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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Get Yer Goats

posted by on September 25 at 8:59 AM

The city granted pet status to miniature goats yesterday. How long until the first “pet goat” is spotted in a bar?

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1

Oh for god's sake, next their want equal marriage rights.

Posted by monkey | September 25, 2007 9:05 AM
2

Bah.

Posted by Boomer in NYC | September 25, 2007 9:09 AM
3

Gee, and I thought we lived in a city not eastern Washington or Idaho....

Maybe some of the transplants in Seattle who have moved here from Red States will finally have something to go home with though.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | September 25, 2007 9:10 AM
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Goat meat is tasty. Barbecued goat is da bomb!!

Can you buy them for slaughter or for pets only?

Posted by SeMe | September 25, 2007 9:13 AM
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Posted by tsm | September 25, 2007 9:27 AM
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How is it possible that I've lived in this city for 8 years and never heard of the Goat Justice League? I wonder if they have capes.

Posted by Raindog | September 25, 2007 9:28 AM
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Don't fool yourself. Goats are the next pit bulls. Hide your children and old people!!

Posted by Julie | September 25, 2007 9:36 AM
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Didn't you know? Miniature goats are the next BluBlocker.

Posted by James | September 25, 2007 9:50 AM
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I thought they were the next pot-bellied pigs? Either way, they are indeed adorable. I don't want one, but I wouldn't mind a neighbor with one I could visit.

Posted by Levislade | September 25, 2007 10:27 AM
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Aha - just as I thought - a catch. Goats must be licensed. And presumably wear a tag: "My name is Billy Goat Gruff - if found, etc." - Still no licenses required for parents. Does anyone imagine a goat owner will jab a hypodermic needle into a goat's eye? What if you have a boat? You need a license for that too. If you own both a boat and a goat would there be a Boat'n'Goat Assn? And what about groats? Do goats eat groats? Backward reels the mind. Meanwhile, I'm warily anticipating the need for a cock license.

Posted by KY. COL. of TRUTH | September 25, 2007 10:44 AM
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@10 - I assume if a man and a woman could get together and create an embryonic goat or boat inside the woman and the woman could squeeze it out her coochie 9 months later, there would not be a license.

Posted by Levislade | September 25, 2007 11:01 AM
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I love mini-goats! When i am rich i will have a bunch of those lil f*ckers running round my ranch. I'll also have a manatee in my swim pool, a giant tortoise and my house will be filled to the rafters with koala bears.

Posted by longball | September 25, 2007 11:10 AM
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In a bar? Slightly allergic to dogs, imagine my surprise on the last airline flight when I started sneezing and discovered a dog in some sort of carry on contraption “UNDER MY SEAT”! Dog owners are so self righteous now, wandering around in grocery stores and in coffee shops with their dogs, imagine the indignity of being refused entrance to Vivace with your goat. Or the shame! “But my little Fifi is perfect! She would never poop on the floor or bite someone! Your refusal to allow Fifi into the café is proof of your bigotry! Humph!”

Urban animal keeping is ridiculous. Outdoor cats are to a not insignificant degree responsible for the decline of song birds in the US. Your dog does not bite? Sorry, 5 million people are bit each year in the US, most of them children, and ~25 a year are killed by dogs. Love those fresh eggs from your back yard chicken coop? You have provided a wonderful feeding area for rats. Rats are known carriers for a number of infectious diseases not to mention they chew their way into your attic to piss, poop and breed. Etc…

/sigh

Posted by AKA | September 25, 2007 11:16 AM
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#10 "I'm warily anticipating the need for a cock license."


Well, actually - should your cock develop to the point where it walks around on its own, chomps grass and gives milk... it may very well require a license.

Posted by macaca | September 25, 2007 12:05 PM
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Hey AKA, aren't birds known carriers of infectious disease also?

Sounds like you need a mini goat, and maybe a hug.

Posted by PdxRitchie | September 25, 2007 12:21 PM
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They'll have to wait in line, cause the pet pigs get in first.

We have rules.

Oh, and it's not a bar, it's a tavern.

Posted by Will in Seattle | September 25, 2007 12:48 PM
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@ 14 - See latest post of Dan's all-time favorite lame jokes (and mine as well). Reminds me of the two women in the cinema who were sitting next to a man who had smuggled a rooster in his pants that subsequently stuck his head out during the movie. One lady complained to her friend about the cock sticking out. The other woman said: "What? Haven't you seen a cock before?" The other: "Yes, but this one's eating my popcorn. Rimsnot.

Posted by KY. COL. of TRUTH | September 25, 2007 12:59 PM
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Dear AKA,

Can't wait to let my 3-legged shark escape my yard, bite thru your fence, and eat your children. Please coat them in hoisin sauce for me, will ya?

Thanks,

Noah

Posted by wbrproductions | September 25, 2007 1:39 PM
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So, this goat walks into a bar.

Asks the bartender for a glass of milk (he's underage).

The bartender brings him one.

Then the bartender says "We don't get many goats here."

The goat says "Yeah, and if you keep serving cows milk to a goat, you won't get any more."

Posted by Will in Seattle | September 25, 2007 2:13 PM
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I would support goats in bars.

Posted by Dougsf | September 25, 2007 5:37 PM
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@13:

Songbirds are annoying. Go cats!

Posted by Abby | September 25, 2007 6:29 PM
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Great.
Another animal is free to
shit at will.

Posted by old timer | September 26, 2007 9:16 AM

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