this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2025
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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

This sort of thing was normal in the part of India I visited. (India is a big country; I don't know what the rest of it is like.) Cows went wherever they felt like going. If they felt like going in the road, drivers just had to accept that. One time, I saw a cow that kept trying to get into a restaurant until a waiter brought out a plate of food for it to eat outside.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

It's different. In India cows are sacred. Elsewhere, cows are an insurance claim and repair time waiting to happen.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

No shit, that would fuck up any car and may even explode a cybertwuk

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

I have been in this situation a number of times. Just random cows out and about, escaped from a local farm. A couple times I've gotten lucky and they were either near home, or somebody was already looking for them and just needed a hand.

Other times, you see a cow cross the road on your way to work, and find out it failed trying again on your way home.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why is there foil/bag over the sunvisor?

[–] superkret@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

No idea. I didn't notice it at the time.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

There's a far side cow joke somewhere in here...