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A large flock of sheep are crossing the road, oblivious to the impending danger. One leaps over an imaginary fence and the rest follow, as sheep are wont to do.
Without warning, one of them stops in the path of the oncoming semi-trailer. Suddenly, a man in a pair of blue overalls runs out onto
the road, dragging a small trolley. He unrolls two cables and attaches large alligator clips to either side of the sheep, then flips a switch on the trolley.
The sheep leaps to life again, springing off the road to safety. The man in overalls quickly pushes his trolley out of the way, waving to the truck driver as he passes.
Where Vernon's sentences come from
http://www.coldbaco...iban/bksentence.jpg
Thanks waugs, for reminding me. [UnaBubba, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Meanwhile, at the halfbakery
http://www.coldbaco...s/kliban/bkidea.jpg
[UnaBubba, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Understanding Fear in Sheep
http://www.ontarios...heepnewsart0018.htm
Short article about the use of fear in sheep herding. No mention of jump leads. [DrBob, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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so he is some kinda superhero? Sheep Jumpstarter Man to the rescue! |
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its like a heg, but not so wet. |
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New Zealanders have two cables in their overalls? |
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So *that's* why New Zealand's flag sports //Sheep trussed with electrical cable and gaffer tape.// (UnaBubba anno on New Flag for NZ) |
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Rubber boots + velcro mittens = static jump start. |
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A dag is a dried, matted lock of wool, usually encrusted with sheepshit. Think of dreadlocks that clatter together like windchimes, around the arse end of the sheep. |
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FYI, that's the image I get every time I see [dag]'s username. Funny how some words have different meanings in other countries, eh? |
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Hey UnaBubba - you think you could bring your cart to NYC? We've got flocks of gawking tourists that need jump starting... |
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P.S. Precisely what does this have to do with speed bumps? |
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Sheep don't make all that much of a dent anyway. |
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By the way, "Rattle yer dags" is a saying that means "Hurry Up", due to the distinct noise a running daggy sheep makes. |
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B. Kliban: On cold mornings, it was Carl's turn to crankstart the livestock. |
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Do sheep eat dingleberries, or is that limited to rabbits? |
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If you've ever run over one it would be perfectly obvious to you, [DC]. |
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Sheep are ruminants, [thumb], they regurgitate and chew their cud, like cattle, goats, giraffes, etc. Saves having to take all those nasty pills. |
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Oh, [Helium], your roots are showing. |
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UB.. love that cartoon. Definitely one of Farmer John's, I think. |
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Looks that way, doesn't it? |
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I stumbled across Kliban a while ago. I must chase up some more of his work. |
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Now I'm going to be on the lookout for ANY excuse to use to word dag in conversation. That's a quality word. |
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Calling someone a dag is slightly different. |
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Telling someone with 'Dreds' that they look like they've got dags on their head is a grave insult. |
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<aside> What is a "grave insult"? Is it, like, "Yo' Mama, you stink, mebbe yo' hole's too shallow?" |
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XE, why are you marking this for deletion? You have to give a reason. |
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In the absence of one, the author is free to remove your annotation. Meaningless mfd's waste space, confuse new visitors and degrade your mfd-integrity, so it's better for everyone to yank 'em out. |
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[Waugs], I gave very complete details on my [m-f-d] in my first annotation, which [UnaBubba] chose to delete. I believe that from [UnaBubba]'s perspective, the details were complete enough to warrant his deletion of my annotation, albeit biased and ridiculous. If you can't see any reasons of your own to mark this for deletion, I'm disappointed.
Firstly: The ubiquity of blue-coverall-clad sheep technicians is impossible, as I see it.
Secondly: If a sheep defibrillating device is the basis of this idea, I would think that the standard devices that are used on humans would suffice.
I would think that these two points would make this idea neither feasible nor new.
Philips™ has a mobile battery-powered unit that would work in this application, if you are to consider that a superfluous quantity of blue-coverall-clad sheep technicians are roaming about the countryside with nothing better to do than to defibrillate freshly-dead sheep who are lying upon the roadway. Need I go on?
My previously posted [m-f-d] has been withdrawn for the time being. |
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and its not defibrillation that the sheep requires but electroconvulsive treatment. |
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If you don't understand the idea then you shouldn't be marking it for deletion. Your lack of comprehension should not be grounds for such action. |
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I removed your baseless call for deletion, because I couldn't extract it from your well written annotation, and it was patently inappropriate. As for the assertion that I claim never to have removed a negative annotation, would you please direct me to the idea, here on the halfbakery, where that comment is recorded? |
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Is your first annotation a Freudian slip, or did you say "fishbones"? |
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In response to your wordy and inaccurate second annotation:
1. Overall clad technicians are everywhere. If you watch any advertisement for roadside service, car battery replacement, windscreen replacement, glass replacement <imagine endless list here> then you'll know they are lurking literally everywhere. Strike one.
2. No need to defibrillate the sheep, it's not dead. An entirely erroneous assumption upon your part.
3. More of the same claptrap about the sheep being deceased, dead, an ex-sheep, what have you. They're not dead, merely resting. I don't understand why you persist with the notion they are dead. Can you not read?
4. I did not use the Philips™ brand name, out of respect for that fine Dutch company. Surely they don't need their name bandied about on a forum for halfbaked ideas. |
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I went and took a look at the help file, as you so kindly suggested. Now, if you'd kindly remove your MFD, as I see no proper grounds for its application. |
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To elucidate:
1. It doesn't strike me as an anti road rage idea, though I could very well be wrong.
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2. It's not a WIBNI, as devices for administering electric shocks to livestock are common enough, and blue overalls easily obtainable.
3. I do not recall ever seeing any such service offered to sheep in movies.
4. Or video games.
5. It doesn't constitute advocacy.
6. It's hardly to be considered a pun, unless you have a (doubtful) better grasp of English than I.
7, 8 & 9. It is neither 'me too', 'you too', nor a list.
10. It's not gross-out humour, I don't think.
11. It wasn't magic, unless the guy in blue overalls is doing something weird to the sheep, with sleight of hand.
12. It doesn't violate the laws of thermodynamics, so far as I am able to discern.
13. It's certainly not baked. i cannot find reference to a sheep jumpstarting service anywhere on the internet, except here at the halfbakery.
14 & 15. It is neither a word invention, nor a recipe, unless the jumper unit is struck by lightning during the procedure.
16. Consumer advice?
17. It isn't a proper name, so strike 17. |
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It may possibly just be a tongue-in-cheek idea, and your humour module is running a little low on serotonin, though I wouldn't presume to speak for you. |
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By the way, nor does it involve any use of genetic engineering. |
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Nowhere does the help file mention that the idea needs to be completely novel. I doubt any idea here is *entirely* novel. |
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Unless you have a different help file on your halfbakery to the one I have on mine, then I request you remove your MFD, or I will remove it for you, twice. |
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A bit defensive, [UB]? |
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Add a higher shock lever for those sheep caught yapping on their cell phone. |
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I have only one account , [UnaBubba], so do not fret. Most ideas don't even get ONE of my votes, and I'm far from being pathetic enough to create a second account just to throw fishbones at complete strangers... think about it. I'll take down the [m-f-d], but this is still ridiculous. |
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I'll agree it's ridiculous, but that's no bar to posting an idea, here. |
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But is it an invention? (And, no, I am not sure what "it" is.) |
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I think this is just a classic example of the thought processes of a sexually frustrated Australian, and as such, we should shrug it off and continue to humour him. |
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It's been so long, [Helium], that I've forgotten what it means to be frustrated. |
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I figured you had enough to worry about, without me putting more shit on you... so to speak. |
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In Home and Away, didn't Sally have a dog called "Dagdog"? I wonder if this was because it had dags itself, or simply that it liked to get stuck in to a big pile of dags as a snack. |
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Sounds like an Android's Dream to me. |
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Umm we call em lectric cattle prods round these parts. I spose they's work on sheep too. |
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