What Next?

[Caran]

Just watched Countryfile, latest EU thinking. The problems with the ozone layer is mainly due to cows farting. So they want to reduce the amount of cows and ultimately make people eat less meat.
No blighted Eurocrats is going to tell me what I can eat, grrrrrrr!!!!!!

[Mamyalynne]

You say 'what next' but that theory has been around for years now.


It's going to be difficult for farmers as if they haven't enough worries.

[Jackdaw33]

I would rather smell cows' farts than vegetarians' farts any day!

[Caran]

Yes Mamya but it looks like they have raised it again.

[Old_Geezer]

A better idea. Put in incentives not to breed excessively so the world population goes down, so we need less meat, fewer cows, less methane.

Ozone hole's gradually closing anyway.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes I watched Caran, as I say - who'd be a farmer.

[hc4361]

They explained that it's not the farting that's the problem, it's the burping

[Jackdaw33]

Anyway, Caran, the term 'farting' is not lady-like. You could have said 'rectal methane discharges'.

[twix123]

One of the biggest problems is all the hot air that comes out of the Eurocrats mouths, let alone from their nether regions!

[fraser]

Another good reason we voted to come out of Europe!

[Jackdaw33]

Quite. When I think of farting and burping cows I just cannot get an image of Frau Merkel out of my mind.

[Mamyalynne]

Well the programme got Twitter a Tweeting.

http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/685841/Countryfile-Tom-Heap-cow-farting

[baza]

If they breed less cows where do I get my milk for my morning cuppa ?

[cupid04]

Goats?

[baza]

Just remembered, 4 pints of semi skimmed 95p at ASDA, who needs cows ?

[bunkmoreland]

I love the cows in the field next to us breaking wind from both ends;-) They are most entertaining and in no way threaten the ozone layer. Unlike Beijing in recent months http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-35141188

[marval]

Well our cows in Milton Keynes are concrete, so we don't have to worry.