Bovine Mysteries

[Don P]

A friend took a picture recently which I think puts all question to rest. Obviously, this cow has two legs longer on the downhill side, the mountain baldy.



Aside from that, it is apparent that this is an animal of the highest quality, being a righty. As she grazes her way through the day she keeps the promontory on her right and in so doing follows with the sun on her flanks. A warm, glare free and contented cow. Imagine the plight of the poor lefty passing from light to shadow, glare in her eyes, a miserable beast. Hope this helps next time you're at the sale barn.

[Bro. Noble]

Don,

You better look a little closer.  I hate to be the one to tell you,  but that cow has problems and your friend might also.

If you will get out your handy tri-square with the little bubble,  and apply it to that picture using the bush to the right of the cow and the rock to the left for a refrerence as to whats down and whats up:  you will see that the cow is standing on level ground.  Evidentally your friend took the picture cattywampus.  While it appears to be true that her two left legs are longer than the right,  just a little stumble or a
sudden breeze will topple the old sister.

[pappy]

cattywampus

is that kinda like on the bias ???

[Gus]

The old Black baldy mother cow. Most productive bovine on the planet and don't need the papers to prove it. ;)

[Tom]

We've been through Catty-whumpus and other measurements of "The-not-so-square" on a thread somewhere in the past.  Seems it went on for a decade or two.

Genes must be envolved in the area of the country that fits a cow the best.  My children have been schooled in the "up-hill" and "down-hill" cows in the southeast. Florida is an anomoly because the uphill cows fall on their faces and the downhill cows dang near starve to death.  I think that evolution is producing cows with more even leg structures in the south now because of the flat ground.  This might be a good thing in that there is more shoulder meat. Dairy cows probably benefit from having the up-hill syndrome because their udders don't drag as bad.  Granddaddy's bull, Bacaduke, should have been an up-hill bovine. :P

[Fla._Deadheader]

 ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
 :D :D :D :D :D

[Bro. Noble]

Maybe Don's friend took that cow picture over in W. Virginia--------I don't think they have passed the 'law of gravity'  there yet :D

[L. Wakefield]

   DanG right! Ain't no flat land in WV unless it's an oversight.

   lw

[Bro. Noble]

Don,

I thought that place looked familiar to me soo I got to watching it.  Caught a normal cow coming up the path.




Then sure enough here comes that cow with the funny legs coming along behind.  I took real pains not to hold my camera cattywampus.

[Don P]

I can tell I need to get over to "Mystery Hill" at Tweetsie and get my internal plumb bob re-aligned...or hers...or Noble's  :D.

[Stump Jumper]

 

[dail_h]

   Maybe it's anudder spook hill ya reckon?

[Stan]

It's enough to give a cow a tummy ache.

[Bro. Noble]

Stan,

I know it's not proper etiquette to correct one another's grammer on these forums,  but being a cow man,  I just gotta ;)

It the case of bovines,  it should be ' tummy ACHES' :D

Or maybe that should be 'TUMMIES ache' ?  :

[Stan]

I shoulda known I couldn't slip that one past this crowd.  :-[

[Don P]

That brings back a memory.
When Michelle worked at State they had a ruminant research farm where they would ruminate on just how these critters went about chewing their cud. Several of the cows had operable portholes installed in their sides so they could see just what breakfast looked like at lunch. We always made a point of casually driving visitors by and watching the reaction  :D.

[Tom]

I've heard stories about cows with windows.

I like Tripe.  Good thing there's four of'em. :D

[whitepe]

Is cattywampus any thing like whopperjawed   ???

[Tom]

Cattywhumpus=diagonal or not straight or not lined up.  I sense that whoppyjawed means kinda the same thing because it brings to mind an out-of-square situation.  Cattywhumpus is a bit more incompassing because it relates to direction too. "He lives cattywhumpus across the street". :D

[Minnesota_boy]

He might live cattywampus across the street, but his house is all whopperjawed. :D