Why it's fun to tip cows written on Friday, October 14, 2005 by Mysteries/Conspiracies Poster Submitted by: Esther Neabel Why is it fun to tip cows? The conclusion: Tipping cows is an ancient and extremely entertaining pastime. Well, tipping cows goes back to the times of our ancestors. They always tipped some variation of cow. So, obviously, this is fun for us because we have inherited that fun gene.