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kybearfuzz ([personal profile] kybearfuzz) wrote2005-11-02 08:06 am
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The Daring Cattle Escape and Meme Goodness

On my drive into work this morning, I heard on the news that a cattle trailer had overturned on I-74, causing part of the interstate to shut down as free cattle were roaming on the highway. Okay, my first inclination was to laugh.. and I did.

As I was backed up on I-75 trying to get to work, I wondered how this accident came to be. When the mind wanders it's a dangerous thing. The scenario that came to mind is the the trailer was carrying the cattle to slaughter (sad, but true, I think). But these were not ordinary cows, these were the cows from the dairy commercials we see on television. They talk to each other and think creatively, except when we are around, when they slip into a simple MOO as Mr. Green Jeans drives the tractor to make sure no city slicker is molesting his farmer's daughter. That tramp!

Anyway, on this trip down the interstate, one cow, we'll call her Mable (because it is a good cow name) decides to be the Norma Rae of her people. She stands up and rallies the troops with a moving political speech about freedom and the evils of the current government (of course to us, it would sound like "Moo"). She reveals of a cunning plan of escape from the traveling prison to oblivion. All of the cows are in agreement, knowing that some of them may perish in the attempt, but it is better to die free than become the next Quarter Pounder with Cheese (hold the onion).

On a curve in the interstate, Mable gives the rallying cry (which again, sounds like "Moo" to us), and all of the standing cattle tip to one side. The sudden shift of weight causes the tractor trailer to take the curve badly and fall to the side of the interstate, shattering the top of the trailer. Dazed and confused (aren't we all in this story so far), Mable sees the glimmering light of the sun through the morning fog and dew without the metal bands of the trailer in her way. Clammering to her feet, she directs the cows through the opening and onto the highway and neighboring fields.

Soon she hears sirens and other noises. Deciding the jig is up, she tells the crowd to scatter and cows go shooting off in all directions. Her hope is that at least one will find their way to complete freedom, or at least to a petting zoo where they can blend in. The interstate is closed this morning thanks to this daring morning escape. So as you local people are driving up the highway this morning and you see one of those Chick-Fil-A bilboards asking us to "Eat Mor Chikin," pay close attention to those cows doing the painting. Wave to them (it'll make the other drivers around you wonder what is wrong with you). One of them maybe be Mable in disguise. ;)


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  1. A hug from Mom.
  2. New Comic Books.
  3. Finding a collector's item comic book at an affordable price or in the bargain bin.
  4. Drawing a cartoon.
  5. Hot N Sour Soup from PF Chang's
  6. Mom's Cornbread Stuffing
  7. Putting on warm clothes from the dryer on a cold morning
  8. Sleeping in
  9. A purring cat on my lap
  10. A hello from a cute guy

[identity profile] dendren.livejournal.com 2005-11-02 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
hehehehhehe... glad I'm not the only one who's mind wanders like this. I'll watch for Mabel... but if one of those chick-fil-a boards winks at me I'm outta here.

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-11-03 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor Mable, she'll have to dye her hair blonde and go into hiding, masquerading as a horse on a merry-go-round at a town carnival.

[identity profile] dendren.livejournal.com 2005-11-03 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
do you guys have the California Cows Are Happy Cows cheese commercials back there? I never know what is a regional campaign and what is nationwide. I love those commercials, their too good to just be in California.

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-11-07 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that the commercial campaign where they have the cows running from the cloud and another where one is making her escape and can still be seen in the distance? I love those!!!

[identity profile] dendren.livejournal.com 2005-11-07 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, those are the ones. My favorite is the one with the cow in the sprinker doing the slow motion head shake to an old Styx song (I think it was Styx). They always crack me up, how sad to look forward to new commercials :P

[identity profile] fedex-cub.livejournal.com 2005-11-03 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
It makes me sad that I will be eating these cows soon. Although, if they look like the ones from the dairy commercials, maybe they are being shipped off to be milked?!? Yeah, thats it.....milked.

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-11-03 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL.. yes, milking.. that's a good thing :)

[identity profile] cubatlanta.livejournal.com 2005-11-03 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Ok, i know i'm a day late...but, we had a similar incident happen several years ago here in Atlanta. Only, it was chickens on I-285. And although it does have a slight humor factor to it...there was carnage on a massive scale. For months you could be driving along on 285 and know immediately exactly where the chickens had met there doom, simply by the discoloration of the pavement in the area...and the occasional feather on the wind. It was not pretty.

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-11-07 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL.. well, such disasters do leave their mark in some ways. Ewwww...

Cow Story

[identity profile] rixtur.livejournal.com 2005-11-15 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Your cattle story reminds me of an incident an ex coworker had many years back. She lived out in the country and one very foggy morning on her way to work she crashed into a heard of sheep crossing the road. Unfortunatly she killed 12 of them and her car was totalled. She was unhurt though fortunatly. The local paper did a story on the incident and put her face right next to the article.