Date   : Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:22:04 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: [OT] Coloured creatures;

On 30/09/2009, Rick Murray <rick@...> wrote:
> David Harper wrote:
>
>> Starting from that point, "Cows are not purple" has become a bit of a
>> family
>> saying.
>
> How bl**dy strange - I've never read the book, nor heard of it, but it's
> something of a family saying about rocks and not-rocks. Specifically, it
> is oft used to refer to cows (as "not-rocks").
>
> Maybe it's a geek trait? :-)

As would be doing a google image search for Purple Cows ..("about
1,280,000 results")

...Rob