Magnus the butting-head Ram
Posted: Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
Doesn't he look ever so sweet and innocent? The ol' BRAT!!
I have a huge swollen knot on my thigh thanks to Magnus the Evil Beast (that's his official name now) - our Texel ram. I was up at the other farm feeding the Wooly Ladies and KAPOW!! Out of nowhere I felt something crash into the back of my thigh so hard my teeth clacked! (The impact aggrivated the nerve damage in my jaw and the right side of my tounge has returned to buzzing again. I'm impressed!) I can't sit here long and type - my thigh is killing me thanks to the wooly beast. **Sigh** Males.
I can't wait to see the Priest's face when I tell him in confession, "...and then, I chased my ram around the field while screeching choice phrases that I learned in the Navy..."
Magnus was wise to run for his pathetic little life - his Shepherdess was hot on his heels! I gave him enough of a chase that he began to wonder if I was Satan himself. I now take a crop into the field and if he comes after me he gets a spank across the muzzle. Just enough to make him back off and think I'm also a ram. I know he's just defending his flock which is good! But this boy obviously needs to learn that I am Boss Ram! (er...Boss Yow?) He is only allowed to have ear scratches when there's a GATE between us now!!
I still think he's cute as anything. But this Shepherdess was not happy!
Comments
Is crap an allowable blogging word Anne? Had to work hard to click off the main page quick to stop the pupils seeing it.
FetlarSchool from Fetlar
Apologies FetlarSchool. I do tend to allow it, but perhaps should reconsider.
Anne from IBHQ
'CRAP It's American for 'dice' is it not, which is also an airport that sounds the same but has a 'y' in it and something you do to vegetables when you can't be bothered to mash them. Diced sheep's head is probably a delicacy though obviously not in Fetlar. An unsatisfactory omelette is called a crap suzette as carol from france will confirm.
calumannabel from Tetchy House Lewis
Don't you dare do any such thing Anne, this isn't a flipping cr锚che!!!!!!! *grrrraaaarrr* Magnus the Ram looks like he's crying great big tears. He's just a big softy really?
Flying Cat from Far from Magnus
hope you are feeling less sore now, I have seen what a ram can do to a car door when he thinks his reflection is another ram, no it wasn't my car,
island threads from lewis
Boy that Main Page is the bane of my existence! I always forget that it exists. My apologize if crap is a swear word here. I'll remove it.
Michelle Therese from Mainland Orkney
I hope that you are not really hurt. Just get rid of the Texel ram and buy a Rygja ram from me. The Norwegian are always nice laddies.
Dag from Norway
That is funny, Michelle. Not that you got hurt...so sorry for that. "choice phrases".....lol
Joy from US
My leg is fine - and I've learned never to turn my back on a ram!!!! Dag...can you send the Rygja ram via Airmal Parcel Post?
Michelle Therese from Mainland Orkney
Thanks Michelle. Its not really the word thats annoying - its the giggling that goes on for hours afterwards. Its a bit like that other word that begins with the letter after o and has two of the letter that comes immediately after n in it. (Hilarious to a school bairn.)
FetlarSchool from Fetlar
Dyce? Is that a word for "flight delayed"?
Muness from Fetlar
I can't post on your Walled Garden site without getting a google account, so I've snuck in here...just to tell you I'll miss stopping by the Garden! Sorry you are going to stop that blog. How will I know when it's time to send a baby quilt, hmmm? Hope you keep blogging here!
Yvonne from Renton WA
baby quilt- BABY QUILT - is there something we need to know - should we start knitting? this is fab blog stuff! does Anne at IBHQ know?
scallowawife from in suspense...
Is it kittens???
Flying Cat from all agog
LOL Oh dear, hope I haven't started any rumors, nooooo! I was just looking ahead to someday--and if I lose my Michelle-contact because she stops blogging, oh dear! How will I know? I don't want Michelle's other blog to close down. :-( Michelle and I have never met, but I've heard so much about her from my daughter; they were best buddies at college in the wilds of Alaska, I feel like I should know her! I made Michelle a Sunbonnet "Michelle" quilt...but I have some cute baby fabric with cows on it. Perhaps I should look for some with sheep...just in case! But no announcements that I know of... I just like to make quilts.
Yvonne from Renton WA
Awwwwwwww...
Flying Cat from feelingletdown
Yvonne - I'm going to keep the other blog up! Sadly, no need for baby quilts yet. I just don't seem to be getting a visit from the stork... I wonder if we should post him a map to our hoose??
Michelle Therese from Moooo!
Crap is a word sanctioned by the OED. So is crapshoot. I don't know anyone who shoots the stuff, but I understand it may well be a legit activity.
mjc from NM,USA
Twins? or, perhaps like Dag's ewe, quadruplets? More fodder for the Ba (or is it Baa?).
mjc from NM,USA
Have a look on that site - stork.net - it tells you all you need to know and when you need to know it
alix from england
So...I traded my quiet cabin in the Alaskan woods for the howling winds of Orkney and life on a farm. 
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