Fishing Humour - Page 1 of 6

Extract from The Fishing Handbook to end all Fishing Handbooks
(Copyright 1972 Wolfe Publishing Limited)

Silly Old Moos

The most widespread hazard is the common domestic cow. Even the most strenuous efforts by the NaSAC (National Society for the Abolition of Cows) have failed to make much impression on their numbers. Even a solitary specimen, however innocent looking, presents a potential hazard to health, lift and limb.

Points of Recognition

1. Cows
2. Heifers
3. Bulls
4. Bullocks

Identification is important if avoidable complications are not to set in at a point where it is difficult to do anything about them. All four have the same basic identification points: a tail with a tuft at the end, a leg at each corner and a head which carries a pair of horns and a gormless expression.

A cow can be recognised by her udders which are slung between the hindquarters and look like a water-filled rubber glove or a pair of plastic bagpipes, depending on whether the animal is a B or C cup. The udders are where the milk is kept. (This is for the benefit of town anglers who think it comes from a machine outside the grocers'.)