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Subscribe to RSSCows on the loose in Boxford, Mass., crashed a backyard party and helped themselves to beer. WHDH-TV's Tim Caputo reports.
Cows on the loose in Boxford, Mass., crashed a backyard party last weekend, and went right for the beer.
“They enjoyed it. There’s no doubt about it. They went right for the beer and then when one was done, they’d knock another one over and take care of that beer,” Lt. James Riter of the Boxford Police Department told NBC affiliate WHDH.com.
Police said they heard reports of screams from a group of women as five or six cows stumbled into the yard, eagerly hurtling toward the beers.
“They got up as the cows went toward the table. They stepped back and the cows took over the table, knocking over the beers with their noses, drinking the beer off the table. They went to the recycling bin to find any leftovers,” Riter told the TV station.
A caller told the 911 dispatcher: “We thought they were deer, but they're huge, huge, huge cows. There's got to be five or six of them.”
Andrea Poritzky also called 911 after spotting "about six cows" in her yard.
"I don't own cows,” she said.
“I was initially a little nervous. And then after I found it very comical and not very surprising due to the fact that we live in the country here,” Poritzky said.
A police escort rounded up the cows and returned them to a farm about a mile away.
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Cyndi Lauper says, Oh Cows just want to have fun unnnnnnn, Oh Cows just want to have fun.
Here I was expecting to read an article about a bunch of slightly overweight buxom women getting hooched up....
I hate when that happens.
SOUNDS like the makings of a COUNTRY SONG.........
"Whiskey for my men, BEER for my COWS" !
Here's the newest Chick-Fil-A commercial. Eat more chicken (at your next cookout); you won't have to sleep over.
Talk about a bunch of party animals!!!!!!!!!!!Bwahhhhhhh haaaaahaaaahaaaa
Hey your cows just drank all of our beer
PARTY TILL THE COWS COME HOME!!!!...
Cows like to get wasted and have sex too.
Disappointing, I thought this was going to be about Rosy O and Oprah.
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The cows looked awful thin, maybe they were looking for the veggie tray
This story is not funny I once got drunk and woke up with a fat cow brings back bad memories for me!
They should save those cows they could replace the burnt out budweiser frogs.Who knows they could make a Christmas commercial with the cows pulling the booze buggy instead of the clydesdale horses.Id cash in on that if it were my cows "This buds for moo" $$$$$$$
Looks like something from the Far Side comics.
Now that is a funny story, cows crashing a beer party.
This is just too funny. I wander if the cops gave them tickets for minor in possession since the cows were only 6 months old. lol
Our cows got liquid supplement with molasses, not hops. Someone is spending way too much on their liquid supplement...lol.
Best news story in awhile. While the women were calling 911, nobody figured to check the cow's ID's to verify their drinking age? But who cares, the cows came in, had a little fun, did some boogin, enjoyed the tunes, had some (bud light) suds, relaxed a little before the cops came to escort these youngsters from getting into more trouble. If there was a pool, they were planning on going skinny dipping. The cows walked off the light buzz to their home and realized it's their bed time, tomorrow they won't remember a thing! Such is life in an otherwise boring day for a cow until another mischievous adventure awaits.
As my mother used to say "HOLY COW"!! However, she also told me beer tastes like a wet diaper pin. With that image in mind, I didn't even try beer until I was 20 years old.
I grew up in Iowa, but couldn't remember ever seeing a cow that looked like these cows. Thanks to the net, I found that they are "Belted Galloways", also known as the "oreo-cookie cow". They are a hardy breed of Scottish cattle. They have a double coat so do quite well in colder climates.
They developed that by hanging out in the walk-in refrigerators with the kegs.
Mad cow disease...?
I would have expected such behavior from Wisconsin cows, not Massachusetts cows.
My nieghbors heifers (teen age cows for you city people) got loose and came down the road this morning. Now I know they were looking for a party, but at 10:00 A.M.? Maybe they heard the study about females enjoying sex more if tipsy. From what I have seen bulls are not too romantic.
We do what is called Team Sorting of cattle (just for fun competition) at a friend's ranch. Trying it on drunk cows could open up a whole new pastime.
Last time I got drunk I woke up with a fat cow beside me hanging half off the bed. haven't been drunk since.