Ballingall, read my post carefully and look at the
hints that I'm teasing Bloomer and not insulting goats or their devoted keepers. Once the knickers are untwisted maybe you won't need to call me ignorant and judgemental any more..
I also make no claim to know anything about goats, clearly "I have heard" is not enough to clarify that so I reiterate specifically that I have met very few. Also, some of them did smell very bad to me when I did meet them - they were males and I was told it was a normal smell for them. It wasn't a smell I found attractive but I'm sure a female goat would. I was also informed (I have not tried it or wish to) that goats are browsers rather than grazers and thus very little use for keeping grass down, which is the basis on which I don't particularly consider them as means of keeping my fields tidy where I would happily consider a few sheep - of the docile non-fence jumping or friendly bucket trained type since I also live beside a busy main road and with other sheep farmers as 3 neighbours.
I know very little about many many other topics and am as like to tease friends on that basis, online or in person. Perhaps I should put a warning on all my posts but I did expect the smilies to be a reasonable sign of intention so I would appreciate the benefit of the doubt.
PS for the sake of avoiding further misinterpretation, I also didn't literally mean to encourage Bloomer to steal Womble's sheep, in case anyone was considering calling a police crime line.
