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Dear Bingley: I enjoyed the second link, but it has a problem. Since Sir A. P. Herbert died in 1971, how did he manage to cash a cheque in 1990? ODeath, where is thy sting?
Update: In 1990 the British magazine Punch presented A.P. Herbert with a cheque for £5
written on the side of a cow. This publicity stunt was arranged ahead of time, with the
bank's cooperation sought and secured and the cow insured for £25,000 in case she ran
amok and caused injury (as well as an additional £150 in case she caused injury to
herself). Contrary to the belief that banks have to accept cheques written on anything
(including a cow), Herbert's own bank refused to participate in the stunt, forcing him to
choose another financial institution. After being cashed, the cow was duly returned to her
farm.
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>Herbert's own bank refused to participate in the stunt, forcing him to choose another financial institution.
...so, bill, you're agreeing that ol' A.P. bought the farm in '71 yet cashed a cow in '90?
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Hi, patatty! Take a look at your post over on eMule Poetry Archives...my friend Soma came through for you! Your poem's full text is there! 
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wwh> Since Sir A. P. Herbert died in 1971, how did he manage to cash a cheque in 1990? ODeath, where is thy sting?
A quote from the man himself would seem apposite:
If I may use an expression which I have used many times before in this Court, it is like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock, which not only is itself discredited but casts a shade of doubt over all previous assertions.
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Sir A.P. Herbert did indeed die in 1971. It was in 1970, not 1990, that he was presented with a cheque written on the side of a cow.
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Re Herbert's check (cheque?) on the side of a cow -- How did he endorse it? And when his bank refused it, did he ask, "How now, brown check?"
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The bounced cow check finally answers for me the mystery of how the cow got over the moon.
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À propos of nothing cowish...yup BYB check is cheque in the U.K. and in Canada.
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Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon.
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