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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 06:28 AM
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A pony, a goat, Big Yak -
and healthcare for all in 2010!

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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 09:19 AM
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1. can't... type...
Must.. stifle... laughter... at... work...
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 11:12 AM
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2. Best. Post. Ever.
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lizerdbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 12:13 PM
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3. Butt candles!!
Good thing half my building is gone since I almost spit my lunch everywhere!
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 12:38 PM
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4. OMG I totally missed that at first
I'm so freaking out of it today....Mr. Blur, you sir are a genius...:patriot:
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onager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 01:22 AM
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5. The goat is dead.
Thanks to my staring at it...
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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 05:49 AM
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6. Don't be fooled, it's a trick!
In-built goat defence mechanism.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-02-10 03:26 PM
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7. GOATS ON FIRE!
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/12/goats_on_fire.php

And lo, it came to pass, according to the scriptures:

Vandals torch Swedish Yuletide straw goat for 24th time

Despite surveillance cameras and heavy security, vandals in a small Swedish town have burned down a giant Yuletide straw goat for the 24th time since 1966, the Associated Press reports.

A spokeswoman for the city of Gavle says someone set fire to the 43-foot-high creature during the night, leaving behind only a charred wooden skeleton.

"It feels very sad," says Anna Ostman. "We had really hoped that he would survive Christmas and New Year's."In addition to the 24 burnings, the goat has been smashed several times, run over by a car and had its legs cut off since it was first erected 43 years ago.

Ostman says fireproofing chemicals were used in 2006 and 2007, but it left the goat looking more like a brown terrier, so that was discontinued.
...
Vandals are seldom caught, the AP says. In 2005, the goat was burned down by two arsonists dressed up as Santa Claus and the Gingerbread Man. They were never caught.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2009/12/vandals-torch-swedish-yuletide-straw-goat-for-24th-time/1
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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 03:56 AM
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8. Help! We're being persecuted!
Never trust the Gingerbread Man, they'll fuck you up every time.
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