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AIBU to think I am entitled to a free goat?

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Sevenfoldedbloodybodies · 27/10/2011 22:00

I heard on mn a while ago that if you are poor you get a free goat, where is mine?

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Joolyjoolyjoo · 27/10/2011 22:59

I'll sign up for a goat!

Actually last year I went out with a friend for, um, a few drinks, and met a man looking to rehome 2 goats. Of course I wanted them! And of course I wrote down my address so he could deliver them the next day. And of course (be quiet, friend!) my DH would be delighted. Who wouldn't be? I ask you? To be fair, DH didn't seem particularly delighted when I rolled in arrived home in the wee small hours and casually announced "Oh yeah, and a guy is bringing us 2 goats tomorrow. 'Night", before crashing out, but I think it was probably just that he couldn't believe his luck Hmm

I waited in all day next day (with some trepidation), but sadly it snowed heavily, so I am assuming goat-man couldn't make it up with the trailer. Sigh. Some you win..

startwig1982 · 27/10/2011 22:59

Ah yes, goats have hair, not wool Blush
So glad I don't teach science cos I know bugger all about useful stuff!

DogsBeastFiend · 27/10/2011 23:00

Erm... well, musicposy... erm... well, no... but they ARE very cute! :o

A local animal sanctuary/wildlife park used to have some. They were in an enclosure with a very low wall, you could reach over and stroke them and the babies. They loved the attention and were ever so sweet-natured.

I miss them!

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Sevenfoldedbloodybodies · 27/10/2011 23:01

perhaps we need to start a mn campaign, this is discrimination, why only goats.
what about the giraffes and Donkeys? are they not entitled to homes too.
think of the children

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squeakyfreakytoy · 27/10/2011 23:01

There is a man on our road who rides his mule/donkey/ass (its like a donkey but the size of a shire horse.. whichever that is) down the high street every day... it is becoming a very normal sight.. which in suburban outer London, is quite freaky really!

littlemisssarcastic · 27/10/2011 23:02

directgov.com/goatsforpoorfecklessbreeders is where I got mine. Grin

TuftyFinch · 27/10/2011 23:03

Dogs I'm changing my mind about them tapirs.

musicposy · 27/10/2011 23:03

A goatshare, Tufty! I like that idea!

I have dogs for company, but not sure if goats like dogs. Mind you, one of our dogs is small and white and eats anything; maybe the goat will think it's another goat.

squeakyfreakytoy · 27/10/2011 23:04

Maybe the dog will think it is dinner.. be careful! Grin

TuftyFinch · 27/10/2011 23:04

Shall we share a goat and a tapirMusic then we can rotate.

musicposy · 27/10/2011 23:04

"Musicposy.....I think you may be looking for a duck billed Platypus"

but can I get one free from the government?

startwig1982 · 27/10/2011 23:05

A donkey the size of a shire horse??Hmm
Was it a manky looking shire horse?

Hungrydragon · 27/10/2011 23:05

Yes Musicposy of course it will, just as people often mistake Tapirs for babies

MrsRetchingBloodAndGuts · 27/10/2011 23:12

Who do I have to see about a baby Tapir?

ElderberrySyrup · 27/10/2011 23:20

I want a Wump, a Gox, a Zans, a Gack, oh and definitely a Zeep.

(guess what my dcs had for their bedtime story tonight.)

squeakyfreakytoy · 27/10/2011 23:20

well it is a bloody enormous donkey... nothing like those little cute things you see on Blackpool Beach!

DogsBeastFiend · 27/10/2011 23:35

TAPIR REGISTRATION FORM FORM:

Please provide:

Your name, DOB, address and bank account details*
A cheque for administration costs - £500
Vets reference

*These are purely for research purposes and will, of course, not be used.

rhondajean · 27/10/2011 23:36

Someone else can have my goat, I had a bad expeerience as a child where a goat ate my dress (while I was wearing it - full skirt down its gullet) and it had to be pulled out its mouth and I had to sit in the car all the way home in a dress covered in goat slobber.

Vile creatures.

MrsRetchingBloodAndGuts · 27/10/2011 23:50
SkinnedAlive · 28/10/2011 00:03

Yes, you have a point HungryDragon. Though a geep can be produced naturally HungryDragon - kind of like a mule, so it doesn't have to be a sci fi monster. actually I just want to go outside calling 'Geep, Geep, Geep' What about a zonkey?

Hungrydragon · 28/10/2011 00:06

No they can't be made naturally that's why the are scary.... Goat and sheep hybrids are something different.

Why do geneticists like messing around with sheep so much? Does anyone know?

giraffesCantDookForApples · 28/10/2011 00:10

My Dad got a fridge maagnet from my Aunt telling him he had been bought a goat, he still has not recieved it Hmm he had built a pen for it and everything, he is most perplexed.

SkinnedAlive · 28/10/2011 00:14

Ahhhhh - but they can...............kind of like mules. Very, very rare though. You get chimeras too that are man made. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep%E2%80%93goat_hybrid

lol - no idea why sheep are beloved!

Hungrydragon · 28/10/2011 00:16

Urrrrgh that was ickingly enlightening.

BarryStar · 28/10/2011 00:18

I would like a donkey. A grey one with nice eyes please.