"That was no lady, that was my cow."
From 1965 until 1992, Warren Mitchell played a character called Alf Garnett in a number of TV series and a couple of films, initially called Til Death Us Do Part, a very funny satiric reflection of social mores. He referred to his wife as a 'silly moo' and 'daft cow'.
That the character of Alf was racist, misogynist, anti-semitic and a homophobe appalled some and cheered others, depending on one's personal opinions. I enjoyed the shows because laughter is the best antidote to ills; the notion of 'One Spirit, One Nation' eludes misanthropes.
In one episode, Alf supported Mary Whitehouse who, much like Roy Suryo was "concerned for the bleedin' moral fibre of the nation!"
So what are Indonesians to make of I Made Widiana from the village of Bukti in Bali who misplaced his manhood?
He claimed that in (a) period of confusion, he saw an alluring woman tempting him to take her. It turned out later that the woman was in fact a cow.
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Some comic routines enter collective consciousness.
For example:
"Who was that lady I saw you with last night?"
"That was no lady! That was my wife."
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