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| Vigilante attack sheep guard British village |
| 2007-03-27 |
| Anyone among you thinking of paying a visit to the Gloucestershire village of Leighterton with the intention of burgling the good burghers of that little piece of rural England might want to pick another target, The Sun suggests. That's because Leighterton is protected by 60-year-old retired farmworker Keith Clifford and his herd of "highly-trained" attack sheep. And in case you're willing to laugh off the threat posed by the 24 ovine vigilantes, bear in mind that Keith has raised them from birth to strike without mercy - a fact attested by The Sun's promotion of the woolly Ninjas from "flock" to ruthless wolf-style "pack". Keith's dog Birdie does the recon work, then orders in the pack to eliminate the threat. Keith said: "Normally sheep run away if they are frightened, but these don't. They are more than capable of handling themselves." Mercifully, the sheep-pack has not yet been used in anger. The thought of a couple of behoodied ne'er-do-wells being torn limb from limb in a lanoline-lubricated killing frenzy is too horrible to contemplate. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 Whoaaa - talk about "out of left field". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-03-27 23:47 |
| #8 Notice that a canine is still the brains of the outfit. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-03-27 22:43 |
| #7 Glenmore, weresheep. Ovis Oviraptor. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-03-27 19:24 |
| #6 More British Sheep |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2007-03-27 16:46 |
| #5 It's a bleat-down in Leighterton-town! |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-03-27 15:50 |
| #4 Are these those genetically-engineered new sheep that are 15% human? They spliced in 15% SAS genes? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-03-27 13:14 |
| #3 I've a hunch Birdie is the one you want to watch out for. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-03-27 13:14 |
| #2 Combine them with Bush's Hunter/Killer dolphins and you could rule the world... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-27 12:47 |
| #1 Somehow I can't get out of my mind that scene in one of the Wallace and Gromit movies in which Gromit was riding a motorcycle with a bunch of sheep balanced on his outstretched arms. (I know, not really relevant, but I often think of Wallace and Gromit at moments like this.) |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2007-03-27 12:16 |