LINE (was Re: Cow Tipping)
From Stephen Joseph Smith <sjs...@cs.umd.edu>
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· 15 Jun 1994 00:50 · View full thread
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flb...@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu (Bo Bradham) writes: >In the local paper this week they have a series of articles about D-Day. >In yesterday's installment they talked about how the GI's liked the local >cows. In addition to providing the GI's with milk, they gave them a >tactical edge. According to this article the presence of cows in a field >meant the field was not mined (the presence of cows in the trees meant that >it was). ( (( ( (( ))) ( ( ( ( (/----) ( ( ( ---- ) ) ( ( ( / (__) ) (=====/ (oo) //) ( ( \\------\/ === ) / \\ || // \==-) * |\\---|=== ) ^^\\ // ) )) \\\// )) ) ) ||||| ==---) |||||\ / ) ||||||========--) |||||| ) ) (__) |||||| ) (oo) |||||| /-------\/ |||||| / | || ///\\\ * ||----|| ////\\\\ ^^ ^^ //// \\\\ Cow in a field Cow in a tree (Means that the (Means that the field is not mined) field is mined) >And, according to this article, if there were snipers lurking, the cows >would face them. So the GI's had a tip-off to the presence of enemy >soldiers. (__) (__) (oo) (oo) /-------\/ \/-------\ / | || || | \ * ||----|| ||----|| * ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Sniper on the right! Sniper on the left! ( (( ( (( ))) ( ( ( ( (/----) ( ( ( ---- ) ) ( ( ( / ) (=====/ //) ( ( \\ === ) \\ // \==-) \\ === ) \\ // ) )) \\\// )) ) ) -+- ||||| ==---) |o\---<|||||\ / ) |o/---<||||||========--) -+-| | |||||| ) ) | | |||||| ) | |<|||||| \---<|||||| \ ///\\\ * ////\\\\ //// \\\\ Sniper in the tree! >It was not mentioned whether the GI's tipped the cows, but in exchange for >the milk and the sentry duty I'd say 20% would have been reasonable. (__) (oo) /-------\/ / | || * ||----|| ^^ ^^ Cow tipping > Bo "the article really did mention a cow in a tree" Bradham - Stephen "Did it also mention these? (__) (__) (oo) (oo) /-------\/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / | || ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cow in water Cow in trouble (Those were always my favorites)"
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