In northeastern CT, it means a type of cow[1], which made the headline humorous. Mildly funny story: my grandma once said at a family gathering, telling a stor

In northeastern CT, it means a type of cow[1], which made the headline humorous. Mildly funny story: my grandma once said at a family gathering, telling a story of somebody in the hospital, "then they wheeled him off on a guernsey", which everyone thought was pretty hilarious. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey_cattle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey_cattle