Finally: The Sheep Thread

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A to-be-nameless AH persona pined to me that she'd had some difficulty finding good photos of sheep heads. I thought I'd help out and tried google. Very weird search results. I used "sheep head photos" and received many sites on 'how to cook' such, other titles included:

Cryonic preservation of
Roasting of
and, ta da--
Sheep's Head Protocol


This news item seemed a rarity: Sheephead damages

And here's a special Icelandic recipe: Svið & sviðasulta or Sheep's Head Jam

If anyone has good photos of live sheep head, please PM me.

baa-ing out now, Perdita
 
Wow. Just, um...wow. Yeah.

"My relationship to sheep is a bit ambivalent now," Hagen said.

"I like them, but not when they come flying through the air."
 
I did a Google Image search, and searched for 'Sheep Head', it returned loads of results.

Here's a link to those results: Google Image search: 'Sheep head'

I hope this helps! :D

Lou

Edit: For some strange reason my brain made me type 'Goggle' instead of 'Google'. Twice! :rolleyes:
 
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Loulou, I am such a dud at this. I had no idea an 'image' search was possible. Off to search for pics of, um, nevermind. ;)

gratefully, Perdita
 
perdita said:
Loulou, I am such a dud at this. I had no idea an 'image' search was possible. Off to search for pics of, um, nevermind. ;)

gratefully, Perdita

I remember the day I first found out about Google Image searches with fondness. It can be such fun! I often go back and have a play. I put anything I can think of in the search field, such as: umbrella.jpg. Well, I've never actually searched for that, but you get the picture. ;)

Have fun!

Lou :devil:
 
Title: Flying Sheep
From: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Transcribed By: unknown
(A tourist approaches a shepherd. The sounds of sheep and the outdoors are heard.)

Tourist: Good afternoon.

Shephrd: Eh, 'tis that.

Tourist: You here on holiday?

Shephrd: Nope, I live 'ere.

Tourist: Oh, good for you. Uh...those ARE sheep aren't they?

Shephrd: Yeh.

Tourist: Hmm, thought they were. Only, what are they doing up in the trees?

Shephrd: A fair question and one that in recent weeks 'as been much on my mind. It's my considered opinion that they're nestin'.

Tourist: Nesting?

Shephrd: Aye.

Tourist: Like birds?

Shephrd: Exactly. It's my belief that these sheep are laborin' under the misapprehension that they're birds. Observe their be'avior. Take for a start the sheeps' tendency to 'op about the field on their 'ind legs. Now witness their attmpts to fly from tree to tree. Notice that they do not so much fly as...plummet.

Baaa baaa... flap flap flap ... whoosh ... thud.

Tourist: Yes, but why do they think they're birds?

Shephrd: Another fair question. One thing is for sure, the sheep is not a creature of the air. They have enormous difficulty in the comparatively simple act of perchin'.

Baaa baaa... flap flap flap ... whoosh ... thud.

Trouble is, sheep are very dim. Once they get an idea in their 'eads, there's no shiftin' it.

Tourist: But where did they get the idea?

Shephrd: From Harold. He's that most dangerous of creatures, a clever sheep. 'e's realized that a sheep's life consists of standin' around for a few months and then bein' eaten. And that's a depressing prospect for an ambitious sheep.

Tourist: Well why don't just remove Harold?

Shephrd: Because of the enormous commercial possibilities if 'e succeeds.
 
Warning: This one's really bad.

Quasi wanders over to his unreserved and somewhat neglected spot at the bar. "Tell me," he says, to no one in particular, "What do you think of when I say 'Borg'?"

Various answers are given - most of which sound something like "It's from Star Dreck." Quasi notes that if you were visiting Sweden, or even just the local tennis courts, you'd probably get answers that included "Byawn Borg." As a matter of fact, they'll probably speak of him as "THE Borg."

"Well, you may or may not be aware that Borg's name has been used in business outside of tennis - and one of the products being made is underwear. Now underwear with a tennis player's name on it should be comfortable, so the Borg group went searching to find the ultimate in comfortable, absorbent, and natural fibers, and indeed, find it they did.

"Now if you listen to the news, it might seem that some breeds of the lowly gnu actually can produce this very fine and soft fiber, but in fact, it comes from sheep."

"But I've worn wool - it's itchy!" says someone from the back.

"Well, that's because the fibers come from a Borg creation - the new ewe. When they were searching, they found that the occasional lamb would produce unusually fine, absorbent, and soft fibers. It was thin, and quite dry - sheep normally produce lanolin to keep their wool soft, and moisture repellent.

"It actually took years of research to find that it was not exactly a genetic thing - it actually was caused by a fever in the lambs - and those few that survived both the sickness, and the lack of the usual thick coat, produced this extremely fine wool. Furthermore, they found that the fever was induced by a reaction to a bee sting, at a specific location on the lamb's neck.

"They actually had to bring in an Chinese veterinarian - a specialist in acupuncture for animals - before they could even start to understand the mechanism involved. Even he could not reliably reproduce the effect, but eventually, they created program using a robot arm which could consistently induce this effect.

"Of course, now that they know the trick of it, there are herds of these new ewes out there, producing wool for the underwear, and they expect that sooner or later, they will have the world by the (tennis) balls...

"I'm just waiting for the press release to hit the headlines now, and I expect it to be something like:

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"Gnus from the Borg! The Borg proclaimed: Ewe ill! Bee ass simulated!"

(from Tarzan's Tripes Forever)
 
Baa, baa too fuunny!

Not many Sheep in Florida. Good thing with all the rednecks!
 
SPECIAL NOTICE!

To honor the inaugr, inagra, the start of the long anticipated, Sheep Thread, the fearsome Wolly-Bully is termporarily replacing Plutarch who, for the time being, is being put out to pasture-so to speak.

Rumple Foreskin
 
Zack, I had no idea where you were headed, thank god, but you get my biggest laugh of the day award, followed by Cake Bloke's response.


Rumps, you're a luv.

Perdita

p.s. If anyone has any pics of sheep counts, send them to Gauche.
 
Just following the herd. Like to stay in the flock, would rather follow than make an independent decision.
 
Dear Perdita,
Thank you for the thread. I've always wanted to do it, but I was too .... oh, you know.
MG
 
Cake, erm, Ram Bloke, I'm spakeless.

It's a plethora of sheep. (Always wanted to use plethora in an avante-guard way)

Perdita (just can't bring myself to use a ewe in an AV)
 
perdita said:
Perdita (just can't bring myself to use a ewe in an AV)
Perdita,

Sounds a little sexist to me. But maybe what you meant was you can't bring yourself to ABUSE a ewe. If so, nevermind. :)

Rumple
 
Rumple Foreskin said:
Sounds a little sexist to me. But maybe what you meant was you can't bring yourself to ABUSE a ewe.
Rumps, I could never nevermind you. Of course I'd never abuse a ewe, but how do you mean sexist?

sincerely, Perdita
 
how do you mean sexist
Perdita,

I'm just grieving over all those well-qualified (I suppose), intelligent (in a sheep sorta way), attractive (so-to-speak), female sheep just looking for a chance to show their stuff (or pull the wool over the public's eyes).

Meanwhile, there you are in your SF ivory tower saying you can't bring yourself to give any of these poor, lady lambs, these embraceable ewes, a chance to break through the mouton ceiling by highlighting them on your AV and thus giving them a chance to become all the sheep they can be.

EOE (Equal Opportunity for Ewes) NOW

Radicalized Rumple ;)
 
perdita said:
7" Phil: you Baaaaaaaaaa!

Perdita :D

Whatever it takes! whatever it takes? I am still waiting around, is someone counting all the sheep or are they sleeping again? Baaaa!

The funniest thing is seeing all these sheep Avs on other threads! Baaaaa! I cant help it perdita too much fun melding with the others!

You do not need to, "Baaaaa!" change your av perdita every flock needs a shepard to lead them.



Baaaaa!
 
I think the second post is a fox or is it a wolf. Baaaa! Where is the shepard girl?
 
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