To moo at cows when driving?

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My children say I shouldn't do it, nor should I say "nee-naw" every time we pass an ambulance/police car or fire engine. I see nothing wrong in it and even do it quietly when they are not in the car with me

Hahaha!

DD (11) had a run in recently with her Godfather's cat (I know...!)

I took great delight in driving past and meowing loudly out of the window at her when I dropped her off at school the following week .

YANBU but then I narrate the conversations that are (obviously) going on between the animals in the fields (or thoughts lone animals are probably having).

I pose for speed cameras. I have been known to take their picture (as a passenger though - I'm not stupid).

SweetChickadee I say "pish-dee-coo" at every train, Oysterbabe he's not a patch on my DP with the turkey noises
I think it must be growing up watching Johnny Morris that has caused this!!

I cannot believe other people do the 'mint sauce' thing!!!

I was talking to a cat the other day and DH heard me through the window.

I said 'Go on now, you, off you go, your mother's looking for you, it's late!'

When I went back in he said, totally puzzled ' Who on earth were you talking to?!'

I think he thought I had a fella hiding in the bushes.

Ooo, I talk to my robins whilst smoking on the back step too Rugger! They are often waiting on the fence for their breakfast in the mornings. I always say good morning/evening to them and enquire after their health and ask where their friends are. They haven't replied yet, but I'm sure they understand.

I also like to worry sheep by bleating at them when in their earshot. Many times they reply in kind and I try and keep the 'conversation' going but more often than not they shoot me a withering look that says 'You twat'. I persist regardless, I think enjoy the interspecies interaction.

Ooh I talk to the animals too! Rude not to.
We used to live near a cat with a human face, though, who used to terrify me, so I used to pretend to look for something in my bag every time our paths met, just incase she answered my back in human! Bet she would have done too

StubblyLegs amazing!! Should we tell them they can swap for a holiday but with similar minders/conversationists?

We have 1 moo. Neigh, baa for each cow, horse, sheep we pass.

It can get quite loud we live in rural yorkshire

Hmm, depends Rugger. Have you any stock of their favourite, mealworm suet pellets? They really are quite very partial. Not the yucky berry ones mind, they're not so keen on those.

So much so, that when I was away for a few days last month, 'D'H and 'D'C's weren't as bothered as I am with feeding them and they'd stopped coming by the time I returned and it took a good few days for them to realise their back step caf' was back up and running!

There were two cows in a field

The first cow said "Moooooo"

And the second cow said

"Ah I was going to say that!"

Yanbu. There is an ancient beautiful tree I see everyday on my way to work. I say Hello and Goodnight to my lovely tree every day as I go by. Times, I have driven by and forgotten to greet my tree, I can be heard shouting out the window " I'm Soooooorrryyyyyyy".

Ah Stubbly we've run into a problem already. Yours have notions standards. Ours aren't fed by us, they just rock up for a chat. I feel yours have a 5* experience whereas here it is more of an EasyHotel type of accommodation. As you were

I'm using a film with students that has quite a lot of sheep in it at one point and we all join in the baa-ing. YANBU.

Are your children 18 and 20?

Have to confess to miaowing at my cat when he miaows at me, though!

I wave to horses, donkeys and and dogs looking through windows. Cars get 'the nod'.

This is my belief .....

Moo cows! Our family have been mint saucers for 40 years. I say Punto Punto if I am behind another Punto.

I've found my people fellow nutters

I always say hello to the birds I meet, although oddly formal e.g. good morning Mr Blackbird. No idea why .

Rugger I've just realised that I'm being played by them. They must have sensed I'd bought 10kg+ of pellets. How do you get yours to keep coming back then, without the promise of food?!

I just meowed at my cat & got a WTF look.

At a friend's house the other week, I was repeating the noises my cat makes when she's pissed off and her pair fled instantly. So I think I've got the swear words down, if nothing else.

When I'm with DH, if we see an animal I point at it and say the type of animal. DH replies with the sound it makes.

This is the way it has always been.

We even do it when we're pissed off with each other.

Where are you driving your cattle? Through farmland? Along country lanes? If there is no-one around, by all means moo, if that's what they're used to. Mine prefer Hup! and By!

Cats - miaow at them. I spoke to one this morning (I usually mew) and he was most surprised. I don't think he knew I could do that.

Dogs - growl, and bark. Unless they are big. So, small, yappy dogs, frighten the life out of them by barking fiercely.

Always do this, with pretty much any animal. Either excitedly say the name of the animal (the best time was: 'SHEEP... no, wait LLAMAS!' Yes, an actual field of llamas, dh and I were thrilled)

Or make the noise and usually both name and noise. The larger the animal the deeper you have to say it and its always said long with a stress on the vowel coooows, sheeeep, doooog etc

There's also a noise that goes with the way the animal is moving, like in a TV show when the music imitates movement.... but maybe that's just us.