October 16, 2010

High on a dam sat a lonely goat herder
posted by polychrome 13 years ago
  • Incredible! (Are you kidding me?)
  • Ha! These pics went 'round and 'round in an email claiming they were domestic goats frolicking on a dam in Wyoming. They didn't look like goats to me, they looked like ibex (having seen them in Turkey,) so I got on to Snopes, then emailed all the US-centrics that it was a dam in Italy. Several people were pissed and let me know about it. WTF, folks, can't Italy have nice things? Oh, did I mention I purely HATE people that don't know how to use the BCC subject line and that won't erase the other 534 addresses of total strangers in the body of the email?
  • The first farm animal ... some say. That is, if not counting The Noble Dog.
  • I've always said goat herding is the oldest profession... Or is it.... bee keeping?
  • Yodel odel lade oh doloooooo!
  • Hey BH - glad you got a chance to set them straight. Also VERY glad I saw (and posted) the not-Wyoming pics. And yes - not knowing how to use a BCC line - do NOT get me started.
  • upon steep slopes the ibex frisks he has no fear of taking risks
  • If I bought an ibex for $27 ibux I would put him in an ibox and pet him on his ibax.
  • ibex standing on the wall clearly you've no sense at all should small hooves slip or lose their grip even you are sure to fall
  • if I should climb above ibex or chamois I'm sure my forehead would grow clammois o goat of the mountains whether billy or buck I'm delighted mine's not that sort of luck
  • The ibex has some pointed toes that hold on tight where e're he goes. His pelt is fleeced, his horns are curled; he travels up and o'er the world. So brave a goat I'd never be. The desert is the place for me.
  • a desert is dry without much green to eat that isn't full of prickles and spines so the ibex skedaddled on its wee cleft feet in search of greenery growing high among the peaks above the pines where mist and cloud drift nigh and frequently drench a casual passerby
  • who's got our goat? 'tis not a quote but a- necdote
  • Beeswacky, by cracky, it's not an anecdote. That harum and scarum caprine's an antic goat.
  • hurray! for such capers and rocky rhymes by music-makers concerning goats that climb for their pastime
  • Look Ma; No Hands!
  • goats don't need hands they don't need mittens on their small tough toes they outclimb kittens
  • Fearless jumpers they are! I'm glad we don't have goats in our attic yet.
  • My Pet Goat I like goats. Goats are very friendly. We once had a goat. The goat like to jump. He jumped over the fence. He jumped onto the roof of the house. He jumped onto the vehicles. He jumped onto the children. Soon after, the goat was the guest of honor at a Mexican holiday feast. The End