Thought for the Day I write in order to attain that feeling of ...

[Paul Whybrow]

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.

H. L. Mencken

 

[E G Logan]

Money doesn't have anything to do with it, then?

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

I'm sure it all depends on how the cow is milked. Cows in the huge dairy farms probably have feelings akin to The Handmaid's Tale when they're stuck to those massive milk-suckers. And have you ever heard a cow when their offspring is snatched from them within the first 48 hours so they'll provide enough milk for human consumption? Tension relieved? I don't think so.

 

[Pamela Jo]

Mencken...was a clever dick. He would have fit right in Fox News.

 

[E G Logan]

And have you ever heard a cow when their offspring is snatched from them within the first 48 hours

Yes. Heart-rending. Real pain.