That's all I was trying to say. To the extent that it's helpful, it's good to know. It's not worth feeling worse over, though. The symptoms are the same, regardless of the label.

I don't think it's possible to feel worse based on an NY Times article.

Or maybe I'm just scraping the bottom of the migraine barrel.

Just got off the phone with a developer who doesn't understand the difference between time estimates for a) effort and b) durations. I'm not entirely clear he gets dependencies either. Yet, I'm having to base the meaty parts of a huge project plan on his word. You'd better believe everything's being cced to his manager before it ever goes to higher management.

so what is Pluto?

A dog that doesn't speak English.

Boy COWS with UDDERS? In a movie with bulls? I rage at Disney movies for giving people who are unfamiliar with real-life animals totally unrealistic expectations of their behavior, but this... this is an abomination.

But speaking of real-life animals, I love the Bestiaux photos! I looked at them all and went awwww. We had a Hereford bull when I was about eleven who was quite affectionate and gentle. He'd eat hay and treats out of my hand and let me rub his curly white forehead. These pictures make me want to go back to farm life. (For a minute. Then I remember. It's hard.)

edited because I can spell in French... sort of

I wonder what the rationale was for the teats. It seems a very odd mistake to make, much less carry through to the point where it's too expensive to fix.

Maybe they were afraid noone would know it's cow unless the teats were there.

I wonder what the rationale was for the teats.

IIRC, it's because male cows with teats are, and I quote, "fucking funny".

Yep. From a discussion on LJ:

'Actually, the exec producer on Barnyard came to my class and gave a lecture last semester. The rationale for male cows with udders (that's apparently how the staff refers to them, so they are not "girl cows with guy voices" or whatever, in their eyes), per Steve Oedekerk himself, is, and I quote:

"Male cows with udders are fucking funny."

They are a Race Unto Themselves, Aaron claims; they had a run-in with the studio's Standards and Practices department, demanding to know if there was a Transsexual Agenda Being Promoted Here. Steve told them the above quote and promptly declined to discuss with with them further.

Hope that clears that case up, at least.'

I wonder what the rationale was for the teats.

My guess is that the male alternative, when walking around on two legs, was pretty darn obscene.

From looking at the picture, it occurs to me that the bulls should have schlongs right there. Maybe they decided it was better for rubberised boobies to be exposed than alternative gender-related organs.

it's because male cows with teats are, and I quote, "fucking funny".

But aren't there bulls in the movie? That's just weird.