The Internets: Would you smell a cow for $30?
Posted on January 4th, 2008 – 2:29 PMBy Michael Rand
Fasolamatt passes along a story about Purdue graduate students being paid $30 per session to take whiffs of various barnyard smells. Lest you think it’s some elaborate fraternity prank — nonsense, that would in some way involve the buttocks — the story notes that Purdue professor Albert Heber’s work “has led to a Web site in which people can input variables, such as the type of animal on the farm, the number of animals or how manure is processed, to determine how far the odors will travel. The information can be used to decide how close a residence can be to a livestock operation and not be affected by the smells.” As long as nobody has to sniff a Glenn Robinson unwashed gameworn, this sounds good to us. If only this research had been conducted before all those awful smells started coming out of 600 First Avenue.
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Wow.
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COW votes. By 4:30.
22 Responses to "The Internets: Would you smell a cow for $30?"
Snow-holers using new ‘poo chute’
What’s wrong with the old poo chute? Snow-holers are so goddamn picky.
COW: I vote for Ramon on the strength of his J-Pete drinking game rules.
“snow-holing” must have a different meaning across the pond.
I know that is the reason there are so many september births in the midwest
discoandy.
short. sweet. last minute. brilliant.
kind of like Bryce Drew.
Would I smell a cow for $30?
Must…
…resist…
…joke…
…about Randball’s mom…
I vote for myself for COW, if for no other reason than the fact that I am [redacted] awesome!
And if you can’t vote for yourself, I choose to vote for nobody because that is what George Dubbya would do.
Would I smell a cow for $30? Especially when that would get you two copies of My Least Favorite Team?
Must…
…resist…
…joke…
…about Randball’s mom…
Fixed to reflect better product whoring.
My favorite line…
“The only thing that is good is that we are not smelling it for a long time. It’s just a sniff,” and to think how that word has meant something far more pleasant at times for those grad students …..
and I wonder how much eau de Phat might need to be diluted just after he sheds those pads ….we are talking some serious human barnyard here
My COW vote goes to Stu for his inspiration to make me Think Again about Katherine Kersten’s verbal stylings.
Man, what a piece of work (read: crap) she is…
ditto DaveMN for Stu comparision of that poor excuse of a writer.
Seriously, the Star Tribune could do a lot better than Kersten. For instance, while I think George Will is a douche, he can actually formulate an argument.
Kersten is like reading Lego Technix directions.
It’s one thing to want to dump quirky liberal Kersten for George Will if only because Will could actually formulate an argument (and you thought my arguments were too windy..Will is a human run on thesaurus sporting a bow tie)…
but formulating good arguments alone is a poor criterion for a thoughtful and humane writer since Mein Kampf, I remember, was wonderfully argued and crafted
RE: Kersten. I’m sorry, and I don’t want to get the Proprietor in trouble, but this bit from her latest screed:
One final factor promises to rivet the nation on Minnesota and help shape the political landscape: the chaos that will likely engulf the Twin Cities during the convention. Anarchists are planning unprecedented disruption, and some have vowed a shutdown so significant that it will “deter other cities from wanting to host political conventions in the future.”
At the 2004 Republican convention, a seasoned New York City police force barely averted anarchy with an overwhelming display of force. We may not be prepared for the mayhem that threatens us.
The nation — Republicans, Democrats and independents alike — will likely respond to this sorry spectacle with disgust. On Election Day, the backlash could spill over in a way that favors those who stood against the storm.
To sum up: Anarchists (!) are going to burn down St. Paul and send the election to the GOP. That’s how Katherine Kersten sees the GOP Convention playing out. The only thing crazier than believing this is paying somebody to write it.
Got me there, Stu. That piece was a little gassy, but the concept of some ill-defined “anarchists” tieing into the masses of suit and tie types in the streets of the Little Apple would be something worth the price of admission to see….like some kind of have and have not Civil War Maybe some pies can be thrown in Romney’s face …what theater ..what fun …what the hell
Kersten has for years been walking the fine line between journalism and activism. Her organizing and involvement in far-right “think tanks” and coalitions involving U.S. policy in Central America in the 80’s has been well-documented.
But, for some reason, Bill Kling felt and the Strib feels she’s a valid voice to counteract Nick Coleman and charges of liberal bias. If Nick Coleman were Marv Davidov that might make sense.
But as a film buff, I’ve always held a soft spot for her - because she’s always reminded me of Angela Lansbury’s character Mrs. Iselin in “The Manchurian Candidate”.
She always reminds me of a brighter Montel Williams put in the lineup to piss someone or another off like Soucheray in St. Paul. No problem in my eyes in putting a fire under people, since most people are much too uptight anyway..
So Stu voted for me, Dave voted for Stu, Jama says Jama…
That means I vote for Dave. On the other hand, I vote for whomever’s the better late-night drunken commenter. I’ll leave that up to you guys.
PPP - A brighter Montel Williams… yes, I can see that… no… yes… no…
I vote for whomever’s the better late-night drunken commenter.
I’ve had three beers, but I can’t think of anything to comment on. Ummmm…Superbad was pretty funny. That pudgy kid sure swore a lot.
Two more beers and you’ll be able to deconstruct the semiotics of “Superbad”. Three more and you’ll be able to compare the internalization of the main character’s past traumas with Travis Bickle’s in “Taxi Driver”.
Four more and you can write it with caplocks.
Ugh, I have a headache, but I’m up $15.
Looks like one bells two hearted and going to bed before ten was a good move. A-Dog got me up at five (he’s not two yet, but acts like a two year old already; think a less coherent ppp).
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