When I was little my parents thought it would be funny to stop in the middle of a pasture of cows so I could clean off my feet that was covered with mud. Heck no! I thought those suckers were gonna charge me! I screamed & cried to get out of there!
Then there was the 1st and only annual McCourt Running of the Bull in Washington. Oh my gosh seeing Josh holding onto Taco the bulls tail while being pulled through the stinging nettle was hilarious with a bucket of feed so the bill could get it medicine will always live in memory (I just about pee'd my pants watching all this take place at the time!)
So our most recent cow story took place when I was with Josh in North Dakota while he was working...
Whenever we see cows, we always honk the horn. Doesn't really matter where the horn is honked. Even if the cow can't hear it... Anyway on this particular trip Josh's brother John was ahead of us in his truck while Josh & I were following. We were actually in the middle of nowhere Montana! We turned onto a side dirt road where some cows happened to be as we turned. So Josh honked the horn...unbeknownst to us John did too! No big deal.
But obviously it was! Next thing I know we stop! I didn't know what was going on because I was in the sleeper of the truck. Next thing I know, Josh is unrolling his window and some guy is standing up on his truck asking him "You got a reason for honking at my cows?" Josh said, "Just to honk". Then the guy said "Your trying to make my cows run & that makes them lose weight & takes away my profit so don't honk at my cows!" He then got down & walked back to where he came from. Apparently what happened was he jumped in his truck and sped down the road, passed Josh & John then stopped in front of him. He got out of his truck yelled at John about the same thing then came back to Josh!
I thought it was funny because I watched the entire thing happen. When the horns were honked the cows didn't even move. They just stood there eating happily away on the grass. I suppose the farmer guy thought differently (he must have been having a bad day).
What we found out later was even more crazy..the farmer guy has come up to the job site area complaining about his profits being lost. Come to find out, there were other drivers from other companies and divisions honking at the cows! A message was sent to the computer system not to honk at the cows! This went on for a couple days, so it became a joke after awhile.
When I was on my way home I thought maybe I should invent the honk diet! Whenever you hear a honk your suppose to run...apparently it causes you lose weight! Shoot that horn would have to be on constant blast for me to finally lose the weight I've been working on losing for so long.
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