March 27, 2009: Cows in Boats

sandypossum · 03-26-2009, 06:31 PM

No, not photoshopped, and (apparently) you can still see this happen at the right time of year. I bought this postcard in Giethoorn, a village in the Netherlands. In the old part of the village there are no roads, and all transport is by water. These cows are being taken from their winter barn to the summer fields, and the only way to get there is by boat. I can't imagine what it must be like trying to get a cow on the boat for the first time... but these cows look pretty cool with it.

Undertoad · 03-26-2009, 07:52 PM

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monster · 03-26-2009, 08:48 PM

cool, sandy, thanks. I suspect they coat the boat with superglue immediately prior to loading the cows.

OK, so we've got the meat and the liquid, all we need are a few veggies for a nice stew..... or it the guy in the hat about to skewer them all with that pole and make a delicious kebab fit for a giant?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-26-2009, 11:07 PM

Good one sandy, thanks.

Cows, like most critters, will follow their food anywhere. Notice their all chowing down. However, I imagine the first trip or two with a calf or young heifer could be much more exciting.

Hey, you don't suppose they're bait, do you?

Shawnee123 · 03-26-2009, 11:09 PM

I want a boatful of cows!

ZenGum · 03-26-2009, 11:10 PM

That reminds me of the Isle of Mann Ferry.

(It steams and comes out of Cowes)

monster · 03-26-2009, 11:13 PM

They are a little reminiscent of sushi, but i'm too tired to photoshop the chopsticks.....

xoxoxoBruce · 03-26-2009, 11:15 PM

Chopsticks disguised as oars?

monster · 03-26-2009, 11:26 PM

could be...

spudcon · 03-27-2009, 03:02 AM

Do they have a poop deck?

SPUCK · 03-27-2009, 04:36 AM

They are being taken to feed the alien overlords.

Rossini · 03-27-2009, 05:15 AM

One of the weirdest things I ever saw was a boat full of sheep. No idea where they were taking them, but most of them jumped out and swam after it! I didn't know sheep could swim... where do they learn

Sheldonrs · 03-27-2009, 06:34 AM

When those cows come home, Mom is gonna tan their hides for taking the boat.

DanaC · 03-27-2009, 06:51 AM

I misread this thread as Cows in Boots.

I am disappointed.

Scriveyn · 03-27-2009, 07:02 AM

the milk float is coming

03-26-2009, 06:31 PM	#1
sandypossum tri-continental dag hag Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 247	March 27, 2009: Cows in Boats No, not photoshopped, and (apparently) you can still see this happen at the right time of year. I bought this postcard in Giethoorn, a village in the Netherlands. In the old part of the village there are no roads, and all transport is by water. These cows are being taken from their winter barn to the summer fields, and the only way to get there is by boat. I can't imagine what it must be like trying to get a cow on the boat for the first time... but these cows look pretty cool with it. Last edited by Undertoad; 03-26-2009 at 07:52 PM.

03-26-2009, 08:48 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	cool, sandy, thanks. I suspect they coat the boat with superglue immediately prior to loading the cows. OK, so we've got the meat and the liquid, all we need are a few veggies for a nice stew..... or it the guy in the hat about to skewer them all with that pole and make a delicious kebab fit for a giant? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-26-2009, 11:07 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good one sandy, thanks. Cows, like most critters, will follow their food anywhere. Notice their all chowing down. However, I imagine the first trip or two with a calf or young heifer could be much more exciting. Hey, you don't suppose they're bait, do you? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-26-2009, 11:09 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I want a boatful of cows! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-26-2009, 11:10 PM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	That reminds me of the Isle of Mann Ferry. (It steams and comes out of Cowes) __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-26-2009, 07:52 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	(sandy, separately, images don't show up in iotd blog view if they are attachments. Until a moderator notices and puts them into the cellar image hosting.)

03-26-2009, 11:13 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	They are a little reminiscent of sushi, but i'm too tired to photoshop the chopsticks..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-26-2009, 11:15 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Chopsticks disguised as oars? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-26-2009, 11:26 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	could be... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-27-2009, 03:02 AM	#10
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Do they have a poop deck? __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

03-27-2009, 04:36 AM	#11
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	They are being taken to feed the alien overlords.

03-27-2009, 05:15 AM	#12
Rossini Kinda New Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Emerald Isle Posts: 1	One of the weirdest things I ever saw was a boat full of sheep. No idea where they were taking them, but most of them jumped out and swam after it! I didn't know sheep could swim... where do they learn

03-27-2009, 06:34 AM	#13
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	When those cows come home, Mom is gonna tan their hides for taking the boat. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-27-2009, 06:51 AM	#14
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I misread this thread as Cows in Boots. I am disappointed.

03-27-2009, 07:02 AM	#15
Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	the milk float is coming

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