In any pack of dogs, you will find them all barking the same tune. The same is true of sheep, only they don't bark. They go "baaaaa" and follow the sheep in front of them. The one in front probably has no real idea where he's going, but this doesn't bother the other 6,000 sheep in the least. They all figure they must be going to the right place, and as long as they do exactly what all the other sheep are doing and always have done...they are safe...and no one will laugh at them.

God forbid that anyone should laugh!!!!!!!!! (That would be worse than death itself.) Thus are the sheep kept in line.