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Goats Compete in Jordan Beauty Pageant
AMMONNEWS ^
| 2011-07-26
Posted on 07/27/2011 11:10:04 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Jordan hosted its first Levantine Goat Beauty Pageant on 22 July, in which breeders from the Kingdom and Gulf States took part.
Levantine goats are distinguished from other breeds for their curved noses and soft hair. A levantine goat can sell for $25,000 in the Gulf States.
Yahia Abu Jaber, the organiser of the pageant, said 'the levantine goat represents old traditions for Arabs… the levantine goat has has many beautiful characteristics, and this goat differs from other goats in terms of body shape, height, the incline of its head and its wide-open eyes. This makes it more expensive, he noted.
The prices of levantine goats in the Gulf states can range between 100,000 and 200,000 Riyals, equal to between $25,000 and $50,000 US dollars.
The pageant was organised outside the capital Amman near Baqaa Camp for Palestinian refugees. It was attended by Saudi, Emirati, Kuwaiti, Syrian and Palestinian breeders, Reuters reported.
First place for both the male and female goat sections went to 'contestants' owned by Yahia Abu Jaber.
The organisers hope that the competition will help to support the breeding and trading of goats in the region and open up new markets for breeders to sell goat products in the Gulf States.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beauty; goats; jordan; napl
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To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro
To: nickcarraway
this thread is going to end badly....
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:11:26 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
To: nickcarraway
I see Helen Thomas pictures in the future for this thread.
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:12:23 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: nickcarraway
In NY state, you can marry your goat. Or hasn’t that legislation been filed yet?
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:14:29 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:15:25 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Oh my darlin', Levantine...)
To: nickcarraway
Oh, dear.... the jokes just write themselves on this one.
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:16:23 AM PDT
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(I don't have hobbies. I'm developing a robust post-apocalyptic skill set.)
To: nickcarraway
Yahia Abu Jaber, the organiser of the pageant, said 'the levantine goat represents old traditions for Arabs… the levantine goat has has many beautiful characteristics, and this goat differs from other goats in terms of body shape, height, the incline of its head and its wide-open eyes. This is what happens when all the women in your society dress as to look like vaguely humanoid black blobs...Or as that old country song goes, "Lookin for love in all the wrong places..."
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:16:54 AM PDT
by
apillar
To: humblegunner
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:18:20 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: silverleaf
this thread is going to end badly....this thread is going to end baaaaaaaaaaaaadly.
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:19:53 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(zero hates Texas and we hate him back. He ain't my president either.)
To: nickcarraway
Can't compare with Daisy...
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:19:53 AM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: thackney
Goats are disgusting. A typical mid-eastern perversion.
Sheep, however.. now THERE’S a nice critter.
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:23:00 AM PDT
by
humblegunner
(The kinder, gentler version...)
To: humblegunner
Goats=Devil
Lambs/sheep=Jesus
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:23:50 AM PDT
by
LukeL
(Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:25:06 AM PDT
by
orlop9
To: Arrowhead1952
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:25:57 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
To: nickcarraway
What do you call a muslim with a goat and a sheep? Bi-sexual
What do you call a muslim with five goats? A pimp
To: nickcarraway
How is this different from any 4H fair?
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:26:34 AM PDT
by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
To: LukeL
That’s not exactly what I was getting at.
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:26:57 AM PDT
by
humblegunner
(The kinder, gentler version...)
To: LukeL
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:27:49 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Markos33; Salamander; humblegunner; Eaker; Allegra; ...
I have it on good authority that Caprine beauty is the main reason that the Thawb was designed without a zipper.
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posted on
07/27/2011 11:28:20 AM PDT
by
shibumi
(While Pablo was wily, William Blake was even more wilier. But the wiliest of all was Desdinova.)
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