A Conversation for Video: Surrealisme

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Post 1

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

When you put those cows upside down, they look like jeeps.

If I were making captions for the picture, I wold go with "Pretty little surreal with the fringe on top."

Patient: Doctor, my wife thinks she's a cow. What shall I do?

Doctor: I could talk to her and see if I can cure her of her delusion.

Patient: Maybe we should just let it go. I need the milk.


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Post 2

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

"We have a problem, dear,."

"What problem is that."

"Our teenage son has been arrested for tipping cows."

"Do we need to provide bail?"

"No, but he tipped rather heavily, and our son has run out of money."

"Ah, so those pesky cows have been waiting tables at the diner again...."


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Post 3

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Superfrenchie wanted to know if this video was amoosing.

(Even better, SashaQ replied, 'No, they were too far away to hear.')


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Post 4

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

smiley - laugh

This is why the world needs more flying cows

http://aeon.co/essays/swiss-flying-cows-is-this-the-future


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Post 5

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

The inspiration for this cow film - at least its title - has to be "Un Chien Andalou" (An Andalusian dog) from 1929 by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali. It is not quite as pleasant to watch, so be warned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=054OIVlmjUM

smiley - pirate


Cow Jokes

Post 6

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Correctly spotted, Pierce. This was, indeed, the inspiration for my title.smiley - laugh

The original, slightly longer, film by the dairy people was called 'When the Cows Come Home', which I found rather surreal to begin with.


Cow Jokes

Post 7

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

Well, you know, somebody had to mention the smiley - dog - I mean film smiley - biggrin

smiley - pirate


Cow Jokes

Post 8

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - ok


Cow Jokes

Post 9

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

Surely dogs are as welcome here as cats? smiley - smiley I can't imagine a world without both. smiley - sadface

"When the cows come home" make me think of the ranching sleuth in the mystery "Holmes on the range." Part of the plot has to do with a secret plan to interbreed cows and bison smiley - yikes, with funny/disastrous (take your pick) results.

No, Sherlock Holmes did go way out West to become a cowboy, but the title character was so smitten with Holmes's work that he resolved to apply Holmes's methods to a murder mystery that occurred at the ranch where he was working. smiley - bigeyes


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Post 10

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

Sorry, Holmes did *not* go way out west. My typos are leigon today. smiley - blush


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Post 11

SashaQ - happysad

Cows are competing with cats in <./>thepost</.> lately smiley - laugh All good to see, though smiley - ok I found it quite surreal watching cows wander through a wading bird reserve, but this video takes surrealism to the next level indeed smiley - ok


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Post 12

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

I was born under the sign of Taurus, so my affinity for cows is actually pretty good. smiley - smiley


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Post 13

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

A friend just sent me a picture from his holiday in Andalusia. Sadly there are neither cows nor dogs in it smiley - erm

smiley - pirate


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Post 14

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

I wonder if we can see cows coming home to roost the day pigs can fly smiley - huh

smiley - pirate


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Post 15

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

This inspired me to write a poem in the same surrealistic vein. smiley - sorry I couldn't help myself smiley - blush

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I saw a swarm of cows
coming home to roost
the day that pigs could fly
to this I wasn't used

I called a friend to tell her
she said she saw them too
"I need a strong umbrella
I'm guessing so do you!"

smiley - pirate


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Post 16

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - snork I like it!


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Post 17

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

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