One is dead, and is mad, and I have quite forgotten

[nineveh_uk]

*Drum roll* BBC4 Saturday night once again brings us must-see Scandinavian programme, this time, costume drama.

1864! A year to echo down the ages. 1864! A year of blood and infamy, of heroism, of folly, of despair!

1864, the year of the Second Schleswig War!

*screeches to a halt*

Yes, it's an eight-part epic costume drama on the Schleswig-Holstein question, subject of about 15 minutes at A-level lo those many years ago. It stars the usual suspects of Danish TV, and has prompted dialect!fail wank on the internet. I can't wait.

Comments

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thinks back to the 'how to recognise cows' part of pre-clinical studies.

Technically, Friesians and Holsteins are separate breeds, although a lot of the black and white cows in the UK are now crosses between the two. Holsteins are bigger and produce more milk IIRC.

I'm sure one breed is grumpier than the other, but I wouldn't swear to it.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Four legs and an udder, bigger and less woolly than sheep.

I didn't realise that you'd trained as a vet! Did you ever practice? I had a few James Herriot stirrings myself, until I did work experience, which usefully informed me it wasn't for me.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

:-)

I practised on and off for about six or seven years. My main problem was the general public and their lack of interest in real science (which seems to be getting worse all the time).

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

But why can't you treat the cat with homeopathy?

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Not to mention all the vaccine disputes.

[antisoppist.livejournal.com]

I have been puzzled for ages over how the local homeopath manages to be happily married to a vet and have finally discovered that she is a homeopathic vet.

Confirming that Holsteins are definitely not Friesians. You cross them for milk yield and being able to sell the bull calves to be reared for beef. Don't AI a Jersey with a Holstein bull. Jersey pelvises can't cope. (many an hour we spent reading the Bull Power semen catalogue, mainly for the names).