AUDIO: COUPLE OBJECTS TO MORE COWBELL
A married couple who bought a large house in the farmlands on the edge of Holzkirchen, south of Munich, are suing a neighboring farmer over the clanging cowbells on her cows. When the couple first moved into their house in 2011, the field was empty, but in 2014 it was leased to a woman who runs a small dairy farm. The couple, who have not been named, also object to the bad smells of manure and the accompanying insects. The cowbells clang day and night, the couple told the court – causing them to suffer depression and sleepless nights. The farmer says cowbells are part of both Bavarian tradition and her livelihood. The couple has just launched their second lawsuit against the farmer, having lost the first one. Their argument: making cows wear a loud bell amounts to animal cruelty. They say the cows should be given GPS trackers instead of bells.
* That’s just stupid. Cows could never work those little touchscreens with those giant hoofies.
* The hills are alive with the sound of moo-sic.
* Move and rent the place to someone who’s hard of hearing?
* Remember this story the next time you’re annoyed by your neighbor’s wind chimes.
* Listening to “(Don’t Fear)The Reaper” by Blue Öyster Cult gives me depression and sleepless nights, but I don’t think it’s the cowbell. I think it’s because the song is about death.
CLIP: “I got a fever, and the only prescription in more cowbell.”
