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Saturday, November 05, 2005 Cow tipping... Everyone's heard a story from a friend. Bunch of people were hanging out, getting drunk, and sure enough someone decided to go out cow tipping, with some story of angering the cow and jumping over a fence before it got to you. Well... it just ain't so: Margo Lillie, a doctor of zoology at the University of British Columbia, and her student Tracy Boechler have conducted a study on the physics of cow-tipping. ... A cow of 1.45 metres in height pushed at an angle of 23.4 degrees relative to the ground would require 2,910 Newtons of force, equivalent to 4.43 people, she wrote. Dr Lillie, Ms Boechler’s supervisor, revised the calculations so that two people could exert the required amount of force to tip a static cow, but only if it did not react. Cows can't be tipped. You heard it here first. posted by Shaun Kenney \| 11/05/2005 07:47:00 PM \| 5 comments 5 Comments: At 9:58 AM, Bwana said... This post has been removed by a blog administrator. At 9:59 AM, Bwana said... Please note that according to the last line of your entry, cows can be tipped under certain circumstances...and having seen just those circumstances in play 25 years ago in a pasture outside Bridgewater, VA, I can attest that it is quite the sight to see! At 10:06 AM, Shaun Kenney said... Hmm... perhaps the physics of cow tipping are true indeed? How many people did it take (and how fast did you have to run afterwards)? At 7:31 AM, Bwana said... Two, both large football players who were motivated by a small amount of Va. Gentleman. Cow was on a slight incline. Adequate wind to cover sound of approach. The two got a running start, hit the cow, sort of spun away, and ran like the dickens and dove over a fence with the cow every bit of fifteen feet behind them and closing. In this case I sat with the cold, gray few who do not dream great dreams, but as I was getting a ride home from the perpetrators I stood by the car and simply watched in amazement. At 4:28 PM, James Young said... I was going to make the observation that it is unclear whether the calculations took account of the effect of certain adult beverages, but I yield to bwana for getting there first. Post a Comment Home
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