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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).

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>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.

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        Sniper on the right!             Sniper on the left!



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>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.

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            Cow tipping


> Bo "the article really did mention a cow in a tree" Bradham

- Stephen "Did it also mention these?

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	  (Those were always my favorites)"

In article <2tlj9a$qv...@gagme.wwa.com> sjs...@cs.umd.edu (Stephen Joseph Smith) writes:
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>            Cow tipping
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OK, you were fine up to here, but this is *clearly* a case of cow
*shearing*, not tipping, and, as far as I know, only sheep are sheared.

Vicki "Shear nonsense" Robinson


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