When exactly do the cows come home?
by 
jessys_gurl
ANSWERS: 37
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One of my uncles used to be a dairy farmer. I got to spend a couple of weeks on his farm once when I was about 11. The cows usually came home in the mid-afternoon when it was getting about time for the evening milking.
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When their udders are full and they want to be milked, a sensation probably comparable to having to empty your bladder. Human mothers who are overdue to nurse can hardly stand the internal pressure, and can also hardly stand the pain either of nursing or of expressing the milk. Presumably it's the same for cows, who will die unless they are somehow milked.
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Its a built-in reaction for cows. they come home when there is inclimate weather coming, when they need to be milked, and of course when they are hungry. They do these for a reason: So you can say......G O T M I L K !!!
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I asked my farmer brother this question and he said a) when they are hungry or b) when they want to or c)when the alpha cow heads to the barn.
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john pennington and plinytheelder did a nice job of answering this question...But i would think primarily due to weather (cows have a good sense of weather), need of milking, or just 'cause the alpha cow spontaneously went home.
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When the fat lady sings.
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7:52 PM
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When hell freezes over, and pigs start to fly, thus disturbing the fat lady who begins to sing.
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our cows came home for holidays, spring break, summers and whenever they needed gas money for a date
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At NOOOOOOOOOOON.
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They're here now, look out the window.
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when the bar's close, around 2:30am
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When the saints come marching in...
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WHEN THE STREET LIGHTS GO ON!!!!
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after they are milked!
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at lunchtime
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When the day is done.
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They always head for the barn near dusk as it's milking time. Once they feel the pressure of those udders filling up, you bet they come home and look for the 'man with the magic fingers!"
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At feeding time.
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Well here in fowler ca. it is pretty early. But i hear that in Las Vegas they stay out all night.
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Homecoming day?! ;-)
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From what I understand, you have to go and get them, partly because they are contained within boundaries and you have to open the gate!
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When they're good and ready.
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The cows come home at the end of the day. Often, one they get need to the routine, they will come of their own accord. But not certainly, so someone still has to supervise.
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They come home at sunset especially when you put out the hay !
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They come home if they know the way otherwise You have to come and get them. Sure would be nice to know what time.....day....little things like that.
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on the udder side of midnight +5
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When they're done jumping over the moon.
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At milking time.
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They'll be home before dawn... Don't ask me when she gets home, I don't have a clue!
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They said they'd be back by 2. They're late. They are so grounded.
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Thanks to the Bovine Liberation Front, they won't be. They now have their own nation, Bovinia. I could be wrong though- I just ate 10 hamburgers and now I'm full of bull. ;)
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When the "All you can eat grass buffet" is over. +5
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You can believe the cows come home when it's milking time. Ask any mother.
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I'm sorry but they wont be coming home.......except in a nicely sealed plastic tray which will fit nicely in your freezer.
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When they realize that their dance cards are empty after they attend a debutante's ball.
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About the same time as "Pigs Fly"
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