cow, horse, cat, pig,

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Ken

[HansV]

[stuck]

Sorry, it's a reference to an old practical joke. You approach your victim crying, "Cow, horse, cat, pig, duck!", whereon you clip them round the ear. When they protest, you point out that you did warn them.

Except here, there really is a duck, a tufted duck to be precise.

Ken

[John Gray]

Ken - have you been taking 'amusement lessons' from Chris?!

[HansV]

Sorry, it's a reference to an old practical joke.

Ah, thanks for the explanation!

[stuck]

Ken - have you been taking 'amusement lessons' from Chris?!

You get like your company?

Ken

[ChrisGreaves]

Sorry, it's a reference to an old practical joke.

My word! Just how old ARE you, Ken?
I've been trading jokes in at least six countries and had never heard that one.
Are you sure that it IS a joke?
Cheers
Chris

[DaveA]

I remember that one when I was real young, and on this side of the water!

[BobH]

My dad told me about doing that with kids at the orphanage where he grew up more than a century ago.

[RonH]

That was a surprise
I thought you were going to say:
"If it looks like a cow, sounds like a horse and walks like a cat, then it must be a pig".

[John Gray]

"If it looks like a cow, sounds like a horse and walks like a cat, then it must be a pig".

So reminiscent of Groucho Marx's incontrovertible line in Animal Crackers:
“If you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce,
they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.”

[RonH]

"If it looks like a cow, sounds like a horse and walks like a cat, then it must be a pig".

So reminiscent of Groucho Marx's incontrovertible line in Animal Crackers:
“If you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce,
they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.”