Cows

[peddle07]

smell like cow excrement. and art school, both stink. and get in to shit they dont belong. like everyong else;s lives


thank you, come again

[Spork!!!]

damn those meddling cows, interfering bovine bastards. Grind 'em up and eat 'em I say...

[tca]

cows are secretly plotting to take over the world

we must eat them now to stop the madness

[herojuana]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IkHCDkYkYnk

look at them the viscious bastards

[tca]

its only a matter of time before cows develop thumbs and nuclear weapons, then we're all fucked

[Furyous]

Damn it! Al Gore needs to jump on this band wagon! Check out this tasty little tidbit! The damned cows are KILLING US!

It's believed 18 percent of the greenhouse effect is caused by methane, putting it second on the list of offending gases behind carbon dioxide. Methane breaks down in the atmosphere to form carbon dioxide, ozone, and water, all of which absorb heat. The temperature of the atmosphere rises, the ice caps melt, and next thing you know you're pumping the Atlantic Ocean out of your basement.

There are several major sources of methane: rice paddies (methane-producing bacteria thrive in the underwater environment), swamps and wetlands (ditto), mining and oil drilling, landfills, termites (although there's still some controversy on this one), "biomass burning" (notably in the Amazon rain forest), and animals. Ninety percent of animal methane is produced by ruminants (i.e., cud-chewers). These include sheep, goats, camels, water buffalo, and so on, but most of all cattle, of which the world has an estimated 1.2 billion.

Ruminants eat hay and grass and stuff containing cellulose, which can be digested only by special microbes that, to minimize commuting problems, live in the ruminants' guts. Unfortunately, the microbes tend to make a mess, and about 6 or 7 percent of what they eat winds up as methane. Thus the problem.

Now, you're probably saying, what the hey, cows have been around forever, how come all of a sudden they're a threat? All we know is this: atmospheric methane has been increasing at the alarming rate of 1 percent a year, and something's got to be causing it. The world cattle population is thought to have increased in the last decade, and Lord knows the Brazilians don't feel like taking any more heat for torching the Amazon. So hey, let's blame the cows.

Taken from: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_176.html

[tca]

ah, so they're doing it little by little, being incognito

i think vegetarians (sp) are allies with the cows :P they're trying to stop us killing them, it all makes sense

[Furyous]

Down with vegetarians! :grr:

[tca]

up with steak :D

[Furyous]

I think we ought to petition the mods to name Wednesday, from this day forward, Oddthought Steak Day! It would never be referred to as wednesday again, and would automatically be edited to Steakday. We would all be honor bound to eat a steak at least once a week in honor of Steakday... It's a start in the right direction. Let's start caring about our planet, one steak at a time!

[tca]

Yeah, who will sign our peitition?

together, we can stop cows before its too late

[Santo]

Kill the cow :glare:

[the squid of despair]

I think people missed the point of this thread...

[Santo]

Not me :glare:

[tca]

ok yak the second

lets all get back on topic :rolleyes:

[Shanna]

:S what

[Az]

"Cows"

[pinzNneedlz]

Go and find the Epic Burger thread i made a while back..i'm doing my part!!!

[Chiizu]

YouTube - Cows with guns (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IJBbtkBMMs)

Cows With Guns - Dana Lyons (http://www.cowswithguns.com)

the movement is on!

[T.c.a.]

I remember this :haha:

up with steakday :thumbs: