Re: Strange features of your cat?

On 31 Oct 2005 07:29:41 -0800, sriddles@xxxxxxx yodeled:

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>Enfilade wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Neat topic, Fil!
>>
>> I had a challenge trying to think of a way to ask it politely. I got
>> angry when people called my calf Blinkers a freak for having no eyes,
>> but he was certainly unusual looking :)
>>
>> --Fil
>
>Your post reminded me of my pet calf, Whitey. He was an orphaned little
>Charolais. I raised him on a bottle, and he would follow me everywhere.
>Trouble was, he got to be a 1300-lb. steer who would still knock me
>down if he saw a bottle. I would not let my parents sell him. Finally
>they did anyway, it was so traumatic! Lots of people think cows are
>just dumb smelly beasts, but they do actually make pets sometimes.
>
>Sherry


Cows are *not* dumb, and they are terribly curious. I've always been
amused at how when you stand outside a pasture and look at them, they
come right up to the fence and look right back at you, chewing away
nonchalantly. They would do surprisingly well in NYC, I think. ;)




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