This WW2 evacuee’s description of a cow is probably the best ever description of a cow
Have you ever seen a cow? The Telegraph ran this headline today.
The Telegraph have officially run out of things to attack millennials for pic.twitter.com/e4UYVeOsg9
— Alex Finnis (@AlexFinnis) July 31, 2017
After a quick image search I'm ashamed to say that it seems what I've always thought was a cow was actually a tractor. Well done @Telegraph
— Jules Johnston (@JohnstonJules) July 31, 2017
Which prompted historian Greg Jenner to share this diary entry of a WW2 evacuee describing a cow after having seen one for the first time.
One of my fave things is a childhood diary by a WW2 evacuee who tries to describe a cow, having just seen one for the first time. https://t.co/aRVkCt6MqO
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) July 31, 2017
Here it is pic.twitter.com/IqbPxlVwFO
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) July 31, 2017
Actually it has 8 sides. He forgot the inside and the outside.
— Richard Epstein (@rhepstein1) July 31, 2017
There you go – you now have a better udderstanding of how cows work.
