he could cut off his shirt. How come that never appears in one of those "What To Do With Your Child This Summer" articles in the parent magazines? How does a 2-year-old think up something that entertaining but it completely escapes a degree-laden professional? Where are the scissors?
Posted by Cathy at June 10, 2004 10:17 AMI had some large, steaming chunks of dead cow carcass last night for dinner, and it was delicious. I think you're intellectualizing your food too much.
Don't eat them because they're dumb, no matter how true it may be. Don't NOT eat them because they're cute. That's dumb and will get you eaten by another predator. Don't NOT eat them because they have "rights", and don't EAT them because they're sick or weak. Just decide you're hungry and then eat them because they look like they need to be in your stomach posthaste.
If you think about it any further than that, you're asking for trouble, and sooner or later you'll begin to resemble Barbara Streisand. And I know you're much too intelligent to risk a fate like that.
Posted by: Dan at June 10, 2004 11:51 AMYou're forgetting that cattle have been domesticated for eons. Only domesticated animals - or extremely isolated ones (dodo anyone) - have the luxury of being stupid.
Posted by: aelfheld at June 11, 2004 11:46 AM