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by HungryGuy on July 9th, 2006

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Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, "I think I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze 'em!"?

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  • by call_me_ishmael on March 3rd, 2010

    call_me_ishmael

    haha I thought about this the other day...

    but wait..

    the first person to eat a coconut.... its in its Green casing, looking like a melon, he gets that off.... finds that hairy black thing.... and he still keeps going...

    thats perseverance in my opinion...

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  • by Someone on September 29th, 2007

    Someone

    We knew what came out. We saw calfs drink.

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  • by The Account Formerly Known As Peyton on September 29th, 2007

    The Account Formerly Known As Peyton

    Bill Clinton.

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  • by TheAnswerer on November 16th, 2006

    TheAnswerer

    Animal milk was first used as human food at the beginning of animal domestication. Cow's milk was first used as human food in the Middle East. Goats and sheep were domesticated in the Middle East between 9000 and 8000 BC. Goats and sheep are ruminants: mammals adapted to survive on a diet of dry grass, a food source otherwise useless to humans, and one that is easily stockpiled. The animals were probably first kept for meat and hides, but dairying proved to be a more efficient way of turning uncultivated grasslands into sustenance: the food value of an animal killed for meat can be matched by perhaps one year's worth of milk from the same animal, which will keep producing milk — in convenient daily portions — for years (McGee 8–10).

    Around 7000 BC, cattle were being herded in parts of Turkey. Milk was also consumed in the British Isles during the Neolithic period. The use of cheese and butter spread in Europe, parts of Asia and parts of Africa. Cattle were then introduced to European colonies after the Age of exploration. This is the reason why cattle became widespread.

    In the Western world today, cow's milk is extracted on an industrial scale for human consumption and industrial uses. It is the most commonly consumed form of milk. Commercial-scale dairy farming using automated milking equipment produces the vast majority of milk in many countries. Types of cattle such as the Holstein have been specially bred for increased milk production. According to McGee, 90% of the dairy cows in the United States are Holsteins, and 85% in Great Britain (McGee 12). Other milk cows in the United States include Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey, and Milking Shorthorn. The largest producers of dairy products and milk today are India followed by USA and New Zealand.

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  • by Anon on April 13th, 2007

    Anon

    I don't know, but I like the way you think. I'll take a stab at it though... Possibly someone needed to find milk for a motherless child, saw the cows feeding their young, and thought it was better then nothing

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  • by Yarnlady is happy every day on January 9th, 2009

    Yarnlady is happy every day

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    Probably the same guy who killed the first calf for some great tasting veal cutlets. He saw what that baby was doing, and it looked very tasty.

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  • by Magenta on September 29th, 2007

    Magenta

    That I actually understand because of seeing calfs drink it.

    What I don't get is the guy who thought "Gee, let's set the milk out for a while, let it rot, turn hard and moldy, and then let's eat that!"

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  • by Jenniferocious on November 16th, 2006

    Jenniferocious

    It may have been the same person who saw a chicken lay an egg and thought "wow! That hard little round thing just came out of that chicken's butt! I'm gonna crack it open and eat the gooey snotty stuff inside!"

    I know that it sure would not have been me!

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  • by JanZizka on January 9th, 2009

    JanZizka

    Not sure though I've often wondered that myself. Similarly mushrooms, considering what they are usually growing in, who first said 'I wonder what that tastes like?'

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  • by Tom Slick on December 3rd, 2011

    Tom Slick

    I'm sure primitive women breastfed their infants, and seeing cows do basically the same thing isn't that big of a stretch ... I can think of a lot weirder things ... the first things that comes to mind are: octopus, snails, and "Rocky Mountain Oysters" (bull testicles)

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  • by The Chief on January 9th, 2009

    The Chief

    Beats the heck out of me.

    I'm still trying to figure out who looked at an oyster and said: "HEY! I'll bet if I can pry one of those open, I can slurp the slimey thing down raw!"

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  • by Galeanda on June 7th, 2007

    Galeanda

    I'm sure it wasn't a hard one to discover that cows, sheep, camels, horses, donkeys, and whoever, wold be good to drink. We ALL drank milk as kids, no matter what kind of kids we were. People seem to have always milked whatever mammal was around them. In just about every continent, man has milk and very often in cooler climes, cheese or kefir.

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  • by TheAnswerer on November 14th, 2006

    TheAnswerer

    Cows? Maybe in the old days, they fed cows their own milk to save work/money. Cow milk isn't that gross, I don't like it but it may smell a bit gross (while drinking it too). I don't think its much different from breast milk. I'm not sure. I haven't tried either (at least breast milk for a long long long long time).

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  • by nickworks on July 24th, 2006

    nickworks

    Maybe the cows like it, and they asked us to?

    But in all seriousness, it probably wasn't hard to figure out, since we drink our mothers' milk as babies.

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  • by andygib127 on July 9th, 2006

    andygib127

    Its impossible to know who the individual was, however animal milk was first used as human food at the beginning of animal domestication. Goats and sheep were domesticated in the Middle East between 9000 and 8000 BC.

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  • by 'Chengdu on December 3rd, 2011

    'Chengdu

    "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out!

    INSTINCT

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  • by Abbra gone Underground on December 3rd, 2011

    Abbra gone Underground

    It was one of these fellers, but which one exactly came up with the idea unfortunately was never written down; their pencils weren't sharpened.

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  • by .avallach on June 7th, 2007

    .avallach

    I wonder about coke/cola, because I don't think they're dark brown/black until color is added. So who created this drink and then thought to make it black, not red, clear, or whatever?

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  • by Anonymous on April 9th, 2007

    Anonymous

    Don't know, but must have been a real pervert...could be French.

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  • by JUSTNORMAL on November 14th, 2006

    JUSTNORMAL

    LOL, why did he get sick? We all drink milk?

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  • by Nulinvoid on September 2nd, 2006

    Nulinvoid

    Steven Wright

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  • by saint_halloween on July 26th, 2006

    saint_halloween

    most likly the first thirsty person watching a calf drinking.

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  • by Rachelle on July 9th, 2011

    Rachelle

    Probably the first mother who stuck her baby to her own breast to feed

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  • by jls on February 22nd, 2011

    jls

    I remember in the late 70's and early 80's they had these toy cows you put powdered milk tablets in and you would crank their tail and milk would come out of the utters. Who thought that would be a good gift?

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  • by canoeguide on February 22nd, 2011

    canoeguide

    The calves get along fine doing it. Perfect model to follow.

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  • by Marisa on February 22nd, 2011

    Marisa

    LOL! One day, a man was walking by, when he saw a calf sucking on those hangy things and said: that looks really cool, let me give it a shot - right in the eye!
    Can you believe we drink that stuff that comes out of those hanging things???

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  • by MasterS on March 31st, 2010

    MasterS

    Someone who liked big tits, i would say :).

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  • by canbfrisky on March 3rd, 2010

    canbfrisky

    It was Larry Flint...Then he took pictures!

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  • by lucas6 on March 3rd, 2010

    lucas6

    I have no clue but I think that he actually saw a calf sucking and though/said "I've got to get in on that!"

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  • by Once here now gone... now back? on January 26th, 2010

    Once here now gone... now back?

    Someone probably witnessed that babies breast feed to be nourished, and that calves did the same with cows, and figured it might be a healthy food.

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  • by Merriment on December 7th, 2009

    Merriment

    It was the hungry guy who watched the calf nursing and thought "Hey, I know...."

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  • by Schroeder on March 13th, 2009

    Schroeder

    I that newborn calf won't suckle, maybe I can pour some of this down her throat.
    <splash some on hand><lick it off>
    Hey, this crap ain't bad.

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  • by -Ben 10- on March 13th, 2009

    -Ben 10-

    It's my fate.

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  • by Brian on January 9th, 2009

    Brian

    Bull Clinton! :p

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  • by Symbeline on October 22nd, 2008

    Symbeline

    I smell a reference. >_>

    Bill Waterson.

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  • by REDNECK BIKER on September 29th, 2007

    REDNECK BIKER

    THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW!!!

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  • by -O-uknow on September 29th, 2007

    -O-uknow

    The first man to say "Why have a wife when I can get "this" milk for free".

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  • by AntigoneRising on November 16th, 2006

    AntigoneRising

    We do not know. We do not even know that it first happened with a cow. In some societies, particularly ancient ones, milk is consumed from several species (goat milk is common). The consumption of milk crosses many, although not all, cultures. The first person to try it is something that is lost in the mists of times, and is not part of recorded history.

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  • by Esteban-- Smart ass Pumpkin on November 14th, 2006

    Esteban-- Smart ass Pumpkin

    pliny the elder, 452 bce

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  • by Swami_Rick on December 3rd, 2011

    Swami_Rick

    The same person that decided to eat that thing that fell out of a chickens butt.

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  • by I'm Just Along For The Ride on July 9th, 2011

    I'm Just Along For The Ride

    Well, God bless ''em, whover it was..I drink about 3 gallons of good 'ole skim cow's milk a week....as my sister said when she was 4 years old..

    "Milk builds strong bones and red mud!"

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  • by LarryH54 on July 9th, 2011

    LarryH54

    Man began as a hunter-gatherer. I'm sure the first hunter who saw a calf suckling there figured out what was going on. From there it was a simple matter of deciding to domesticate the cow, probably for a steady supply of meat. Getting milk was a side benefit.

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  • by Captain4876 on July 9th, 2011

    Captain4876

    Who invented the bagpipes?

    Hey, I'm gonna stick these things in an inflated sheep's stomach and blow into them!

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  • by abbenormal1 on July 9th, 2011

    abbenormal1

    LOL! Very good question, followed closely by who was the first person to look at a hen and think, hey, the next thing that comes out of her tail I'm gonna crack and eat!

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  • by Silverwolf loves Funguy50 on February 23rd, 2011

    Silverwolf loves Funguy50

    mmmmm.... Bovine Lactations

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  • by cloudman on February 22nd, 2011

    cloudman

    I feel fairly certain that is not the way it happened. Rather, through observation of the young taking mother's milk it must have been clear that there was value in the liquid available. I wonder if maybe a human mother who was unable to successfully feed her own baby resulted in using another animal's milk as a substitute. That seems like a logical scenario to me. In fact, I'll bet that "first discovery" happened in several places, independent of communication from one to the other.

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  • by Count Suckula on February 22nd, 2011

    Count Suckula

    Hahahahahahahaha.

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  • by Neon_H on January 17th, 2011

    Neon_H

    i thnk that guy must hav seen drinking milk by cow's calf by squeezing it ...........

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  • by Stoob1354 on August 17th, 2010

    Stoob1354

    Ahhhhh confusing as is this

    "Who was the first person to look at a chicken and think 'I think I'll eat the next thing that comes out of it's butt..." and "If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut why can't he fix a freakin' hole in a boat!"
    "Why do people point to their wrist when asking for time, but don't point to their crotch when asking for the bathroom?"
    "Can blind people dream?"
    "If Wile E. Coyote has enough money to buy that acme crap, why doesn't he buy dinner?"

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  • by haleyy on July 27th, 2010

    haleyy

    i think since humans breast feed and produce milk ,they had a pretty good idea what was coming out of the cow, and that it had potential nutritious value duh.

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