Exploding Cow Drop

Arne Herl�v Petersen herlahp at inet.uni2.dk
Sat Jul 21 06:52:56 CDT 2001


Yeah, well, but do cows *explode* when dropped from a sufficient
altitude?
Images of cow chases in western movies, one cow dropping over the edge
of the cliff, going up in flames, our hero turns away, wipes a tear from
his eye...
Must read up on my biology.


arne


KXX4493553 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In einer eMail vom 21.07.01 11:50:38 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt
> davidmmonroe at yahoo.com:
> 
> > Otto, kai, seeing as you guys are awake, meybe one of
> >  you could explain this footage I saw today on CNN,
> >  from Frankfurt, I believe, some bald artist guy
> >  dropping a cow carcass from a crane onto some rubble,
> >  explosions ensuing, meanwhile Mr. Performance Artist
> >  himself suspended from a crane in a crucifixion-like
> >  pose.  Apparently some sort of anti-meat protest.  Let
> >  me know ...
> >
> It wasn't in Frankfurt, it was in Berlin... I think it has something to do
> with the Love Parade (a "pre-event"). I saw yesterday in tv during the Love
> Parade there will be a vehicle go by in which preserved bodies will rave in
> the rhythm of tekkno, and outside living dancers will look like preserved
> bodies - an "event" managed by Germany's famouest body preparator, Mr. von
> Hagen who looks always like Joseph Beuys (with hat)...
> 
> Kurt-Werner Pörtner
>



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