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Offline scooter trash

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450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey
« on: July 08, 2005, 11:18:56 AM »
This should bring a tear to the eye of everyone living in NZ.

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported.

In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher and the fall more cushioned, Aksam reported.

``There's nothing we can do. They're all wasted,'' Nevzat Bayhan, a member of one of 26 families whose sheep were grazing together in the herd, was quoted as saying by Aksam.

The estimated loss to families in the town of Gevas, located in Van province in eastern Turkey, tops $100,000, a significant amount of money in a country where average GDP per head is around $2,700.

``Every family had an average of 20 sheep,'' Aksam quoted another villager, Abdullah Hazar as saying. ``But now only a few families have sheep left. It's going to be hard for us.''


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450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2005, 09:21:05 PM »
Islamic suicide bomber sheep.

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« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2005, 10:09:09 PM »
In Job add in Turkey.

Wanted one Kiwi sheep farmer, to teach the turkish herders, how to treat the herd. So as to combat low self esteem, and the high rate of attempted suicide.

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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2005, 08:49:06 AM »
:grin: If you lived in Turkey, wouldn't you want to kill yourself?  Hmmm? :grin:

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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2005, 10:02:18 PM »
Obviously the sheep were frustrated and unimpressed with being looked after by a `sheep herder' - They might have been happier with a `sheep shagger' :monkeymoon:
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450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2005, 10:05:56 PM »
I think they ate some 'happy grass', and thought they could fly........ :duh:
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