Swiss Cows
Many of you have taken the lofty New Year’s resolution of coming to Switzerland in 2007. So I thought I’d include the following advice from USA Today’s tourism section. Don’t say you weren’t warned:
You can tell the writer has NEVER hiked in the Swiss Alps. One of the first thing I do when arriving at the summit is, (you guessed it), caress my aching calves…
Responding to increased reports of "unpleasant meetings between hikers and cattle" along Switzerland’s Alpine trails this summer, the Swiss Hiking Federation issued tips for clueless tourists. "Do not scare the animals or look them directly in the eye. Do not wave sticks. Give a precise blow to the muzzle of the cow in the event of absolute need," the federation warned. And above all: "Never caress a calf."
You can tell the writer has NEVER hiked in the Swiss Alps. One of the first thing I do when arriving at the summit is, (you guessed it), caress my aching calves…
January 2nd, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Yea, but you don’t do that when your mother is around!!
January 2nd, 2007 at 4:56 pm
“Never look them directly in the eye”? What kind of mutated, deranged cows are these?
January 2nd, 2007 at 8:02 pm
I don’t believe that’s true about not looking them in the eye because Crocodile Dundee would look at animals right in the eye and do this thing with the fingers of his right hand (sort of a southern California gang sign) and those dreadful animals would become puppy dogs. But who am I to say? Maybe they are mutated deranged in Switzerland and far more tame in Austalia.
January 3rd, 2007 at 5:38 am
Oh boy, I think I may need a doctor because my sides are busting on that one, Brady. oh…ha ha ha.
I am not sure about cows, but I know a lot of people that do not like being looked directly in the eye.
Question that had nothing to do with the topic: How about that Fiesta Bowl?
January 3rd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
I didn’t realize Switzerland was such a dangerous place.
January 3rd, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Too funny, Brady!