angered a farmer

[Joe24]

Do i really need to explain that we need mature sheep to produce lamb?

Wool is in a fair bit more than you think.... not just dodgy cricket jerseys and christmas jumpers old folk wear!

No, but how old does a lamb/sheep need to be before it can be knocked up?
Can one teach a sheep/lamb how to sit, and other things? Maybe the sheep could be taught to cross the road, or to all sit around in the field or do tricks.
Can you teach a sheep to do an obsticle course?

ARCH!!!!!

 

[rich p]

No, but how old does a lamb/sheep need to be before it can be knocked up?
Can one teach a sheep/lamb how to sit, and other things? Maybe the sheep could be taught to cross the road, or to all sit around in the field or do tricks.
Can you teach a sheep to do an obsticle course?

ARCH!!!!!

Is that a Baaanchi?

 

[bonj2]

Survival instinct?? Ha ha to me survival instinct would be not riding too quick between two sheep! odds are they will follow each other and one will have to cross your path!

And I would like to wager you on a carbon road bike coming off far worse if you hit an adult sheep at over 20mph.

Exactly, I would definitely come off worse - that's why I would far rather it get mowed down by another, heavier, vehicle before I get there.

 

[Archie_tect]

Do we really need sheep?

Only for meat [if you eat it] and wool... but British Wool has limited value these days.... and glue?

...and those lamb flavoured stock cubes [no, no 'lamb' in those.... sorry]

 

[Joe24]

Exactly, I would definitely come off worse - that's why I would far rather it get mowed down by another, heavier, vehicle before I get there.

Give up cycling then, get a big 4x4(bigger then Linfs) and just go around mowing down sheep?

 

[bonj2]

I'm with you Bonj. Sheep should know their place in the scheme of things.
Anyway you weren't in any real danger. I mean if you had come off you would have landed on all that soft woolly stuff they have covering their bodies.
It's just a case of a farmer having a hissy fit.

Yes, I would have been ok, but my bike might not!

 

[Joe24]

Only for meat [if you eat it] and wool... but British Wool has limited value these days.... and glue?

...and those lamb flavoured stock cubes [no, no 'lamb' in those.... sorry]

Im not allowed to have lamb in the house, mum doesnt like it.
So would be no loss to me, however, we could just import it couldnt we? Get it from Ireland instead.
Dont need wool, we can import that or use synthetics instead of proper wool. We dont really need wool anyway.

 

[Wigsie]

Im not allowed to have lamb in the house, mum doesnt like it.
So would be no loss to me, however, we could just import it couldnt we? Get it from Ireland instead.
Dont need wool, we can import that or use synthetics instead of proper wool. We dont really need wool anyway.

So you don't mean sheep alltogether, just clear them out from mainland UK? so Bonj can go down fast country lanes without making silly choices to ride in between sheep!

 

[bonj2]

The problem is that Bonj cycles like a POB, not like a cyclist, or a seriouse cyclist(which he is not)
The other weekend, i sucessfully worked out what a group of girls(about 12-13) were going to do when they saw some friends.
They were going to block the path, and the little gap on the right would be filled by one of the girls vearing over and into it.
Id worked out what these kids were going to do, much before they had done it!
Bonj obviously doesnt have the skill to be able to cycle like a seriouse cyclist.

We could have sheep, just keep the in the bloody field and not on the sodding road. Christ, I cycled over enough bloody cattle grids - what's the point of them if they don't prevent sheep getting onto the road? How hard can it be?
Get the council to repair any gate/fence/hedge that sheep can get through, and then send the bill to the farmer, and don't transport them by them walking down the road, instead, use a lorry or trailer.
Load them in in one field, drive down the road, unload them in the other field. Or better still don't bother, just leave them in the first field and absconce the need to transfer them at all.
All animals, including horses, should be regarded as completely unpredictable and it should not be regarded as a surprise when they decide to run off or do their own thing.
We do need sheep, but not quite as many as we've got, because most farmers are actually living on EU subsidies and not actually producing anything at all due to food mountains that exist, therefore anything they do produce is pure surplus. Consequently all they do is bugger around all day and pretend to farm.


Bloody farmers, they're nothing but a chuffing *nuisance* !

 

[papercorn2000]

I would think twice before weeding out any thick sheep. If so, we would introduce evolutionary pressure favouring the development of super-intelligent sheep. I dread tho think of the revenge that they would wreak on the human species in return for thousands of years of exploitation.
Is that what you want? 'Cos that's what'll happen!

 

[bonj2]

Give up cycling then, get a big 4x4(bigger then Linfs) and just go around mowing down sheep?

Better still would be to mount a GUN onto one's bike. Not sure how it would be activated on a geared bike but on a fixie the left brake lever could be used. If you encountered sheep, then you would just start shooting.
If the farmer was there as well, then you probably wouldn't bother to stop shooting, it would have to be regarded as an occupational hazard. Wouldn't be too much of a shame if he got shot as well.

 

[Wigsie]

We could have sheep, just keep the in the bloody field and not on the sodding road. Christ, I cycled over enough bloody cattle grids - what's the point of them if they don't prevent sheep getting onto the road? How hard can it be?
Get the council to repair any gate/fence/hedge that sheep can get through, and then send the bill to the farmer, and don't transport them by them walking down the road, instead, use a lorry or trailer.
Load them in in one field, drive down the road, unload them in the other field. Or better still don't bother, just leave them in the first field and absconce the need to transfer them at all.
All animals, including horses, should be regarded as completely unpredictable and it should not be regarded as a surprise when they decide to run off or do their own thing.
We do need sheep, but not quite as many as we've got, because most farmers are actually living on EU subsidies and not actually producing anything at all due to food mountains that exist, therefore anything they do produce is pure surplus. Consequently all they do is bugger around all day and pretend to farm.


Bloody farmers, they're nothing but a chuffing *nuisance* !

The world through your eyes is awesome bonj! no other word for it!

 

[bonj2]

You'd have to fit some sort of mud shield to it though. Otherwise you'd get debris in the hole.

(you wouldn't actually, 'cos it'd be pointing forwards, but you could have a nice mud shield anyway)

 

[rich p]

As an ex-mayor of New York famously said, " Who needs farmers when you've got supermarkets?"

 

[Archie_tect]

We could have sheep, just keep the in the bloody field and not on the sodding road. Christ, I cycled over enough bloody cattle grids - what's the point of them if they don't prevent sheep getting onto the road? How hard can it be?
Get the council to repair any gate/fence/hedge that sheep can get through, and then send the bill to the farmer, and don't transport them by them walking down the road, instead, use a lorry or trailer.
Load them in in one field, drive down the road, unload them in the other field. Or better still don't bother, just leave them in the first field and absconce the need to transfer them at all.
All animals, including horses, should be regarded as completely unpredictable and it should not be regarded as a surprise when they decide to run off or do their own thing.
We do need sheep, but not quite as many as we've got, because most farmers are actually living on EU subsidies and not actually producing anything at all due to food mountains that exist, therefore anything they do produce is pure surplus. Consequently all they do is bugger around all day and pretend to farm.


Bloody farmers, they're nothing but a chuffing *nuisance* !

Excellent rant Bonj.