Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:07:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: return to our sheep
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Ernest Lilley wrote:

> Revolting Sheep
> Meanwhile, back at the pasture...
>
> "Return to out battering ram?" He said, sheepishly. "How will that make it
> so that us sheep may safely graze?"
>
> "So...ewe think that lying down with the lion(1) and the lamb will lead to
> greener pastures? Ewe're willing to put your faith in the shepherd and that
> mangy dog that's always barking at us? Well, you may call yourself sheep and
> be proud of it, but I'm mutton, through and through. It's been said that If
> 'An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a
> sheep.'"
>
> "Baaah. You're no lion." Replied the sheep. "Stop bleating your own horn
> already. "Without a shepherd, sheep are not a flock."
>
> "Could we get back to lying down with a lion part?" Cooed a Ewe in the back.
>
> "Well, it's true that 'there was never a scabby sheep in a flock that didn't
> like to have a comrade.'" Piped in the aged and affable Paddy. "I don't
> think that was supposed to mean comrade in arms though."
>
> "Sheepdip. You old fart. I say, cry havoc and loose the sheep of war!"
>
> "All this talk of battering rams and fighting makes me think we should
> beware of false prophets which come to you us sheep's clothing, but inwardly
> they are ravening wolves." Petitioned Paddy pedantically.

Ferdinand Feghoot would be proud of you.

-- Dick Eney