Like wandering sheep
A sheep found wandering on an Australian mountain was relieved of a great weight when his first shearing in at least six years removed 88 pounds of fleece. Pam Ahern, owner of Victoria animal sanctuary “Edgar’s Mission,” said she recently received a call about a sheep found by a hiker on nearby Mount Alexander. The sheep, dubbed Alex in honor of where he was found, had apparently escaped from a farm when he was only a baby and hadn’t been sheared in at least six years, and may have escaped before even receiving his first shearing.
“He had 40 kilos of wool on him when he came to us.” “He had urine, sticks, twigs and bugs all over him — it was heartbreaking.” Ahern said Alex’s wool was so matted she had to call in an expert to perform a shearing. “Holly came out at midnight and worked on him for about an hour,” she said. “It was critical, if we didn’t get it off him that night, I actually don’t think he would have made it through the night.” Holly Kendall, who performed the shearing, said Alex’s condition began to improve quickly. It appeared that the animal was once owned, having an ear-tag that appeared to have been torn out by the thick matted fleece near his face. Sheep need at least yearly shearing to keep their coats light enough for the animals, otherwise it will continue to grow. “This is a result of domestication as the ancestor of modern sheep, the wild mouflon sheep was a self-shedding animal whose coat/fur grew and shed in accordance with the seasons,” she said.
Despite his heavy fleece, he was actually underweight after being sheared, Dinham said. The wool around his face impaired his vision, too. “When we finished he still needed help to stand but you could see his eyes getting brighter by the minute,” she said. “He’ll now stay with us, and he’s already formed a strong bond with Chloe and Molly Brown, our two other sheep,” she said.
Haircut hilarity
A man walks into a bar sporting the worst haircut you’ve ever seen…
“Give me two shots of Jack Daniels,” he says to the bartender. “One for me, and one for you.”
“You know I don’t drink on the job,” the bartender says, pouring the man a shot.
Downing the drink, the man replies, “And that’s why I like you better than my barber.”
Thought I saw my first super hero today….
He was sprinting down the street wearing a black cape….
Turns out, he hadn’t paid for his haircut.
Haircuts are great
Because I do none of the work but get all the credit.
What’s the worst thing to say when your girlfriend’s had a haircut?
“Was it a trainee?”
March 24th Birthdays
1977 – Jessica Chastain, 1973 – Alyson Hannigan, 1999 – Paris Warner, 1979 – Lake Bell
1976 – Peyton Manning, 1974 – Jim Parsons, 1984 – Chris Bosch, 1930 – Steve McQueen