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A farmer in eastern Sweden is seeking compensation after eight of his cattle died in a single lightning strike during heavy thunderstorms on Thursday.
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Barbecued beef! :)
John
You don't say "die from flash", that a five year olds language or real Swenglish..
You say "die from a lightning strike".
But I'm not understanding why the farmer thinks someone "owes" him a replacement of his dead cattle. Sure it's upsetting and a loss of money, but don't farmers have insurance or something to cover "acts of God". It's not like the King of Sweden struck the cows down with a bolt from his trident. In that case, I could possibly understand his complaint.
1) Take your lawsuit, roll it up and administer it as you would a suppository.
2) Go someplace private and have sexual relations with yourself.
I would have opted for proper insurance myself
I once had livestock insurance when I kept a horse in the UK and I knew it covered 'lightning strike'.
I no longer have the horse and don't keep animals here in Sweden - I've no idea what they do here, but I'd be surprised if such insurance wasn't available
http://www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/inrikes/atta-kor-dodades-av-blixten/
The yellow sign on the pole says "Vistas ej nära stolpe eller stag vid åskväder" which means something like "Don't stand close to the pole or brace during a thunderstorm". And then somthing about Banverket (which is now called Trafikverket).
But i guess those cows where illiterate or just daredevils and just stood there anyway.. ;)
The farmer should probably have known this and kept the cows elsewhere