Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, "I think
I'll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze 'em!"?
"Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson
There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain
to the masses that cows can be eaten.
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)
A lady came up to me on the street and pointed at my suede jacket. "You
know a cow was murdered for that jacket?" she sneered. I replied in a
psychotic tone, "I didn't know there were any witnesses. Now I'll have
to kill you too."
Jake Johansen
The cow, the old cow, she is dead;
It sleeps well the horned head:
We poor lads, 'tis our turn now
To hear such tunes as killed the cow.
Pretty friendship 'tis to rhyme
Your friends to death before their time.
Moping, melancholy mad:
Come, pipe a tune to dance to, lad."
A. E. Housman (1859-1936)
They also keep a horned cow
as proud as any queen;
but music turns her head like ale,
and makes her wave her tufted tail
and dance upon the green.
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), The Lord of The Rings.
A purple cow is a confirming instance of the hypothesis that all
crows are black.
Hempel's Paradox
I never saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one!"
Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), "The Purple Cow" (1895)
Ah, yes! I wrote the 'Purple Cow'--
I'm sorry now I wrote it!
But I can tell you anyhow
I'll kill you if you quote it!
Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), "CONFESSION"
"Cinq Ans Apres" (1900)
I've never seen a purple cow
I never hope to see one
But from the milk we're getting now
There certainly must be one
Ogden Nash (1902-1971) |
