Idiots that have never left the city and have no idea what a real cow or bull looks like.
Now, now, we city folk can't always help our ignorance.
I was in my mid-twenties before my mother, who grew up on a farm, explained, in an exasperated tone, to her idot city-(soy)boy son that "cow-tipping" was obviously something that idiot city kids had thought up, because anyone from the country knew that cows don't sleep standing up.
I, of course, had not actually known that. (I'd never gone "cow-tipping," either -- I was afraid of farm animals.
So, yeah, we city folk can be dumb.
But I know which train takes me uptown the fastest...
Um. Cow-tipping was thought up by country boys. It's like a right of passage or something. I know several who have done it. Cows lay down in the daytime to sleep and chew their cud, and may lay down for 15 to 20 minutes at a time at night, but just like horses, they spend most of their sleep time at night standing. This is a safety issue. It is harder to get up and run from predators, so you stand. Also the whole herd doesn't lay down at the same time. Someone always is standing on watch for hte rest of the herd.
So yes, you can tip a cow. It really startles the cow. However, don't tip the bull. If you do, have an escape route because he is going to be really pissed off and will come after you. Ask gd. He made that mistake once and nearly didn't survive it.
