Goats in Coats. GOATS IN COATS.
January 8, 2015 5:57 PM Subscribe
Coats are not always about warmth. When it comes to fiber animals such as sheep (and goats) the coats are more often to keep the fiber clean, and from matting. If the animals's fiber gets matted it is practically worthless. if it gets too dirty it makes more work in the skirting process.
But yes, they are cute.
posted by terrapin at 6:08 PM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
But yes, they are cute.
posted by terrapin at 6:08 PM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
Bah.
posted by boo_radley at 6:09 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by boo_radley at 6:09 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
...and when it's just chilly and not too cold, the goats can sport sweaters.
posted by madamjujujive at 6:12 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by madamjujujive at 6:12 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
I look so young in that picture.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 6:14 PM on January 8, 2015 [12 favorites]
posted by ActingTheGoat at 6:14 PM on January 8, 2015 [12 favorites]
My reactions to these photos:
-Omigod!
-Omigod!
-Wow!
-No!
-Why?
-Omigod!
But then I'm a huge fan of Farm Sanctuary and the work it does. Those pigs, though ... I love the goats (goats are the best!) and cattle but those piglets in sweaters ... that's just too much.
posted by darksong at 6:22 PM on January 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
-Omigod!
-Omigod!
-Wow!
-No!
-Why?
-Omigod!
But then I'm a huge fan of Farm Sanctuary and the work it does. Those pigs, though ... I love the goats (goats are the best!) and cattle but those piglets in sweaters ... that's just too much.
posted by darksong at 6:22 PM on January 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
Oh man, goats.
posted by turbid dahlia at 6:25 PM on January 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by turbid dahlia at 6:25 PM on January 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
I am shocked – shocked – to find that gamboling is going on in here.
posted by Joe in Australia at 6:26 PM on January 8, 2015 [36 favorites]
posted by Joe in Australia at 6:26 PM on January 8, 2015 [36 favorites]
Goats you say? Do a Google image search for host towers.
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You're welcome
I've such plans
posted by edgeways at 6:39 PM on January 8, 2015
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You're welcome
I've such plans
posted by edgeways at 6:39 PM on January 8, 2015
Never mind the goats, koalas need mittens!
posted by Kabanos at 6:45 PM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Kabanos at 6:45 PM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
Having been attacked by goats one time, I find them suspicous. But less so with coats. But if you have been set upon by them, you will still give them side eye, coats or no.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 6:55 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 6:55 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
Tell me stories about this... I want anecdotes!!!
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:31 PM on January 8, 2015
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:31 PM on January 8, 2015
On the same site, Cat Smells Olives, Has World Turned Upside Down makes me wish I had some olives. And a cat.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 7:31 PM on January 8, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 7:31 PM on January 8, 2015 [8 favorites]
Goats in coats... on a boat.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 7:45 PM on January 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 7:45 PM on January 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
Bah.
My husband corrects this to : Na-ah-ah-ah.
posted by bearwife at 8:25 PM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
My husband corrects this to : Na-ah-ah-ah.
posted by bearwife at 8:25 PM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
Oh, joseph conrad knows about goat towers all right.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 9:08 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 9:08 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
After all, what could be cuter than a goat in a coat?
A pig in a sweater!
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:09 AM on January 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
A pig in a sweater!
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:09 AM on January 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
It's Totes! It's Totes!
It's totally Totes!
It's Totally, Modally
Totes McGoats!
Here's Totes in coats!
And totes on boats!
'Cause Totes is chilly,
and Totes can't float!
posted by vibratory manner of working at 2:40 AM on January 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
It's totally Totes!
It's Totally, Modally
Totes McGoats!
Here's Totes in coats!
And totes on boats!
'Cause Totes is chilly,
and Totes can't float!
posted by vibratory manner of working at 2:40 AM on January 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
Pfft, this is old news. Everybody knows donkeys are the new goats.
posted by officer_fred at 6:01 AM on January 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by officer_fred at 6:01 AM on January 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Man, those pigs in a sweater were adorable!
resisiting "pigs in a blanket" joke with all my might...
posted by TwoStride at 6:41 AM on January 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
resisiting "pigs in a blanket" joke with all my might...
posted by TwoStride at 6:41 AM on January 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Adult goats may be difficult, but baby goats are The Cutest Thing. And snuggly!
posted by suelac at 8:37 AM on January 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by suelac at 8:37 AM on January 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
From Romeo Void's Never Say Never;
The slump by the courthouse
With windburn skin
That man could give a f**k
About the grin on your face
As you walk by, randy as a goat
He's sleepin on papers
When he'd be warm in your coat
Goats and coats... who new?
posted by helmutdog at 9:05 AM on January 9, 2015
The slump by the courthouse
With windburn skin
That man could give a f**k
About the grin on your face
As you walk by, randy as a goat
He's sleepin on papers
When he'd be warm in your coat
Goats and coats... who new?
posted by helmutdog at 9:05 AM on January 9, 2015
This just reminds me of when I was four years old at a petting zoo and a goat ate my favorite coat right off my back.
posted by MuChao at 10:06 AM on January 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by MuChao at 10:06 AM on January 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Mares wear boots and goats wear coats and little goats wear mittens.
A kid'll wear mittens too -- wouldn't you?
posted by not_on_display at 11:30 AM on January 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
A kid'll wear mittens too -- wouldn't you?
posted by not_on_display at 11:30 AM on January 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Tell me stories about this... I want anecdotes!!!
I was at a petting zoo when I was - I dunno - maybe 6 or 7. I had a bag of stale bread my mom had given me to feed the ducks. At this same petting zoo, goats kind of just roamed around like the ducks.
As I was feeding the ducks and some pigeons, I felt something pulling at the back pocket of my pants. I turned around, and there was a goat trying to chew the label off. It had a good mouthful of my pants in its mouth and started pulling me off balance. As I started swatting it away, two other goats had circled around front. One of them grabbed for the bag of bread. I pulled it back, and the other one reared up on its hind legs and planted both front hoofs square in my gut. They totally tag-teamed me. I went down, and by then a couple more goats had joined in, and I was getting trod upon. That's when I realized this whole thing had gone south on me. If I didn't give up the bread, I was going to get the Billy Bats treatment. So, they got the bread, and I managed to scramble away.
I went and found my parents, who had seen exactly none of this. I tried to explain that the goats just tried to take me out. I distinctly remember this getting a laugh and exactly zero sympathy. "But, but...they were so MEAN!"
I looked back at the this little herd of goats and they looked pretty smug. Fuck those guys.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:31 PM on January 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
I was at a petting zoo when I was - I dunno - maybe 6 or 7. I had a bag of stale bread my mom had given me to feed the ducks. At this same petting zoo, goats kind of just roamed around like the ducks.
As I was feeding the ducks and some pigeons, I felt something pulling at the back pocket of my pants. I turned around, and there was a goat trying to chew the label off. It had a good mouthful of my pants in its mouth and started pulling me off balance. As I started swatting it away, two other goats had circled around front. One of them grabbed for the bag of bread. I pulled it back, and the other one reared up on its hind legs and planted both front hoofs square in my gut. They totally tag-teamed me. I went down, and by then a couple more goats had joined in, and I was getting trod upon. That's when I realized this whole thing had gone south on me. If I didn't give up the bread, I was going to get the Billy Bats treatment. So, they got the bread, and I managed to scramble away.
I went and found my parents, who had seen exactly none of this. I tried to explain that the goats just tried to take me out. I distinctly remember this getting a laugh and exactly zero sympathy. "But, but...they were so MEAN!"
I looked back at the this little herd of goats and they looked pretty smug. Fuck those guys.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:31 PM on January 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
I was hoping for a follow-up to the chart-topping single Boots and Cats, but this will do.
posted by contraption at 1:14 PM on January 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by contraption at 1:14 PM on January 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Tell me stories about this... I want anecdotes
Anecgotes?
I am shocked – shocked – to find that gamboling is going on in here.
Vibratory manner of Working has intimated there will be... flouncing! :0
posted by BlueHorse at 2:41 PM on January 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Anecgotes?
I am shocked – shocked – to find that gamboling is going on in here.
Vibratory manner of Working has intimated there will be... flouncing! :0
posted by BlueHorse at 2:41 PM on January 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
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