IIRC, fainting goats were an accident of selective breeding, not a natural mutation. They're mostly bred now to be sold to sheep farms with coyote problems.
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2005 5:45:44 am PST #8970 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
brenda m - Dec 03, 2005 5:47:27 am PST #8971 of 10006
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
What, so the coyotes get the goats instead of the sheep? That's appalling. Unless it's so the coyotes can't hunt for laughing, which would be my problem in that situation.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2005 5:50:29 am PST #8972 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What, so the coyotes get the goats instead of the sheep?
Yup.
[eta that they apparently also make good eating. So they're not all being used as wolf-bait.]
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 03, 2005 5:53:10 am PST #8973 of 10006
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
HONEY DOGGONE IT
I DEPEND UPON IT
SO LAY A LITTLE LOVIN' ON ME
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2005 5:53:10 am PST #8974 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wool makes me itch and lamb is stinky. Can I have fainting sheep to save my goat herd?
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2005 5:56:01 am PST #8975 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sheryl - Dec 03, 2005 6:13:20 am PST #8976 of 10006
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I didn't need ita's link to know Neil Gaiman's hot. (And he's Guest of Honor at Balticon this coming May)
well, car didn't start this morning, and we don't have jumper cables. Therefore, I am waiting for AAA's battery truck to arrive.(You learn something new every day. I didn't know they had a service that brought batteries out to cars needing them. Though it does make some sense...)
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2005 6:15:36 am PST #8977 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My AAA never brought me batteries! They did jumpstart though, and that's all I needed the times I had to use them.
Scrappy - Dec 03, 2005 6:24:15 am PST #8978 of 10006
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We had a friend who had fainting goats. You could sneak into the barn and then clap your hands and they would all topple over. He wasn't evil, so you could only do the "falling goat surprise" once a day and the rest of the time one had to be careful not to startle them. But they were hiLARious.
JenP - Dec 03, 2005 6:32:47 am PST #8979 of 10006
I don't think it's actually possible to backtrack far enough for it to make sense.
That, I believe.
Also,
HIGH ON A HILL WAS A LONELY GOATHERD LAY EE ODL LAYEE ODL LAY EE O