Even today, with current technology, people are much more likely to ship bull semen than to ship the actual bull.
So bull semen + ? = OTP.
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Frankenbuddha - Aug 10, 2005 6:02:18 am PDT #4158 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
DXMachina - Aug 10, 2005 6:04:16 am PDT #4159 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
You can't sell and butcher semen and have steaks in a few weeks' time.
No, but it's cheaper to ship the steaks than the cattle if that's the plan.
tommyrot - Aug 10, 2005 6:09:49 am PDT #4160 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I wonder - if you kick a cow out the airlock just before reentering the atmosphere, would the heat of reentry cook the cow for you?
eta: Maybe "reentry" isn't the best word when you're traveling to other planets....
DCJensen - Aug 10, 2005 6:13:14 am PDT #4161 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
maybe "when you hit atmo" ?
Betsy HP - Aug 10, 2005 6:20:59 am PDT #4162 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
No, but it's cheaper to ship the steaks than the cattle if that's the plan.
Yup. There's a lot of waste on a carcass.
Kalshane - Aug 10, 2005 6:25:00 am PDT #4163 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Well, if you don't already have any heffers (is that the right term?) bull semen isn't going to do you much good.
ETA: Basically, I'm willing to handwave that the buyers had need of an actual herd, for whatever reason, rather than simply meat or breeding material.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 10, 2005 6:29:14 am PDT #4164 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Well, if you don't already have any heffers (is that the right term?) bull semen isn't going to do you much good.
I hear it's used in some wrinkle-fighting face creams, so it might not be a total loss even without cows handy.
DXMachina - Aug 10, 2005 6:39:00 am PDT #4165 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Yup. There's a lot of waste on a carcass.
Not to mention the waste on the floor.
tommyrot - Aug 10, 2005 6:40:14 am PDT #4166 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OTOH, you can use the carcass to make leather jackets and Jello.
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2005 6:50:06 am PDT #4167 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And the rest is soup.