I had never heard that story. The truth, that it was a piece of commercial rivalry, is less dramatic.
I liked, but am not sure whether to believe, the explanation of the name: that the drawing of the cow came first, and they couldn't think what to call it until the boss's wife saw the sheet music for 'The Ride of the Valkyries' and that 'valkyrie = vache qui rit'...
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Date: 2014-03-20 05:34 pm (UTC)I liked, but am not sure whether to believe, the explanation of the name: that the drawing of the cow came first, and they couldn't think what to call it until the boss's wife saw the sheet music for 'The Ride of the Valkyries' and that 'valkyrie = vache qui rit'...