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Barnyard Buddies:  Why is the goat driving??  |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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 Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 10:03:30 AM
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Okay - I just thought I would share this clip from our local news because it made me laugh.
There is a column called the Slice in our paper that lists things that readers write in, funny things that have happened, memories of Spokane etc.
Last week the column writer asked people to write in with what they have seen people doing while driving, other than talking on the cell phone and texting.
This morning's paper had a couple answers
"I was driving east on I-90 and the person driving the car next to me was holding a goat in his lap"
Now I don't keep goats but what I know about them doesn't lead me to believe that they are a. good lap pets or b. anything that would be conducive to driving while being a lap pet.
You just never know do you?
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
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Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 10:20:35 AM
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Thats funny Amy! Thanks for sharing.
Maggie |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 10:43:03 AM
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I would have to say it probaly was a pygmy goat kid. When my daughter was 12, she raised them for 4-h, and hers were very tiny, and the kids even smaller than most. There were a few times that they traveled in the cab of the truck on laps. So maybe, it was a goat?
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 2:48:13 PM
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Probably was a pygmy goat - I can't imagine having room for a full sized goat on your lap in the driver's seat - and it was probably last month during fair time. Our city tends to forget that it is smack dab in the middle of an agricultural region.
Still - I think I would probably look twice if I glanced to my left on the freeway and saw a goat in the drivers seat.....
I was walking into the grocery store one day and glanced into the back of a 4-runner and, lo and behold, there was an Alpaca, all curled up and looking comfy - made me giggle
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 3:44:26 PM
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I thought for a minute that was me. But it would have been I-75, though. I have had every animal in my car except a horse. And I haven't crossed that off the list yet.
Kris
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 3:55:24 PM
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Kristen, We brought home a 4 month old pony foal in the cab of the pick-up, she was way too little to put in the trailer, plus she was an orphan and very people imprinted. Not quite a horse, but and close second,lol.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 5:31:51 PM
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| back in my hippie days i had lots of goats and a small farm. we had walter he was a nubian. i had a vw and he would load up in the front seat and ride to get the kids in town. he was our dog. walter never pottied in the car or ran off when we stopped. people were amazed to see a hippie girl in a bug with a goat in the front and the boys in the back. lots of fun for the boys. sherrye |
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happydaze
True Blue Farmgirl
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lorraine
atlanta
ni
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 5:44:51 PM
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| We very often have goats, mini horses, chickens or something farmy in our van. lvoe it when we stop at parks for a break and people see us get our unusual pets get out of the back of the van. No. we do not crate them, they hang thier heads out the windows and sit on laps too |
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 7:52:50 PM
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I used to have a nigerian goat that loved to go in the car. he acted more like a dog than a goat. he would jump in the front seat if the door was open and I took him over my SIL all the time. He never messed in the car and when we got over to her house he would jump out and run around and then when I was ready to go home he would just jump right back in and we were off so it certainly could have been a goat. I just love my goats.!!! funny creatures!!!
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
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grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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Posted - Oct 19 2009 : 12:50:15 PM
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Heck, that is a normal day for this farmgal..
When I first got goats (trust me it was not the plan) I road down the road with four full grown goats sitting in my front sit of the truck and one had to sit in my lap as I drove home some 50 miles. Then there was the time I had to pick up a baby llama that was abonded along side the highway. The sherrif called me and I just did not have time to hook up the trailer besides it sounded as if the little one would not make it unless I got there NOW... He my son sat with this sweet one in his lap but the neck and head was wrapped around my neck for security... Trust me I sure got some strange looks as cars passed and saw this strange person driving with two heads...
All in a days drive to the Funny Farm..
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
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