You guys are scrapie the bottom of the barrel here.
― NickB, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, we should cutlet out.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:39 (fifteen years ago) link
The man had misunderstood the term "mutton busting"
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:39 (fifteen years ago) link
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44838000/jpg/_44838426_poohsticks_getty_226.jpg "Pooh Sticks is free"
― the next grozart, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
The court ruminated for a long time before coming to a verdict.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:44 (fifteen years ago) link
You could say he was licking his chops
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:50 (fifteen years ago) link
He wanted a bit of rump
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ I'm sorry, that's just low quality...
No need to mince words
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Hope he doesn't go anywhere near East London, with a reputation like that he'd get proper shanked up.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:55 (fifteen years ago) link
When he arrives in jail, the other prisoners will flock to get a look at him, because they will have herd about his attempt to fleece the judge.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
He's already been widely lambasted.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
He'll be doing twenty to ten in the pen...
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Not really a yarn to tell his grandchildren though.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
"Yes your honor, I was naked when I hoofed it"
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
The man was caught because witnesses recognised his woolly jumper.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Apparently the guy told the sheep that he only wanted to give her a stroke, but it sounds like he welshed on her.
― NickB, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Police also suspect that the man was trying to supply the sheep with grass.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Experts say that this case will open up a whole new field in criminology.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
When the first issue of Sheep World arrived, he realised he'd been fleeced.
― jel --, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
The man told reporters the incident had left him "in a deep trough"
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:13 (fifteen years ago) link
"Did I know it would feel good?" he said, musing aloud. "No, it was just one of those haunches."
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
The sheep was physically okay, but left with a few grazers.
― NickB, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
However, she did go and get slaughtered straight afterwards.
― NickB, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:19 (fifteen years ago) link
There's no point bleating about it.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:21 (fifteen years ago) link
"When I heard the police siren," he said ruefully, "I knew something wasn't kosher. So I legged it."
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:23 (fifteen years ago) link
He's also had difficulty getting a bank loan - his credit rating is offal.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
"When we realized what had happened," said the chief constable, "we just burst out laughing. Andouille couldn't stop."
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Damn, andouille's made from pork.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
The farmer called the police on his mobile. He has a contract with Phones4Ewe.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
ARGH
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Despite rumours, there is no video footage on EweTube.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
This follows on from an incident last week, where several Premiership footballers were accused of roasting a sheep.
"At first when he called, he gave us wrong directions. He may have been trying," the constable added with a chuckle, "to pull the wool over our eyes."
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:58 (fifteen years ago) link
The man was also believed to have been listening on his iP0d to the Pink Fl0yd track "Careful With That Axe Ewe-gene".
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Reports that another four men were seen running from the scene are still unconfirmed. It is believed the suspect was not acting alone, and they had been planning to give the animal a roasting.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
His iPod is also said to contain another Pink Floyd track, from a later, less-acclaimed album. The track is called "The Post War Dream".
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
The court heard that the defendant had also recently been denied a visa by the Australian government.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Why did he do it? Haggis (I guess) we'll never know...
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
The other sheep were taken into protective custody last night, due to rumours in the criminal underworld that they had grassed.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
The police suspected that the man was a "small holder".
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41089000/jpg/_41089622_saddam_afp_203body.jpg
^^ why was this never made into a meme?
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
The man admitted that the experience had been near the knuckle and that he had been a chump.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link
could write THIS under Saddam
― blueski, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
"LATEST: Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy becomes the first person to fly solo across the English Channel using a single"
It'd have to be one of those 12" gatefold ones, I guess...
― Mark G, Friday, 26 September 2008 12:22 (fifteen years ago) link
And the winner is... who? Largely unknown in Britain and the US, the winner of the most feted prize in literature has much he us.
Largely unknown in Britain and the US, the winner of the most feted prize in literature has much he us.
um, what?
― Mark G, Monday, 20 October 2008 10:12 (fifteen years ago) link
"Ich bin ein Bearliner" Star bear Knut to stay in Berlin Zoo
― snoball, Thursday, 9 July 2009 09:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8616951.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47635000/jpg/_47635915_pope_getty226b.jpgFaryl Smith (L) is the youngest artist to receive a double nomination
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 10:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Spain 'orgasm' video criticised by politicians
(Number one on the "BBC News Most Popuar" list)
― Mark G, Friday, 19 November 2010 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
why would they not delete??
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 August 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
US election: Do you need Jesus to win the White House?(maybe because you don't trust the other two candidates?)
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 12:18 (three years ago) link
Your 'wacky backy' BBC news caption of the day...Cannabis crop at former Coventry nightclub 'worth £1mhttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/14626/production/_114949438_nca.jpg
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 17 October 2020 12:44 (three years ago) link
Islam: Sunak lets the taxman take the strain
No, the government isn't going to tax Muslims. The article was written by Faisal Islam, the BBC's economics editor.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
Piet Mondrian artwork displayed upside down for 75 years
Insert "modern art, amirite!?" joek here.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 28 October 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link
Jeremy Clarkson warns some of his cider might explode
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Saturday, 22 July 2023 13:43 (nine months ago) link