November 13, 2008 by Bruce Hembd

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The Cows Come Home


Cows and horns.

Eliana Burki attracts the young, hip crowd with her alphorn. Frances Jones attracts cows with hers.

As an aside in the second part of my tale “Carmen Full of Bull,” I remarked about cows and their strange attraction to the horn. At last I found proof.

At the Amazing Alphorn, Ms. Jones demonstrates the amazing attraction properties of the horn sound on curious cows.

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The Cows Come Home
Published on November 13, 2008 by Bruce Hembd

Archived under: Humor   |   Alphorn
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