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Subject:Re: [F] sheep
From:Mike Miller
Date:Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:28:53 -0700

Uh, David? I don't think many of us really believed it was true, it
was just neat.

Kind of like the tooth fairy, and if you follow the rules everything
will be all right, and other fairy tales.

Mike

On Jul 15, 2011, at 10:53 AM, David Beierl wrote:

> At 06:56 AM 7/15/2011, ed donnen wrote:
>> Hey- it's another Friday.  Around here we have sheep dog trials-
>> no, not
>> where the dog gets convicted,
>
> Oh gee...Flanders and Swann?  _Who Dares, Wins_?  If you haven't
> already, have a listen to David Gunson's _What Goes Up Might Come
> Down_.
>
>> but where dogs move sheep to whistle
>> commands.  Now here is what do you get when you have a bunch of Welsh
>
> Amazing, but there's a caveat, to wit:
>
>> Barn an' bred hoddin' yows an' runnin' dogs and I can tell thee
>> straight: that effin' great gimma stridin' ower t' hill side is
>> utter bollocks. F' starters like the's no dogs rarnd t' legs and
>> e'en if the was the's nat a chance in 'ell tha'd get 15 - 20 yows
>> fetchin' 'emsens on at a trot through another 15 - 20 as they fell
>> back, tin't gonna 'appen, nat 'ere nat iver! As futt eyes, if the
>> believes that tha'll believe owt! The's plain daft an' no two ways
>> abart it. Waa y' great daft 'ead.
>> MangoZapp 2 months ago
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNR5C3urXoY&feature=related
>
> and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxedtAM2j7g&NR=1&feature=fvwp
>
> speak to this issue.
>
> Yours,
> David