Hey Scot,you are wrong the cow does not give flat-patties they are only like that when they have dried out,there runny and very smelly and one must not put ones foot in it,I know this as I'm a country bumkin with a straw hanging out of my mouth From me Keith ps Rain does not come down the chimney because there is a ledge just below the chimney .. -----Original Message----- From: Scott C - Email Address: castledine10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent On: 14/04/2010 13:45 Sent To: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guide.chat] question OK here's what's bean doing the rounds in the old castledine brain today, such that it is. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass - . Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is? I derno but it's strange. Help me folks? Ta Scott. who still doesn't know why rain doesn't come down his chimney..