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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDrought is ruining people’s ability to throw cow dung at things
from Grist:
Drought is ruining peoples ability to throw cow dung at things
By Jess Zimmerman
When its really hot and dry out, cows stay near the barn. When cows stay near the barn, they do not poop in open fields. When cows dont poop in open fields, those fields dont get full of dried-out manure chips. When the fields dont get full of dried-out manure chips, people have nothing to throw at cow-chip-throwing contests. And that, my friend, is a tragedy.
The Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw and Festival is set to have 300 chip-throwing competitors this year, but organizers have only collected 200 to 300 chips, a third of the usual amount. That means theyre having to release chips from the Strategic Manure Reserve in order to meet demand. They can get another 150 to 200 that way, but reserve stocks will be depleted if the summer of 2013 is another hot one, theyll be shit (if you will) outta luck.
This means its possible that climate change will eventually destroy the sport (?) of cow-chip throwing for good. Competitors currently throw for distance (record: 248 feet!), but for symbolisms sake they should probably switch to aiming for a fan.
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Drought is ruining people’s ability to throw cow dung at things (Original Post)
marmar
Sep 2012
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PDJane
(10,103 posts)1. You know, I can live without that particular sport......
and nicely too, thank you.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)2. Something wrong here -
everyone knows The World Cow Chip Throwing Contest is held in Beaver, Oklahoma every April.
http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.17823
lunatica
(53,410 posts)3. Dagnabit!
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)4. Just call Scott Walker
He has an abundance of bull shit.