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Goat

13 Mar 05 - 06:17 PM (#1433875)
Subject: Goat
From: woodsie

...


13 Mar 05 - 06:22 PM (#1433880)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Ebbie

Many people don't believe in their existence.


13 Mar 05 - 06:26 PM (#1433885)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Peace


13 Mar 05 - 06:30 PM (#1433892)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: MartinRyan

Move to BS - unless it's a bodhran? (or at least has ambitions..)

Regards


13 Mar 05 - 07:32 PM (#1433944)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: paddymac

There's a great song out there, I think fro the Cork area, "When I grow up I want to be a bohdran."


13 Mar 05 - 07:52 PM (#1433961)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Troll

Better than being an accor...oops. Sorry Carol. I fergot.

troll


13 Mar 05 - 08:28 PM (#1433986)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: CarolC

So how are those accordion lessons coming along, troll? It never ceases to amaze me how you manage to find the time, what with all of those other activities (tap dance lessons, morris dance demonstrations, synchronized swimming competitions, etc.) with which you fill your days...


13 Mar 05 - 11:24 PM (#1434081)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie

Moat


13 Mar 05 - 11:26 PM (#1434084)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: number 6

soup


13 Mar 05 - 11:46 PM (#1434098)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Gurney

Weird eyes, Pan's nethers, getting someone's, smelly billys.


13 Mar 05 - 11:49 PM (#1434099)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: number 6

chapati


14 Mar 05 - 12:33 AM (#1434119)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Peace

Wine skins


14 Mar 05 - 12:44 AM (#1434123)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

West African djembe drums use goat skins for their drum heads.

And probably other types of African drums use goat skin too.

The goats don't mind because they are already dead.


14 Mar 05 - 01:05 AM (#1434127)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie

cheese


14 Mar 05 - 01:10 AM (#1434132)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Shanghaiceltic

Curried


14 Mar 05 - 03:33 AM (#1434161)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: GUEST,Bee-dubya-ell

CLICK!


14 Mar 05 - 04:13 AM (#1434175)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work

In the English tradition the goat is "Roasted" from both ends at once (so I have heard). This, apparently, stems from naval custom and practice but is now more prevalent in certain scholastic establishments located within the Thames valley, there is also talk of Royal Households being involved.

I am at a loss to understand what is done with the 'un' roasted central portion of the goat. Perhaps someone out there is in the know.


14 Mar 05 - 06:46 AM (#1434235)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: John MacKenzie

Captivating cavorting Capricons contemplating caprine curry, completely crazy!
Giok


14 Mar 05 - 07:09 AM (#1434243)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Davetnova

I thought roasting was done by footballers to young ladies.


14 Mar 05 - 07:34 AM (#1434256)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: John O'L

Anagram of gato, which is French for cat, which is an anagram of act, which in Swedish is gora, which is almost an anagram of goat


14 Mar 05 - 07:44 AM (#1434266)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: John MacKenzie

Gato I think is Spanish for cat, whereas chat is the French ¦¬]
Giok


14 Mar 05 - 08:15 AM (#1434283)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

The astrological sign Capricorn


astrological sign


14 Mar 05 - 08:18 AM (#1434287)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: John O'L

It's all Greek to me


14 Mar 05 - 08:19 AM (#1434289)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Pied Piper

Are you referring to Capra hircus hircus, here is a picture of it's brain.

PP


14 Mar 05 - 02:20 PM (#1434541)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Ebbie

"Under bills before the House and Senate, goats would finally get the respect Hendrickson said is long overdue. And goat owners could be assured that thieves would face harsher penalties for stealing the animals, which can range in value from $100 to $16,000.

"For years and years, goats have always been the brunt of jokes," said Hendrickson, who has nearly 40 goats on her farm. "They're not a $5 tin-can eating animal anymore."

In today's Seattle Times. So there.


14 Mar 05 - 02:59 PM (#1434596)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Liz the Squeak

That Aries thing.. That's Limpit that is....

LTS


14 Mar 05 - 04:36 PM (#1434691)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: GUEST,skipy

On anagram of "goat curry" is:- cougar try
Pointless really, but there you go!
Skipy


14 Mar 05 - 06:25 PM (#1434767)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: John O'L

Yeah, but what is it in French? Or Spanish?


14 Mar 05 - 08:01 PM (#1434861)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Troll

It's just one of the many advantages of being several different people. Mr. Feebish says that the lessons are coming alone but he really doesn't care all that much for "Lady of Spain".

GOD! He is SO picky!

troll


15 Mar 05 - 12:14 AM (#1435017)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: LadyJean

I almost married a man who said goats were grounds for divorce. His family raised them for a while, and he had less than pleasant memories of the beasties.
When I went to France he asked me to bring him a French post card. So I did. The goats on that card weren't wearing anythin, and one of them was female. I don't know what he was complaining about.
Gato is Spanish for cat. The French word for cat is Chat.


15 Mar 05 - 12:38 AM (#1435025)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: John O'L

Rub it in.

I made one of my rare mistakes.

I'm just glad it happened on the Goat thread and not the Life After Death thread, or (God help me) the Muslim Intolerance thread.


15 Mar 05 - 01:57 AM (#1435047)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie

Regimental mascots


15 Mar 05 - 03:40 AM (#1435072)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: open mike

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
i have had ( and milked)
Nubians, Toggenburgs, Alpines,
and the diminuative La Mancha.
from their milk i have made
yogurt, cheese, ice cream,
and (rarely) butter.
goat milk is naturally homogenized
and the cream does not seperate out
unless put thru a centrafuge seperator.
it does not just rise to the top like
Cow's milk.

they all have different ears.
Nubians are measured as if wing span,
Alpine's ears stick straight up
and La mancha are like little flap
of skin like a seal or sea lion.
theri horns are warm because there
is blood flowing inside them, not
like antlers which fall off each
year. ok that's enough goat lore.
i used to milk 22 goats each day
for a neighbor. She had to work
to make money to feed them, and
then had to hire someone to milk
them also...she worked cooking for
fir fighting crews.

baaaaaaaaaaaaaa
trip trap trip trap


15 Mar 05 - 06:56 AM (#1435136)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

Troll killer in violent children's folktale

[I hope it wasn't one of your relatives, Troll!]

Three Billy Goats Gruff


15 Mar 05 - 07:17 AM (#1435152)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Noreen

From: THE BODHRAN SONG
(Brian O'Rourke)


Oh I am a year old kid
I'm worth scarcely fifteen quid.
I'm the kind of beast you might well look down on
But my value will increase
At the time of my decease
For when I grow up I want to be a bodhran


15 Mar 05 - 07:23 AM (#1435155)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

A smelly kid

[Thanks to Noreen for that inspiration]


15 Mar 05 - 05:00 PM (#1435549)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Troll

Azizi, I DO NOT live under a bridge!!!!

I live ai a nice dry cave in a comfortable middle-class neighborhood.

While I have drunk goats milk on numerous ocassions and enjoy curried goat now and again, I try to avoid live goats as much as possible.

They smell.

troll


15 Mar 05 - 05:15 PM (#1435561)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Ebbie

The only goat that smells as far as I know is the billy. I don't know what makes HIM smell so bad and I'm afraid to ask.

Nannies and wethers (neutered males) sre fine, smellwise. I used to have an Angora wether and he helped me clear my land. I broke over the slim branches of thorntree saplings that I was going to dig out and he was in (goat) heaven. Angoras and some others are browsers while milk (milch) goats are grazers.


15 Mar 05 - 05:31 PM (#1435569)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

Well Troll,

the last Billy Goat Gruff made sure that no troll remained under THAT bridge. And the memory of what happened there that day lives on in folks' memory that no troll would ever think of setting up house anywhere near that place.

So I don't blame you for hiding out in a cave.

I mean, present company excepted I'm sure, trolls aren't known for being the nicest people on the block...

But if you are really a reformed Troll, maybe you need to see if someone would make a hit movie that will improve your folks' image like was done for that green ogre Shrek.

And, btw Troll, some people would see you feastin on goats' meat as being retaliation for what happened under that bridge long ago..

but, hey, I'm sure that thought never crossed your mind.

:O)


15 Mar 05 - 05:40 PM (#1435582)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Little Hawk

I had a long and happy acquaintance with goats out at Rolling Thunder's camp in the late 70's and early 80's. They're amusing animals. The billies stink dreadfully, though, and are very aggressive.


15 Mar 05 - 05:44 PM (#1435590)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Kim C

Good eatin.


15 Mar 05 - 05:52 PM (#1435601)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: CarolC

troll, and all five (is it five now, troll... and is freddie out of prison yet?) of his alternate personalities are some of the most dedicated accordion lovers I've ever encountered. That right there makes him almost a cut above your average troll in my opinion.

Right troll?


15 Mar 05 - 10:33 PM (#1435740)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Troll

Freddie is out. The Governor came through for us right after he had a talk with The Other Guy. I didn't even know he had come out of his room and I cannot imagine what he told the Governor to convince him to commute Freddies sentence, but....

I mean I really think that Ten years for jaywalking was a bit severe.

Anyhoo, The Other Guy has gone back into his room and locked the door and, while I'm grateful for what he did for Freddy, I'm just as happy that he didn't stick around.

Just between you and me, he scares me sometimes.

Azizi, I am NOT reformed nor am I hiding out in a cave from anyone. Bridges, culverts, etc are cold and damp. I happen to prefer a nice warm, dry cave, that's all.

As far as eating goat, meats meat. What I REALLY like is the curry.

troll

BTW, that's "troll" with a lower case "t". A small thing but we all have our little ways.

t


15 Mar 05 - 10:59 PM (#1435761)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: CarolC

Yes, but when freddie walks on jays he does a lot of damage, and bluejays are a protected species. Considering where you all live, I'm surprised he didn't get the chair.


15 Mar 05 - 11:39 PM (#1435787)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

okay troll..whatever you say troll.. nice troll

and so on and so on.

But I'm wondering one thing...Who is Freddie??

Is Freddie an 'in joke'between you and CarolC or you and CarolC and
others?

If Freddie IS an in-joke, you can play pass the fact that I asked..
which you would do anyway if only a priviledged few are supposed to get this reference.

And if he is real, "my bad" for that too..
****

Editorial comment:
Being new around here has its disadvantages since some times
references are made that seem incomprehensible. I recognize that they are based on folks knowing each other for quite some time. But still..

Maybe if we newbies were supposed to 'get it' you would have explained it..



But it's no big deal..

I'm just sayin...


Azizi


15 Mar 05 - 11:56 PM (#1435789)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: CarolC

LOL

We just make it up as we go along, Azizi. It doesn't have to make sense because we are silly people.

;-)

( ...although troll and I and maybe a few others have had a head start on this one)

P.S. any time you want to find out more about people, you can search their posting history by clicking on their name in blue letters in the heading of their post. Like this:

Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi - PM
Date: 15 Mar 05 - 11:39 PM


15 Mar 05 - 11:57 PM (#1435790)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

So maybe if I was a more careful reader I would have understood who freddie is..

"troll, and all five (is it five now, troll... and is freddie out of prison yet?) of his alternate personalities.."
CarolC's post.15 Mar 05 - 05:52 PM .

So freddie is one of troll's alternate personalities..??

I hope he's not Freddie Kruger or like him. But if he is, I just have to plea good intentions and hope that saves me from the Wrath of freddie and/or the Wrath of troll..not to mention having to watch out for his other personalities..

And I just have one personality {I think}.

****
Hey, I'm just tryin to understand folks..

Azizi


16 Mar 05 - 12:09 AM (#1435792)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

CarolC,

As you can see you beat me posting your reply by 1 minute.

I really appreciate your response.

Perhaps I need to work on my sense of humor..I don't do silly well.

And then again, perhaps not.


Peace,
Azizi


16 Mar 05 - 12:20 AM (#1435795)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Bunnahabhain

Freddie has something to do with a story told by chongo chimp. I find searching the forum for odd references like that normally give some idea of what they're about, and who's involved. It even reveals to us newbies who was responsible for Shatner round here...

Bunnahabhin


16 Mar 05 - 12:38 AM (#1435799)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: CarolC

And then again, perhaps not.

LOL. Good point.

BTW, do you know how to check your personal messages?


16 Mar 05 - 01:43 AM (#1435809)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: open mike

and i do know why billie goats stink..
they are forever peeing on them selves..
peeing on thier faces and eating it
they are gross i do not see what those
nannies see in them...

and all goats prefer bushes and trees to grass.
they are brousers...they like roses, grapes,
even poison oak and acorns.

thier milk is digestible by some who are
sensitive or alergic to cow's milk.

there is a type of cheese as sweet as brown sugar
and almost the same consistency as it.
it is called whey ost, whey cheese, Ski Queen
is one brand...when yo make cheese, first the
rennet coagultes the solids from the whey.

you cut the curds and drain off teh whey,
which is mostly milk sugar or lactose,
and when you boil it down, you get this
sweet stuff which is crunchy with sugar granules.

the curds are pressed and sometimes aged.

little miss muffet knows.


16 Mar 05 - 01:44 AM (#1435810)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

Yes Carol.

Thanks. I appreciate your PM and PMed you a response a short while ago.

Now back to the goats..

What about a goatee??!!

{I 'duck' and hide after that one!!}


16 Mar 05 - 04:39 AM (#1435872)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: mindblaster

wHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOX - WHAT IS THIS THREAD ABOUT?


16 Mar 05 - 04:56 AM (#1435879)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: John O'L

Goat


16 Mar 05 - 05:35 AM (#1435901)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: mindblaster

Sorry I didn't mean to shout - caps lock - But what is this all about is it a code? - I know the thread title is goat - but I smell a rat!


16 Mar 05 - 07:15 AM (#1435942)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: John O'L

I think you'll find the rat over in the other thread about the chimpanzee


17 Mar 05 - 04:42 AM (#1436718)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: mindblaster

It get's beeter


17 Mar 05 - 11:29 PM (#1437393)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Troll

Azizi, I am troll.

My avatars are:

Freddie. Bumbling, good natured, kinda like a puppy.

Angie. Five years old and wise beyond her years. An old soul in a young body. Angie takes crap from no one.

Mr. Feebish. Fussy, vain, fastidious, a trifle prissy. A born accountant but without the charisma.

Chuck. A drunk. A wasted life. He's usually passed out on the couch.

The Other Guy. Stays in his room most of the time. You wouldn't like him. Trust me on this one. He probably wouldn't like you either.

We all have avatars. I've simply chosen to identify mine and share little bits of their existance. It helps me deal with them.

And now you know as much as I do.

troll


18 Mar 05 - 12:38 AM (#1437429)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Peace

The ultimate.


18 Mar 05 - 12:39 AM (#1437430)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Peace

OOPS. Confused this with Bush brings out the best . . . thread.


18 Mar 05 - 12:40 AM (#1437431)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Little Hawk

Here he is!


18 Mar 05 - 12:41 AM (#1437432)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Little Hawk

Oh. Sorry. I got this confused with the other thread.


18 Mar 05 - 06:19 AM (#1437544)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: freda underhill

goat man

Pan fell in love and chased a coy nymph named Syrinx. She begged the local nymphs to transform her into marsh reeds, detesting his ugliness with goat legs and horns. They did so and Pan had to content himself by fashioning several lengths of the reeds together with wax that produced such sweet notes when skillfully played.


18 Mar 05 - 06:24 AM (#1437545)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: freda underhill

man goat


18 Mar 05 - 08:51 AM (#1437645)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

I interrupt this thread to say Hi to all of troll's avatars including the Old Man who wouldn't like me anyway..

My avatars are completely unknown to me..So I have no idea if they'd greet you and your avatars or not.

Okay..As Ed Sullivan used to say "On with the shew!!"


18 Mar 05 - 03:19 PM (#1437861)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Troll

It's not the "Old Man" azizi.

It's The Other Guy and he's not exactly Mr. Rogers. Quite the opposite in fact.

troll


18 Mar 05 - 04:12 PM (#1437905)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

troll [with a small "t'], I would appreciate it if you would [could??] convey my apologies to the Other Guy for messing up his name.

And for those who wonder what all this has to do with goats-not much.


21 Mar 05 - 08:09 AM (#1439588)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Noreen

Anyone lend me a goat to help clear the overgrown garden I'm taking over?


21 Mar 05 - 09:16 AM (#1439637)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: robomatic

a beard
the mob (John Goatti)
great cheese


21 Mar 05 - 07:06 PM (#1440026)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

I found a post that mentions a goat in the thread on Children's Street Songs. The rhyme was posted on Feb 14, 2004 by Little Robyn..

Children's Street Songs

I'm not sure about the etiquette of reproducing a post here without the poster's permission. However, by using the link provided you can read this call & response rhyme that begins:

There was a man          (There was a man)
By the name Bill Bones    (By the name Bill Bones)
He had a goat             (He had a goat)
That he called his own.   (That he called his own)


{For some reason my clickies are always red instead of blue..I can't figure that out. But at least they work}


Azizi


21 Mar 05 - 07:10 PM (#1440029)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Layah

The clicky is blue on my screen. Is it the same color red as one that's already been clicked? Then it just because you've been to the site you're making the clicky for.


21 Mar 05 - 07:31 PM (#1440051)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: John O'L

Azizi -

If you want it to stay blue, don't click it.

If you want to see if it works, you'll have to turn it red.

Sorry


22 Mar 05 - 08:37 AM (#1440442)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Noreen

Maaa..aa... but you can make these colours different in your internet preferences- you can make it go purple or green....


22 Mar 05 - 09:01 AM (#1440461)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: GUEST,Bainbo

My goat's not smelly. And it doesn't attack. No whiffs or butts.


22 Mar 05 - 09:17 AM (#1440479)
Subject: RE: Goat
From: Azizi

Thanks for the info re the colors..I thought someone had gotten my political preference wrong.

;O)