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| Cow tipping is when ever u sneak out of your house and go find a big fat ass ugly james alan schnider (cow) and u tip it over and the james is so fat he cant get on his feet cuz of all of his blubber | |||
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| '''Cow tipping''' or '''cow pushing''' is the purported activity of sneaking up on a sleeping, upright ] and pushing it over for fun. As cattle do not sleep standing up, cow tipping is a myth.<ref name=Cow1/> | |||
| ==Myth and reality== | |||
| According to popular belief, cattle can easily be pushed over without much force because they are slow-moving, slow-witted and weak-legged, have a high center of gravity and sleep standing up. Numerous publications have debunked cow-tipping as a myth. Cattle only doze instead of sleeping while standing up, and they are easily disturbed.<ref name = Cow1>{{cite news|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 | location=London | date=November 5, 2005}}</ref> A variety of calculations have been performed to determine if cow tipping is physically possible.<ref name = Cow1/><ref>{{cite web|last = Semke|first = Matt|title = The Statics of Cow Tipping|publisher = UNL College of Engineering and Mechanics Course Project|url = http://emweb.unl.edu/Mechanics-Pages/Matt-Semke/The%20Statics%20of%20Cow%20Tipping.htm|accessdate = 2007-04-17}}</ref> A study led by Margo Lillie, a doctor of ] at the ], concludes that cow tipping by a single person is impossible. Her calculations found that it would take at least two people to apply enough force to push over a cow if the cow does not react and reorient its footing. If the cow does react, it would take at least four people to push it over. Professor Lillie noted that, contrary to the myth, cattle are well aware of their surroundings (they have excellent senses of smell and hearing) and are very difficult to sneak up on.<ref name = Cow1/><ref name = "Debunk">{{Cite news|last = Colebourn|first = John|title = Debunking rural myth of cow tipping: It's udder nonsense, academics contend|newspaper = Montreal Gazette|pages = A10|date = November 9, 2005|url=|postscript = <!--None-->}}</ref><ref> by Ian Denomme, The Gazette (Western Daily Student Newspaper), November 9, 2005. (retrieved on January 12, 2009)</ref><ref> by Eddie Glenn, Tahlequah Daily Press, December 15, 2006. (retrieved on January 12, 2009).</ref> | |||
| The British media outlet '']'' has posted a detailed illustration of the force necessary to push over a cow.<ref> at the Time Online.</ref> | |||
| ==History== | |||
| A similar belief was held about ]s in medieval Europe: in 1255, ] ] to ] for his menagerie in the ]. Drawn from life by the historian ] for his ], it can be seen in his ] at ] of ], with an accompanying text revealing that at the time, Europeans believed that elephants did not have ]s and so were unable to get up if they fell over. The bestiary contains a drawing depicting an elephant on its back being dragged along the ground by another elephant, with a caption stating that elephants lacked knees.{{citation needed|date = March 2009}} | |||
| ==In the news== | |||
| In April 2008, four men in ], who were arrested for damaging a gate to a communications tower in an open field, told police deputies that they had gone into the field and tipped over a cow. However, police stated this was impossible because there were no cattle within several miles of the field.<ref>, Naples Daily News, April 22, 2008 (retrieved on January 12, 2009).</ref> | |||
| In January 2009, a cow reportedly knocked a woman off her bike and stepped on her legs in Boulder, Colorado. The ] wrote that, "It's not another instance of cow-tipping. In this case, it was the cow that did the tipping." The woman was not seriously injured.<ref>, Associated Press (reprinted by NBC15.com), January 21, 2009.</ref> Other news sources cited the incident as the result of a "Cow engaging in people-tipping";<ref>, Associated Press (reprinted by ColoradoConnection (FOX21), January 21, 2009.</ref> compare "]". | |||
| ==In popular culture== | |||
| Cow-tipping has appeared in a variety of media and entertainment. In the popular computer role-playing games '']'', '']'' and '']'', players can push over cattle. In the 2006 animated movie '']'', a group of tough talking cattle from New Jersey go "boy-tipping" in response to similar behavior against cattle.<ref> at AOL.com.</ref> In another 2006 animation movie, '']'', characters go "tractor-tippin'".<ref></ref> In a 1994 episode of the popular animated television series '']'', the two titular characters, after watching a milk ad on television, set out to tip over a cow.<ref>, Season 4, episode 2, Cow Tipping, first aired March 15, 1994.</ref> Cow-tipping is also featured in the 1989 black comedy '']''<ref></ref> as well as the 1995 ]-] comedy film '']''. | |||
| The Maryland Lottery/Bovines Unite,<ref></ref><ref></ref> Famous Dave's restaurants ("Angus with attitude"<ref></ref>) and Coffee Mate<ref></ref> television ads have all featured cows engaged in people-tipping. | |||
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Cow tipping is when ever u sneak out of your house and go find a big fat ass ugly james alan schnider (cow) and u tip it over and the james is so fat he cant get on his feet cuz of all of his blubber