Cows and People...I've changed my opinion of both

Yes, cows. I always assumed they were the big slow animals that made my house stink growing up. You husk corn, take them the husks and they eat it, usually while dropping whatever they ate earlier on the ground behind them. Ew. And people, well, I had just come to realize that most of us don't really give a hoot about much of anything if it doesn't directly relate to us. Yes, myself included...I'm not Mother Teresa here.

Well, this past weekend I was at my sister in law's house, helping her clean her garage. This is in preparation for my Neices graduation party which trust me, will necessitate a post of it's own. Anyway, we're pulling out of the drive way (to be good citizens and take the things from the garage to the local donation box) and the approaching car was flashing it's lights. We assumed that there was a deer or a cop or something ahead. I'm jacking my jaw as usual, and Deb shouts "oh hell, that's what he was flashing about!"

I'm clueless as I was paying no attention. I wasn't driving, I didn't need to pay attention, so shut up.
"Huh? What'd you see, what are you talking about?" was all I could say. I couldn't think about too much or I would have lost my train of thought on the conversation I was having.
"You mean you didn't see the big black cow in the road?" she asked with some sort of shock in her voice. She's known me a long time, she should know I don't notice a whole lot if not pointed out to me, as she just did.

Keep in mind, she lives on a State Route, semis are always passing, but it's also a slightly rural area. So, while cows in the middle of the road aren't necessarily typical, it's not unheard of either. So she starts flashing her lights at the oncoming car, as to avoid having incredibly fresh hamburger strewn across the roadway. (ok, that just put a really nasty picture in my head, if it did you also, I apologize.) We were pulled over, getting ready to back up and let the guy that owns the cow know that he had an escapee. This woman actually pulls over, rolls down her window and asks "Are you guys ok, is something wrong?" People opinion changed. She actually pulled over to make sure we were ok, and not just flashing her to warn of oncoming surprises. Both Deb and I were pleasantly surprised at her willingness to stop and help strangers for no reason. Kudos to you unknown lady!

So we pull into the drive to let the guy know his cow has escaped. My sister tells me to roll down my window and call to the cow so he'll follow us up the drive. What?? I had to try really hard not to laugh. I had never heard that before. I roll the window down, and Deb proceeds to to call to the cow with the clicking noise you make with your tongue when calling a pet. I'll be damned if that cow didn't actually pay attention and start coming towards us! So I too, start clicking my tongue and calling to the cow to "come 'ere". Yes I felt like an idiot, but that happens a lot to me so I'm kinda used to it. We get the attention of the owner, and try to tell him what happened, and that cow trotted right past us, and went right back into small barn opening that he had gotten out of. Well, never seen that before, I figured we were gonna have to get out and try to corrall this bad boy back to the barn. I was really happy about that, since it had been raining all day and everything was a muddy mess. So I guess cows must be intelligent after all.

So I wonder, if when they are deficating in front of us while we feed them, if that' just their way of saying "ok you stupid human, you fed me now go away."

Pretty effective if you ask me.