An old joke that Oddie loves goes a bit like this:
“Say ‘silk’ five times. Now spell silk. What do cows drink?”
Most people would immediately say milk, which is obviously the wrong answer — cows produce milk, they don’t drink it.
Cows obviously drink beer, everyone knows that, as captured by News photographer Megan Fisher at International Dairy Week in Tatura.
Of course they do — why wouldn’t they?
There’s nothing like coming off a long, hard day of getting milked, eating grass and some light-hearted mooing and cracking open a nice cold beer.
Likewise, the cows this week have been working hard all day, but they’ve also been catching up with old friends from other farms at Tatura.
Oddie wonders if there’s a secret bar at International Dairy Week, a speakeasy for cows — a moo-easy, if you will — where heifers and steers can sit back and have a chat.
It remains to be seen what sort of flavour the milk coming out of those barflies would taste like, but Oddie would be first in line to volunteer his tastebuds.
What would you pay for a good cow?
This was the question punters put to the test at International Dairy Week in Tatura this week.
And we mean, a roolly, roolly, good cow. A black and white one; you know, the Holsteins. These are the ones that can produce more than 30 litres of milk every day.
Well, farmers stumped up some major cash on Wednesday night, when two farmers, one from Katunga, paid $21,000 each for two cows.
While they may not get the money back from the sale of their milk, they would be hoping for a return from the genetics they can lay claim to.
And if you’re wondering whether those two prices were just exceptions, 10 more lots from Wednesday night sold for more than $10,000.
And don’t forget the young calf that sold for about $250,000 a few years ago at International Dairy Week.
The ‘Kottest’ 100 comes to Strathmerton
While Triple J’s Hottest 100 will run on January 28, Cactus Country in Strathmerton will be running a countdown of its own this weekend.
Resident Cactus Country judge Kotty will be whittling down the attraction’s Hottest 100 tracks of all time.
Oddie isn’t sure of Kotty’s music credentials, but if there are margaritas on tap as claimed then he won’t be making too many complaints.
The event will happen on Saturday, January 21 and give guests the rare chance to stay at Cactus Country after 5pm, watching the sun set.
Kindness still exists around town
While scrolling through Facebook, Oddie saw a wonderful act of kindness.
A post from Shelby Eagle thanked the couple of people who helped her out at Coles in Kialla with her shopping while she nursed her seven-week-old as he was unsettled being in the baby seat of the trolley.
“One of the young workers and a lovely guy helped me pack my trolley with my shopping at the register and another lovely woman helped me take my trolley back to my car,” her post read.
“As a young first time mum it gets hard when things like that happen but I’m so grateful for the lovely community who willing helped me out.”
Oddie thought it was nice to hear when things go right, rather than people posting angrily