Comments | tank_boy: only in Switzerland?

tank_boy

only in Switzerland?

Feb 06, 2004 07:45

You may think this is typical for Switzerland, but it happened near Hannover, Germany. A cow entered a bank, bypassed security and inspected some offices to get a picture of the banking system, then turned around and left the building. Everything caught by surveillance cameras. In this particular case, the bank employees were grateful the customer ( Read more... )

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laments February 6 2004, 00:02:08 UTC

that is so cool!!! how did the cow find its way into that building?

tank_boy February 6 2004, 00:16:36 UTC

the cow ran away from a traditional wedding ceremonial nearby. :)

laments February 6 2004, 01:06:00 UTC

wedding ceremony???
well that's really interesting..

tank_boy February 6 2004, 02:46:32 UTC

it was the wedding of a farmer and allegedly someone wanted to surprise the couple with that cow...

souldistortion February 6 2004, 00:13:20 UTC

I love how that guy looks fairly unfazed about the whole situation.

tank_boy February 6 2004, 02:47:38 UTC

I see all kind of strange human beings in my office. I wouldn't be too surprised to see a cow for once.... :)

zeni February 6 2004, 00:46:19 UTC

heh, thats pretty funny though the guys in the office here think its fake.

tank_boy February 6 2004, 02:41:35 UTC

allegedly, it happened in the Sparkasse of Wunstorf (Germany). The news is from dpa and reprinted in many papers.

eyean February 6 2004, 01:22:13 UTC

you listen to shostakovich?

damn you. i wish i had better speakers in the office. btw, i wish some cow would dump in the lift...

tank_boy February 6 2004, 02:44:00 UTC

we have no speakers and not even a soundcard installed in our computers (actually, the onboard soundcard is disabled). I have stereo set in my office. Sometimes I need to listen.

Re: eyean February 6 2004, 05:54:53 UTC

hhhmmm somehow l.j. found a way to post whatever you're listening in you stereo...

hehehe...

;)

tank_boy February 6 2004, 06:28:34 UTC

there are some clients automatically posting the current music in your .mp3 Player. And yes, I once read of a software listening to the music in the background, identifying it and posting it as 'current music'. But I have no idea where to find it. Some time ago, Radio DRS was measuring listening-behaviour of their audience using a wristwatch they gave to 1000 people. It was recording sound bits of the background and storing it. Using the stored data, they could automatically (using the sound bits in combination with an exact timestamp) identify the radio or tv program people were listening to at a given time.

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tank_boy February 6 2004, 02:54:51 UTC

I'm pretty sure that the bank cow is our dear supercow 'Lovely'! compare the pattern.... ;-)

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*rolls eyes* tyarky February 6 2004, 06:23:04 UTC

oh, you swiss! aren't cows just cows???

cow is not cow tank_boy February 6 2004, 06:43:27 UTC

Oh no, Pat! these are the more common species of cows in Switzerland. There are so many of them. this is an excellent database of all species worldwide.

but first of all: even cows of the same species are very individual. We Swiss know each cow by her first name!! har har... The one above is 'Lovely', and she's the most famous individual of the Holstein species [great milk commercials]. ;)

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