As I've noted many times, I grew up out in the sticks, in a small town which nonetheless has a Wikipedia page. I should note, though, that I am not hick enough to have been the ScienceBlogger to discover this article about cutting-edge physics research:
Margo Lillie, a doctor of zoology at the University of British Columbia, and her student Tracy Boechler have conducted a study on the physics of cow-tipping.
Ms Boechler, now a trainee forensics analyst for the Royal Canadian Mounted Corps, concluded in her initial report that a cow standing with its legs straight would require five people to exert the required force to bowl it over.
Nor have I ever attempted to tip a cow. When we started to approach that level of boredom, we usually opted for playing with fire, rather than tormenting livestock.
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I wonder if they considered whether the cow would stand still long enough to be tipped. Or was that issue considered in the "five people" determination?
Whitney Point, eh? I have stopped there many times to buy petrol and occasionally given into to the temptation to visit McDonalds (which is, conveniently, in a petrol station). I find it a cheerful prologue to the crushing depression of Lisle.