The strange business of hole-in-one insurance
“Among the weirder things he’s insured? Cow patty bingo (video here).<p>“It’s big in the Midwest,” says Gilmartin. “You divide a big field into, say, 100 squares, give each one a number, then let a cow loose. If the cow poops on a preselected number, the person wins a prize.””<p>I burst out laughing at this one. Can any Midwestern HNers confirm? Are people watching the cow with bated breath? Are plots closer to the gate considered better?