Chapter 18Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any direction. And don’t squat with your spurs on!
Now that we have talked about killing a cow, let’s start the second part of our change process by my telling you a little something about cow tipping: it doesn’t exist. Cow tipping? It’s never been done. First of all, cows don’t sleep standing up. Second of all, even if they did, what makes you think you could tip them? They’re huge. I can’t even move one when it’s dead, let alone when it can resist. And finally, even if you had people with the strength to tip a cow, what makes you think it wouldn’t walk away before you could tip it?
Simply put, anyone who tells you he tipped a cow is lying, and anyone who believes ...
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