PeteMorris Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 Up until recently my partner thought that cows only had milk because they ate grass, that caused much hilarity...rotten aren't I? I bet there's loads of instances where people have made clangers that others knew all along. I remember when I was a child, my mother slapped me because I used the phrase "tit-for-tat"....She'd obviously never heard of the phrase and I got a slap for being coarse.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) I've never been much of a fan of gardening and knowing stuff about plants. But in my 30's I found out for the first time that an evergreen means a plant is green all year round! Perennials, hardy perennials, bi-hardy perennials... (any more!?) still confuse the hell out of me though! We visited Alnwick's poison garden a couple of weekends ago. You wouldn't believe the number of common, everyday plants which are actually deadly to humans. Some within a matter of hours Useful rule of thumb: be wary of anything with blue flowers. On-topic: of course cows have horns. But dehorning has long (long, long, long) been a very common practice for economic and safety reasons. So if you've only or mostly ever seen dehorned ones, this may explain the confusion. Edited July 8, 2015 by L00b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 We visited Alnwick's poison garden a couple of weekends ago. You wouldn't believe the number of common, everyday plants which are actually deadly to humans. Some within a matter of hours really????....Now that's scary.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 On-topic: of course cows have horns. But dehorning has long (long, long, long) been a very common practice for economic and safety reasons. So if you've only or mostly ever seen dehorned ones, this may explain the confusion. Long-horn cattle are called that for a reason, I imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gularscute Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Good grief!....They nest too?.. I didn't know that.....As I said...You live and learn You should see the size of the trees they build them in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Yes- when the cows come home to roost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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