It is that time of year again.
nicklouse
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Goat time.
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how long will He live this year?
The strange history of the Gävle Goat began in 1966. A man named Stig Gavlén came up with the idea of making a giant version of the traditional Swedish Christmas goat of straw. The aim was to attract customers to the the shops and restaurants in the southern part of the town centre.
On 2 December the 13-metre (42,6 feet) tall, 7-metre long, 3 tonne goat stood on the square. At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, the goat went up in smoke. The perpetrator was found and charged with vandalism. The Gävle Goat has been burned down 25 times since then.
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http://www.merjuligavle.se/Bocken/Bockenkamera/
how long will He live this year?
"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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I'll place my bets on the 5th December it becomes an ex-goat.It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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I'll go for 16th december0
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By the way, for the last few years since Nick started posting this, it's marked the official start of christmas for me!
That and the 12 days of crudmas. *paging gaz to the thread*0 -
well this weekend is the start of advent.
Mmmm must get that Beer advent calender."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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nicklouse wrote:well this weekend is the start of advent.
Mmmm must get that Beer advent calender.
Yeh, but all that stuff is dump.
Nothing says christmas like a 50ft straw goat!0 -
FTFYCat With No Tail wrote:nicklouse wrote:well this weekend is the start of advent.
Mmmm must get that Beer advent calender.
Yeh, but all that stuff is dump.
Nothing says christmas like a 50ft straw goat on fire!It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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Cat With No Tail wrote:By the way, for the last few years since Nick started posting this, it's marked the official start of christmas for me!
That and the 12 days of crudmas. *paging gaz to the thread*
Funnily enough I mentioned the fact 12 days won't be returning this year, just couldn't come up with anything a patch on last years really. I have got another Xmas project to launch around the early middle of December though, see how that goes0 -
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Whoa that was quite some snow they had last night."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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I thought that when I checked this morning. Came from nowhere that did.0
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looks good enough to eat!
i say the 2nd, it wont last the weekend!0 -
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13th - unlucky for some0
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just to clarify, by that I don't mean "I'm heading over there for the 10th, in order to commit some amateur arsonism".YeehaaMcgee wrote:I'm going for the 10th.
I just mean, I'm betting it'll be on the 10th.
I'm heading over on the 9th to get a good night's sleep first
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New Years Eve gets my vote
......providing I can knacker Yeehaa's flight.How would I write my own epitaph? With a crayon - I'm not allowed anything I can sharpen to a sustainable point.
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You haven't got a good yeehaa'd knacker in you!How would I write my own epitaph? With a crayon - I'm not allowed anything I can sharpen to a sustainable point.
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Lasty years goat (skip to about 1:40):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYgUf2Oc5aE0 -
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Gone yet?0
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still there."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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YeehaaMcgee wrote:
Ah, going with the Mayan theory eh?oodboo wrote:I'm going against the tred and saying the goat will survive to the end whenever that is.
Hmm, a smart move.
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just checked this morning, either its gon on a diet or.................
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Midnight last night
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We have a wiiiner!matthew h wrote:13th - unlucky for someIt takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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Will go for the 17th0
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11th is my guess.It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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