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Cow Shaving

She's lookin' good, Vern!
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This weekend, gather a few friends, a few hundred disposable razors, a supply of ketamine, some clothesline and a coupla cases of shaving foam.

You know you want to be there when the farmer discovers his prize bull all bald & embarrassed.

UnaBubba, Aug 28 2009

Ketamine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine
developed by Parke-Davis in 1962 as part of an effort to find a safer anesthetic alternative to PCP [normzone, Aug 28 2009]

Kinda Baked, UB. http://living.scots...-by-boys.2552757.jp
//... shaving rude words on to cows...// [21 Quest, Aug 28 2009]

Here's a demo pic http://www.flickr.c...avallai/3319203005/
[21 Quest, Aug 28 2009]

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       Is the K for the cow, or for the shavers?
tatterdemalion, Aug 28 2009
  

       I think a five gallon bucket of Nair and a couple of Super Soakers would be a safer alternative. Ketamine causes hallucinations among other side effects.
normzone, Aug 28 2009
  

       True, but vets use it to knock animals out so they can operate on them.   

       I think I'd like my bovines asleep while I was shaving them, to be honest.
UnaBubba, Aug 28 2009
  

       Where's the sport in that? I was picturing a new Rodeo event.   

       Best to start smaller though, I think. Don't go for a full grown cow straight away. In fact, don't even go the whole hog. Start by shaving chickens, or a cock.
Ian Tindale, Aug 28 2009
  

       Do that already.
normzone, Aug 28 2009
  

       You got 21 Quest to search for cow shaving. Excellent.   

       // Start by shaving chickens, or a cock. // Don't screw up and forget the clothesline.
tatterdemalion, Aug 28 2009
  

       We're going to have to devise some method of keeping a record.   

       I'm not sure if quantity would be sufficient, maybe just an alphabetical list and the author of the idea who spurred [21]'s search. And we'd have to devise some minimum weirdness quotient.
normzone, Aug 29 2009
  

       Trimming cattle for showing is a lot different to shaving them completely bald, I fear.
UnaBubba, Aug 29 2009
  

       It would expose them to sunburn and possible melanoma - the hair protects the skin from excessive sunlight.
8th of 7, Aug 29 2009
  

       True. That's not a problem if they're going to an abattoir soon anyway.
UnaBubba, Aug 29 2009
  

       Laughterhouse
Ian Tindale, Aug 29 2009
  

       The meat wouldn't be much good. For the same reason beating an animal prior to slaughtering it, the fear and shivering would cause a rush of adrenaline that would make the meat taste awful. At least, that's what I remember reading somewhere. I think someone here actually pointed that out once, a couple years ago.
21 Quest, Aug 29 2009
  

       Golfclap [Ian Tindale]
Dub, Aug 29 2009
  

       I'm reminded of Yak Shaving Day in Ren and Stimpy.   

       [21] An explanation I heard recently is that stress before slaughter depletes the glycogen stores in the muscle, making it less tasty.
spidermother, Aug 29 2009
  

       Probably why those pampered Kobe cows are so yummy.
21 Quest, Aug 29 2009
  

       //beating an animal prior to slaughtering it, the fear and shivering would cause a rush of adrenaline that would make the meat taste awful//   

       I've long wondered why the beef and lamb meals I had in Egypt and Pakistan were so bloody horrible. I simply put it down to the supposition that they were piss-poor cooks.
UnaBubba, Aug 29 2009
  

       Or else they knew it was you.
MaxwellBuchanan, Aug 29 2009
  

       If you were to carefully cover a freshly shaved cow with the bodies of yourself and your conspirators, the cow could hardly complain of cold. So, (21, Quest), the cow may actually taste better. Both alive (licking it in the ear) and dead (licking it in the sirloin).
mylodon, Aug 29 2009
  

       You have some serious mental issues, mylodon.
21 Quest, Aug 29 2009
  

       "You've shaved your cow, now lie on it."
FlyingToaster, Aug 29 2009
  

       I wonder what quality the leather would take on?
RayfordSteele, Aug 31 2009
  
      
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