Date:         Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:53:34 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: [F] sheep
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At 06:56 AM 7/15/2011, ed donnen wrote:
>Hey- it's another Friday.  Around here we have sheep dog trials- no, not
>where the dog gets convicted,

Oh gee...Flanders and Swann?  _Who Dares, Wins_?  If you haven't
already, have a listen to David Gunson's _What Goes Up Might Come Down_.

>  but where dogs move sheep to whistle
>commands.  Now here is what do you get when you have a bunch of Welsh

Amazing, but there's a caveat, to wit:

>Barn an' bred hoddin' yows an' runnin' dogs and I can tell thee
>straight: that effin' great gimma stridin' ower t' hill side is
>utter bollocks. F' starters like the's no dogs rarnd t' legs and
>e'en if the was the's nat a chance in 'ell tha'd get 15 - 20 yows
>fetchin' 'emsens on at a trot through another 15 - 20 as they fell
>back, tin't gonna 'appen, nat 'ere nat iver! As futt eyes, if the
>believes that tha'll believe owt! The's plain daft an' no two ways
>abart it. Waa y' great daft 'ead.
>MangoZapp 2 months ago



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNR5C3urXoY&feature=related

and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxedtAM2j7g&NR=1&feature=fvwp

speak to this issue.

Yours,
David