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| {{cite web | last = Semke | first = Matt | title = The Statics of Cow Tipping | publisher = UNL College of Engineering and Mechanics Course Project | url = http://em-ntserver.unl.edu/Mechanics-Pages/Matt-Semke/The%20Statics%20of%20Cow%20Tipping.htm | accessdate = 2007-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Malvern | first = Jack | title = Cow-tipping myth hasn't got a leg to stand on | publisher = Times Online | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1858246,00.html | accessdate = 2006-10-28}}</ref> | {{cite web | last = Semke | first = Matt | title = The Statics of Cow Tipping | publisher = UNL College of Engineering and Mechanics Course Project | url = http://em-ntserver.unl.edu/Mechanics-Pages/Matt-Semke/The%20Statics%20of%20Cow%20Tipping.htm | accessdate = 2007-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Malvern | first = Jack | title = Cow-tipping myth hasn't got a leg to stand on | publisher = Times Online | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1858246,00.html | accessdate = 2006-10-28}}</ref> | ||
| It is purely a urban legend, often repeated to be a ] supposedly practiced in ] areas. It is used to get the uninformed to do something foolish while the "tipster" stands laughing at a safe distance. Sara Brantmeier, editor of America's largest ] magazine was quoted as saying in the June of 2001, in the ], "that cow tipping is a myth and the whole idea is stupid, but humorous, and she confirmed that cows do not sleep while standing up and she's never known of any authentic cow tipping.<ref name="Debunk"> | It is purely a urban legend, often repeated to be a ] supposedly practiced in ] areas. It is used to get the uninformed to do something foolish while the "tipster" stands laughing at a safe distance. Sara Brantmeier, editor of America's largest ] magazine was quoted as saying in the June of 2001, in the ], "that cow tipping is a myth and the whole idea is stupid, but humorous", and she confirmed that cows do not sleep while standing up and she's never known of any authentic cow tipping.<ref name="Debunk"> | ||
| {{Citation | last = Colebourn | first = John | title = Debunking rural myth of cow tipping: It's udder nonsense, academics contend | newspaper = Montreal Gazette | pages = A10 | year = 2005 | date = November 9 | url = }}</ref> Some even consider the attempt to practice it as an act of ].<ref name="floridaban">{{cite web | last = Emery | first = David | title = Florida to Consider Ban on Cow Tipping | publisher = About.com | url = http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/058976.htm | accessdate = 2007-06-07}}</ref> | {{Citation | last = Colebourn | first = John | title = Debunking rural myth of cow tipping: It's udder nonsense, academics contend | newspaper = Montreal Gazette | pages = A10 | year = 2005 | date = November 9 | url = }}</ref> Some even consider the attempt to practice it as an act of ].<ref name="floridaban">{{cite web | last = Emery | first = David | title = Florida to Consider Ban on Cow Tipping | publisher = About.com | url = http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/058976.htm | accessdate = 2007-06-07}}</ref> | ||
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Cow tipping is an act is theoretically performed by participants who sneak up on an upright, sleeping cow and push it over for amusement. There are factors which make success in this unlikely, and a variety of calculations have been applied to determine if cow tipping is physically possible, sometimes with humorous intention.
It is purely a urban legend, often repeated to be a pastime supposedly practiced in rural areas. It is used to get the uninformed to do something foolish while the "tipster" stands laughing at a safe distance. Sara Brantmeier, editor of America's largest dairy industry magazine was quoted as saying in the June of 2001, in the Charleston Gazette, "that cow tipping is a myth and the whole idea is stupid, but humorous", and she confirmed that cows do not sleep while standing up and she's never known of any authentic cow tipping. Some even consider the attempt to practice it as an act of animal abuse.
In 2004, a Florida legislator proposed a ban on "cruelty to bovines", which while not specific to cow tipping, included language that would apply to cow tipping: "A person who, for the purpose of practice, entertainment, or sport, intentionally fells, trips, or otherwise causes a cow to fall or lose its balance by means of roping, lassoing, dragging, or otherwise touching the tail of the cow commits a misdemeanor of the first degree."
References
- Semke, Matt. "The Statics of Cow Tipping". UNL College of Engineering and Mechanics Course Project. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- Malvern, Jack. "Cow-tipping myth hasn't got a leg to stand on". Times Online. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
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Colebourn, John (November 9), "Debunking rural myth of cow tipping: It's udder nonsense, academics contend", Montreal Gazette, pp. A10
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - ^ Emery, David. "Florida to Consider Ban on Cow Tipping". About.com. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
External links
- The Times article on Cow Tipping by Jack Malvern
- The Register article debunking the myth of cow tipping while drunk by Lester Haines
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