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STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP)-- A giant Christmas straw goat that has been
targeted in a violent Christmas tradition for four decades in Sweden was
burned down yet again on Saturday, an official said.
"It was set on fire early in the morning; it's very sad," goat committee
spokeswoman Anna Ostman said. "People from 105 countries have followed
the goat via the Web cams and many become really sad when they learn that
he's burned down. We have heard from a lot of people, including the
United States."
Vandals have burned the 43-foot (13-meter)-high goat 23 times since it was
first set up in the central Swedish city of Gavle on Dec. 3, 1966 to mark
the holiday season . . . .
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-eu-sweden-christmas-goat,0,4039519.story
Why don't the fools bow to popular demand and promise they'll burn it down
themselves every New Year's Eve?
Heck, raffle off the posts of Chief and Assistant Goat-Igniters.
And just what do goats have to do with the Winter Solstice or New Year or
Christmas or Hannukah or whatever celebrations, anyway?
Is Santa's sleigh pulled by goats in Sweden?
As for anyone who "follows the goat" via web-cam, other than for waiting
for or even betting on ignition, they need to be put to sleep.
Ba-a-ah.
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Let's get the **** out of here while we can still pass
our Rorschasch tests.
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targeted in a violent Christmas tradition for four decades in Sweden was
burned down yet again on Saturday, an official said.
"It was set on fire early in the morning; it's very sad," goat committee
spokeswoman Anna Ostman said. "People from 105 countries have followed
the goat via the Web cams and many become really sad when they learn that
he's burned down. We have heard from a lot of people, including the
United States."
Vandals have burned the 43-foot (13-meter)-high goat 23 times since it was
first set up in the central Swedish city of Gavle on Dec. 3, 1966 to mark
the holiday season . . . .
<more:>
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-eu-sweden-christmas-goat,0,4039519.story
Why don't the fools bow to popular demand and promise they'll burn it down
themselves every New Year's Eve?
Heck, raffle off the posts of Chief and Assistant Goat-Igniters.
And just what do goats have to do with the Winter Solstice or New Year or
Christmas or Hannukah or whatever celebrations, anyway?
Is Santa's sleigh pulled by goats in Sweden?
As for anyone who "follows the goat" via web-cam, other than for waiting
for or even betting on ignition, they need to be put to sleep.
Ba-a-ah.
--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com
smeeter 11 or maybe 12
mp 10
mhm 29x13
Let's get the **** out of here while we can still pass
our Rorschasch tests.
< _The Last Happy Hour_
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