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#1 2009-10-28 10:53 pm
- Swampfox201
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Dead cow story
Hi, I've been reading all the dating advice you horndogs have been giving jd and thought you might need something else to talk about.
The story I'm about to tell is true and happened today:
We were havesting corn today and I looked over at our bean field where the cows have been for a few days and I see a dead cow laying out in the middle CRAP!!!
So while we were waiting for the semi to come back I used my pickup to drag her out to the road and I called the rendering plant to come pick her up. The lady on the line took my name and the place the "body" was located. I'm thinking body? Its not a murder scene its a dead cow! Anyway I tell her and she then tells me there is a $10 pickup charge and I need to place a check for $10 next to the "body" so the driver can pick it up.
I say "huh? We've never had to pay before. Its supposed to rain. Where do I put the check"? She said to place it in a jar and leave it by the body.
I get off the phone and I'm kinda pissed. $10 to pick up a dead cow!! It's always been free!!. I didn't have my checkbook but I had a $10 bill. So in a fit of revenge I went and found a ziplock bag, put the $10 bill in the bag, walked outside and shoved it up the cows ass. If they want my $10 so bad then they will have to go swimming for it.
So we go pick corn and when we quit I start heading home and parked across the road was the rendering truck blocking my path.
Oh Oh!
I get out and the guy is standing in his truck on a mountain of dead cows trying to get his cable free. I help him and he is the nicest deadanimalpickeruper I've ever met. He's calling me "sir" and everything. Then it hits me. This poor guy is probably working for minimum wage, trying to feed his family and I shoved part of his take home pay up the butt of a cow.
Feeling ashamed I say "Hey you know that $10 I was to leave by the cow?" He says "yea". I say "well I stuck it up the cows ass". He looks at me confused and says "Why?" Me being the quick thinker said "Well all I had was a $10 bill and I didn't want anyone to drive by and steal it". He said "uh uh" while I made circles in the gravel with my toe. Then he says "tell you what, this animals fresh and she'll bring good money why don't you just keep it". I said "ok" and retrieved my $10. I said "thank you" and he left.
Moral of the story: If you want keep your $10 from the rendering man just shove it up the cows ass because he'll let you keep it. 

Ps. The best part of this whole story is after I came home I was telling my boys about it and they went running out to the pickup where the $10 was still in the bag and brought it back inside. They were holding the bag looking inside but were afraid to touch the $10. I took it out, stuck it in my mouth and started chewing it. I had neglected to tell them I used the bag to stick it in the cow. LOL My oldest boy about fainted.
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#2 2009-10-29 12:27 am
Re: Dead cow story
So if a cow dies unexpectedly, for unknown reasons, it will still wind up in our food supply? Moral of the story: Don't eat meat!
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#3 2009-10-29 10:12 am
- test
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Re: Dead cow story
No way in hell would my father pay $10 to have a dead cow hauled away. He just fired up the backhoe, dug a hole and buried the beast where it dropped - right next to the manure heap. Of course things were different back then.
And Bren, at least in Ontario it is specifically illegal for abattoirs to process animals which arrive dead, or even obviously very ill. I know this because in the last couple of years there have been some stories in the news about packing plants receiving fines for violating this law. I assume the situation is much the same in other province and in the US.
Patience is a virtue of the weak for it makes them stand still long enough for the strong to crush them with ease.
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#4 2009-10-29 10:15 am
- macnuke
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Re: Dead cow story
why bury? we let nature take its course.
drag em to the back corner of the property.
only takes a few days and nothing left but the bones.
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#5 2009-10-29 10:35 am
- dv
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Re: Dead cow story
macnuke wrote:
why bury? we let nature take its course.
drag em to the back corner of the property.
only takes a few days and nothing left but the bones.
It tends to take a bit longer in humid climates. And smell worse.
Although scavengers help a little.
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#6 2009-10-29 10:48 am
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Re: Dead cow story
more humid than southwest Louisiana?
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#7 2009-10-29 11:38 am
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Re: Dead cow story
Well, they don't have gators to drag it off for you.
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#8 2009-10-29 11:59 am
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Re: Dead cow story
Hey you changed my name!
What are you gonna do about the cow?
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#9 2009-10-29 1:48 pm
- test
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Re: Dead cow story
macnuke wrote:
why bury? we let nature take its course.
drag em to the back corner of the property.
only takes a few days and nothing left but the bones.
Dad wasn't a big fan of evidence.
Or witnesses.
Learned me up good, he did.
Patience is a virtue of the weak for it makes them stand still long enough for the strong to crush them with ease.
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#10 2009-10-29 2:10 pm
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Re: Dead cow story
test wrote:
macnuke wrote:
why bury? we let nature take its course.
drag em to the back corner of the property.
only takes a few days and nothing left but the bones.Dad wasn't a big fan of evidence.
Or witnesses.
Learned me up good, he did.
we are talking about dead bovine.
when dealing with local/state/federal law enforcement or the EPA...
dig deep..... don't talk.
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#11 2009-10-29 2:41 pm
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I'm sorry but I am just curious. What did you put into your mouth? Was it the bag or the $10 bill?
WTF?
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#12 2009-10-29 4:14 pm
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Re: Dead cow story
You are too young to know.
I'm not dead yet.
There are 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
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#14 2009-10-29 5:40 pm
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Re: Dead cow story
gd wrote:
I'm sorry but I am just curious. What did you put into your mouth? Was it the bag or the $10 bill?
WTF?
They are both nasty - time to gargle some Lysol.
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#15 2009-10-29 5:55 pm
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Re: Dead cow story
I'm thinking of a song by The Dead Milkmen. . .
Patience is a virtue of the weak for it makes them stand still long enough for the strong to crush them with ease.
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#16 2009-10-29 6:56 pm
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Re: Dead cow story
gd sorry for typing in your name wrong. 
I was going on memory and well I just turned 40.
I chewed on the $10 bill which was in the bag which was in the cow. Mighty tasty!!!
The way I understand it dead cows are NOT put into the human food chain. I think they make dog food out of them and I was told the reason they are charging $10 now is because the USDA is making them remove the brain and spine because of the mad cow issue.
We live in a fairly sparsely populated area meaning most everyone lives about a mile apart but even then a 1500lbs animal stink will carry a long way. The rendering truck won't pick up baby calves that die anymore (not enough profit in it) so I have to take them out to the shelter belt. The coyotes make quick work of them but sometimes you can still smell it.
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#18 2009-10-29 8:16 pm
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Re: Dead cow story
I said I was not going to post in this thread but I just wanted to see what was new.
I felt compelled to reply. I understand the error you made, besides we are all human, right.
I'm on Bren's side. What brands of dog food do this?
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#19 2009-10-29 8:17 pm
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Re: Dead cow story
gd wrote:
I said I was not going to post in this thread but I just wanted to see what was new.
I felt compelled to reply. I understand the error you made, besides we are all human, right.
I'm on Bren's side. What brands of dog food do this?
Practically all.
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#22 2009-10-30 7:16 am
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Re: Dead cow story
and being a carnivore, i am sure the cat loves the peas and carrots eh?
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#23 2009-10-30 7:24 am
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Re: Dead cow story
Dead and sick cattle do not enter the human food supply. PETA and other groups would have you believe otherwise, but they are "dead" wrong.
Farming is easy when your plow is a pencil and you are a thousand miles from the cornfield. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
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#25 2009-10-30 8:56 am
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Re: Dead cow story
macnuke wrote:
test wrote:
macnuke wrote:
why bury? we let nature take its course.
drag em to the back corner of the property.
only takes a few days and nothing left but the bones.Dad wasn't a big fan of evidence.
Or witnesses.
Learned me up good, he did.we are talking about dead bovine.
when dealing with local/state/federal law enforcement or the EPA...
dig deep..... don't talk.
Why not just pay the $10?
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me.
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