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| NZ Launches Pamplona-Style Sheep Run | |
| 2004-04-04 | |
| Somehow it's not the same... A small New Zealand town has tried to match the glamour and danger of the Spanish bull-run city of Pamplona - by running 2,000 woolly sheep through the middle of a town. No one was chased, trampled or gored by the animals in the inaugural 'Running of the Sheep'. Instead of seeking cover, most spectators helped stop the shaggy mob from scurrying everywhere but the right direction. Headed initially by All Black rugby player greats Colin Meads and Sir Brian Lochore, the sheep were supposed to do a quick circuit through downtown in North Island's Te Kuiti, a rural farming town 355 miles north of Wellington. But the 2,000 ewes lacked the instinct of Spanish bulls, as they split into puzzled groups and set off in all directions. "I think the sheep panicked and we couldn't keep in front of them," Meads said.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Rafael anyone with direct experience of sheep would find the idea of getting trampled to death by a flock hilarious. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-04-05 12:03:46 AM |
| #5 Rafael, shouldn't that be 'until some loses an ewe - -er- eye'? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-04-05 12:03:40 AM |
| #4 Good thing it wasn't the Swedes - they'd be behind 'em (think about it...) |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-04-04 11:55:26 PM |
| #3 It's all fun and games 'til someone gets trampled to death. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-04-04 10:24:11 PM |
| #2 "Running with the sheep." Now, that's a baaaaaahhhhd idea. (Forgive me, Fred, for I have punned. Stop me, please!) :-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-04 9:33:46 PM |
| #1 Uh, the NewZies must be rather clueless about how it strikes an outsider... Lol! Running with the Sheep is not something I aspire to! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-04 9:22:14 PM |