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#144087 - 08/20/05 08:26 PM
Re: Life is great when
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Intellectual Cow
Registered: 03/31/03
Posts: 19749
Loc: Pasture
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I'm going to tell a little anecdote, why life is great, although perhaps it's not going to be clear...
You see, a few days ago Kim and Vicky, a couple of friends of mine, went to a BBQ at Vicky's aunt's place. She (her aunt) has a farm, and about 60 cows.
The patio is between the house and the farm, and there's a fence between it and the pasture where the cows graze. So the family (about ten people in total) were preparing burgers in their BBQ and all of a sudden, attracted by the activity, all 60 cows came to the fence and stayed there, watching them prepare the BBQ.
According to Vicky, that sort of ruined everybody's appetite.
Which brings me to the un-point of the story. You know, if you go to the fields and greet a cow, "good morning!" she replies "mooooo," right?
But if you are, in, say, Mexico, and you tell her "buenos días!" she goes "muuuuu." And in France, if you salute a cow with a happy "bonjour!" she's going to go "meuh." And, further, if you go to Germany and say to a Teuton cow "guten tag!" she's going to say "mmuuh."
What has puzzled linguists for ages is, how can the animals know exactly how to respond in each language?
And that's why life is so wonderful. Because they know, and we can know too.
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#144089 - 08/20/05 08:40 PM
Re: Life is great when
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Fiesty angel
Registered: 06/28/04
Posts: 9549
Loc: Metro Detroit...
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The patio is between the house and the farm, and there's a fence between it and the pasture where the cows graze. So the family (about ten people in total) were preparing burgers in their BBQ and all of a sudden, attracted by the activity, all 60 cows came to the fence and stayed there, watching them prepare the BBQ.
According to Vicky, that sort of ruined everybody's appetite.
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Which brings me to the un-point of the story. You know, if you go to the fields and greet a cow, "good morning!" she replies "mooooo," right?
But if you are, in, say, Mexico, and you tell her "buenos días!" she goes "muuuuu." And in France, if you salute a cow with a happy "bonjour!" she's going to go "meuh." And, further, if you go to Germany and say to a Teuton cow "guten tag!" she's going to say "mmuuh."
What has puzzled linguists for ages is, how can the animals know exactly how to respond in each language?
And that's why life is so wonderful. Because they know, and we can know too.
We already know some moo-cows are very smart.  They know these things.
And of course we all know how important cows are to Germany...they founded Muuuuu-nich, after all.
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Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing - Arundhati Roy
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#144092 - 08/21/05 04:43 AM
Re: Life is great when
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Regular
Registered: 11/14/04
Posts: 841
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What do roosters say in Peru? In Mexico they say ki kari kari (or something similar).
And the Flip roosters say tiktilaok! 
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