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Comments on MetaFilter post Barley for HarleyWed, 28 Dec 2005 12:47:46 -0800Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:47:46 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Barley for Harley
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley
<a href="http://www.woundedcoot.com/default.html">Mr. Gonopolis and his 12 Holsteins.</a> It's December 24th and Santa gets the measles. Mr. Gonopolis, a bumbling dairy farmer from Minnesota and member of the Emergency Substitute Santa Claus Corps, gets the call and hitches up his 12 Holstein cows. Following a custom of naming cows after people he admires, for the 20th anniversary edition of his children's book Uncle Hyggly <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/12/prweb319773.htm">renamed one of the cows "Oprah" and got into some hot water.</a> Even so, this book is a welcome alternative to <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~JBarton/">other cow temptation</a> (NSF Farmers).post:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:38:04 -0800luckypozzochildrensantaholsteinbookBy: Simon!
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155168
How is he in hot water? Nowhere is it suggested that any legal action has been made, or that Oprah has even noticed his book. In fact, your 'hot water' link is to his own press release hyping the book.
This sounds like pretty cut and dry piece of ugly advertising. Which is a shame, because the book looks cute.comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155168Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:47:46 -0800Simon!By: mr_crash_davis
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155171
Best grazed in Netscape 3.0?comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155171Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:49:19 -0800mr_crash_davisBy: NationalKato
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155180
<em>and got into some hot water. </em>
Nothing to see here, mooooove along.comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155180Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:53:35 -0800NationalKatoBy: ericb
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155202
"Get the Christmas gift everyone is MOOing about!".
Pepsi Moo?comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155202Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:05:31 -0800ericbBy: OmieWise
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155204
ericb-If you can't do better than that we're going to have to put you out to pasture and bring in someone from the bullpen.comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155204Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:07:25 -0800OmieWiseBy: Baby_Balrog
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155207
Holy cow that last link raypzorzz'd my puter with pop-up ads. NSFPAWWHTUIE. <small>not safe for people at work who have to use internet explorer.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155207Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:09:23 -0800Baby_BalrogBy: ericb
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155219
<a href="http://www.cowdance.com/raining_cows.htm">It's Raining Cows</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155219Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:16:50 -0800ericbBy: OmieWise
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155254
Ok, that latest link was udderly reprehensible. It crashed my Firefox. You seem to have a steak in this thread, so maybe if you spend some time ruminating you can come up with something to wow us.comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155254Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:32:09 -0800OmieWiseBy: OmieWise
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155274
That last was to ericb.comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155274Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:44:23 -0800OmieWiseBy: deanc
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155331
<i>Mr. Gonopolis...</i>
This is a pet peeve of mine-- every time people want to make a name "foreign sounding," they use a form that they've <i>heard</i> but have no ideal how it's spelled. E.g., Nick "Andopolis" from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193676/">Freaks and Geeks</a> and George "Papadapolis" from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085109/">Webster</a>. The suffix of the word (it's a patronym) is spelled <i>-poulos</i>. It should be Gono<i>poulos</i>. Cripes.comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155331Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:21:49 -0800deancBy: Captain_Tenille
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155337
deanc: Maybe he's not only a farmer, but also a city? That could explain his calling up his "city friends".comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155337Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:28:36 -0800Captain_TenilleBy: stirfry
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155344
"Oprah, divine,
Be my, bovine."comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155344Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:33:45 -0800stirfryBy: interrobang
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155385
Fascinating post, luckypozzo.comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155385Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:32:05 -0800interrobangBy: Dag Maggot
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155399
clever but cheap marketing gimmick ... no morecomment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155399Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:50:38 -0800Dag MaggotBy: Goofyy
http://www.metafilter.com/47893/Barley-for-Harley#1155594
Dear Mr. Gonopolis
When the cows come home, stop by. I bet you could use some milking yourself.
Hugs
Goofyycomment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47893-1155594Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:29:21 -0800Goofyy
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