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Milking the Mammals

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sml311

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'ey! if we's gonna milk elephants, why not mice? Cheaper to feed and house, and less danger pay for the milkers!

Do you guys remember that episode of the Simpsons where Homer finds that the mafia milking rats for the school's milk? They were calling it Malk.

SML

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Vikram

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There seem to be many other troublesome animals that get milked... camels, water buffalo.

Just a passing query, what is so troublesome about water buffalos? They are the most placid creatures on earth. There are some totally untranslateable jokes in India about the placidity of these creatures which provide a huge chunk of the milk here.

Vikram

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Al_Dente

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There seem to be many other troublesome animals that get milked... camels, water buffalo.

Just a passing query, what is so troublesome about water buffalos? They are the most placid creatures on earth. There are some totally untranslateable jokes in India about the placidity of these creatures which provide a huge chunk of the milk here.

Vikram

I have no problem with water buffalos. Some of my best friends are water buffalos. :wink:

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The fat content of milk is easily manipulated -- you can get skim, 1%, 2%, whole, half-and-half, light cream, heavy cream, etc. at any supermarket -- so I fail to see how the high fat content of raw pig milk is an effective selling point.

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Talk about a collective conscious. My wife and I were just discussing pig milking a couple of nights ago.

You shouldn't eat grouse and woodcock, venison, a quail and dove pate, abalone and oysters, caviar, calf sweetbreads, kidneys, liver, and ducks all during the same week with several cases of wine. That's a health tip.

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Al_Dente

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Imagine the marketability of ass-cheese.

The mind reels... :laugh:

Think of the names you could come up with for various varieties.

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ned

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ass milk cheese

Where's Wanda Sykes when you need her.

You shouldn't eat grouse and woodcock, venison, a quail and dove pate, abalone and oysters, caviar, calf sweetbreads, kidneys, liver, and ducks all during the same week with several cases of wine. That's a health tip.

Jim Harrison from "Off to the Side"

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hannnah

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Imagine the marketability of ass-cheese.

The mind reels... :laugh:

Think of the names you could come up with for various varieties.

Ok, I can't resist...

Brhee-haw. :biggrin:

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Bombdog

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I think I see a Good Eats segment here....Alton milking all those different animals and then explaining the nutritional content of each.

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docsconz

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"i have nipples greg, could you milk *me*?" - Bobby DeNiro, as Jack Byrnes.

Classic scene in which Greg "milks" the cat - Meet the Parents.

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balmagowry

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Imagine the marketability of ass-cheese.

The mind reels... :laugh:

Think of the names you could come up with for various varieties.

Ok, I can't resist...

Brhee-haw. :biggrin:

Sheesh, whatsamatter with all you people? Ain't you never took a bath in asses' milk?

Guess not.

Never mind.

EDIT: but getting back to the names... this could give a whole new meaning to "crottin"!!! icon8.gif:laugh:

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mongo_jones

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'ey!  if we's gonna milk elephants, why not mice?  Cheaper to feed and house, and less danger pay for the milkers!

Do you guys remember that episode of the Simpsons where Homer finds that the mafia milking rats for the school's milk? They were calling it Malk.

SML

i had the image of the rats all hooked up to the milking machines as my desk-top picture at work years ago--my fellow-workers petitioned to have it removed.

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