Esther

Judging from some of your posters, Fodors, these long-time travellers may be suffering from the "disease" you get in Europe, and don't know you have it until your brain turns to mush,as it seems to have done is so many queries and responses here. Best advice from me is, don't eat any meat anywhere in the civilized world--especially in Paris, where most of the citizens there are already in advanced stages of the disease. If you have eaten meat, recently, go immediately to the Health Department, for a shot that may difuse the symptoms.

Ess

Thanks, Esther, but I'm too far gone. That must be why I like Paris!

Just what

A vegan militant... great. <BR> <BR>Go spread your ill-concieved, half-witted ideas someplace else, or I'll have a nice, big, fat, juicy, fat-and-nitrosamine-laden, mad cow free t-bone steak. <BR> <BR>On second thought, I'll do that anyway...

Mr. Go

The primary symptoms of bovine spongiform encephaly include sssllurrred spe-speach, lapses in, um, er, whatever. Wh-wh-what are we talking about? Mooooo! Mooooo! Hehehahahahehe! Moooooooooooo!!!!!!

henry

Is that what they mean when they say "MOO WHO?"

Philip

Well, the first thing you notice is that the "mad" cow will not give milk and hisses at the milker person, and then there are the tantrums because the milkers hands are too COLD! This really makes the cows mad.Another thing that really makes them angry is the bull showing affection to several cows of the same herd..really "bovineistic" and "udderly" ridiculous. No wonder the poor things are mad.

Kavey

Mooooo!!! <BR> <BR> <BR>How Now Brown Cow (thats me... I am brown and I am a Mad Cow) <BR> <BR>MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO <BR> <BR><I>Moo Hooooooo!!!</I> <BR> <BR>(Cow Woo Hoo)

Ed

First sign of BSE is a compulsion to attack others on Internet forums.

Book Chick

A compelling desire to hang out near a lot of chocolate chip or Oreo cookies. <BR> <BR>An inexplicable urge to cavort freely in a pasture, preferably in Switzerland or Wisconsin.

Santa Chiara

I hear that one of the symptoms is victims actually give money to the gypsies outside the Rome train station. Also, victims, in the early stages, go to Italy not even caring what kind of clothes they wear or shoes they bring.

Elsie & Borden

Topping...mmmmm.topping..whipped cream..deveonshire cream...clotted cream..ice cream....sorry!

elvira

I thought you could tell a Mad Cow because it wore a tinfoil hat to block the CIA's radio waves.

sarah

Mad Cow: Those are the ladies, two tons or more, who frequent most eating establishments, grocery stores, airports, etc., and they take up most the room , then complain if you dare to ask them to step aside so you can pass. Yes: MAD COW```!@@