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| '''Cow tipping''' is dead fun. DO IT | |||
| '''Cow tipping''' is an act theoretically performed by participants who sneak up on an upright, sleeping ] 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.<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> | |||
| Academics in the ] department of the ] have concluded that cow tipping is likely a myth, noting also that cows do not sleep while standing up.<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, 2005 | url = }}</ref> Some 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> | |||
| In 2004, a ] 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 ] of the first degree."<ref name="floridaban"/> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Revision as of 22:58, 1 September 2007
Cow tipping is dead fun. DO IT
See also
References
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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