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Farmers baaa-ffled after hundreds of sheep are branded with smiley face
SUN UK ^
| 18 January 2013
Posted on 01/20/2013 5:32:13 PM PST by BenLurkin
A MYSTERIOUS smiley face has appeared stamped on the side of hundreds of sheep across the UK.
The odd image was first spotted on 20 animals grazing in a field in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
There have since been sightings in a further five fields, from Perthshire in Scotland to Exeter, 500 miles away in Devon
Photos of the sheep have gone viral on Twitter, with users sharing sightings and speculating about the source of the smiley face - using the hashtag #creepysheep.
Pranksters are being blamed for the bizarre branding - but some internet users are convinced aliens are responsible.
Farmers, meanwhile, are scratching their heads - wondering why their flocks have been targeted.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: napl
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posted on
01/20/2013 5:32:22 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I figured it had something to do with the inauguration.
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posted on
01/20/2013 5:37:43 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/20/2013 5:38:15 PM PST
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: BenLurkin
They're back!
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posted on
01/20/2013 5:38:15 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: BenLurkin
Pranksters. Ya, that’s what they WANT you to believe.
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posted on
01/20/2013 5:38:32 PM PST
by
DManA
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/20/2013 5:41:53 PM PST
by
tje
To: BenLurkin
Well...there ARE worse things they could be doing...just sayin!
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posted on
01/20/2013 5:42:57 PM PST
by
45semi
(A police state is always preceded by a nanny state...)
To: BenLurkin
If only they could talk.
Oh wait....
Nevermind. I don't think I wants them sheeps talkin'.
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posted on
01/20/2013 5:42:58 PM PST
by
MARTIAL MONK
(I'm waiting for the POP!)
To: BenLurkin
I've been at brandings. It's loud. It smells bad. You notice them a half-mile away.
Were these real brandings? Or some kind of paint-on thing?
/johnny
To: BenLurkin
The English language is different in England.
Branded Sheep?
Looks like sheep that were stenciled with Sheep Paint.
Doubt very seriously they were Branded (which requires heat).
To: tje
I thought it was somewhat odd that the two farmers quoted in the article didn’t seem worried that it might reduce the value of the wool, when it was shorn and sold.
But if Alton Towers paid them enough for letting them do it, then I can see why they weren’t bothered.
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posted on
01/20/2013 5:45:07 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: MARTIAL MONK
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posted on
01/20/2013 5:58:18 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: tje
A publicity stunt, done without the farmers’ permission, I take it? And did they bother making sure the ink was non-toxic and could be washed off easily? Because otherwise, they just ruined a whole bunch of fleeces.
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posted on
01/20/2013 6:00:22 PM PST
by
Ellendra
(http://www.ustrendy.com/ellendra-nauriel/portfolio/18423/concealed-couture/)
To: Cvengr; BenLurkin
Apparently the Brits have a different idea of what a smiley face looks like...
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posted on
01/20/2013 6:02:59 PM PST
by
null and void
(Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable Tyranny)
To: AnAmericanAbroad
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posted on
01/20/2013 6:12:25 PM PST
by
Defiant
(If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
To: AnAmericanAbroad
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posted on
01/20/2013 6:12:55 PM PST
by
Defiant
(If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
01/20/2013 6:24:40 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: null and void
Yeah, it looks less like a smiley face and more like a sheepish grin.
*ducking to avoid incoming fire*
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posted on
01/20/2013 6:31:45 PM PST
by
Two Kids' Dad
(((( Leftists: Stupid or Evil. Sometimes both. ))))
To: Two Kids' Dad
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01/20/2013 6:57:37 PM PST
by
null and void
(Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable Tyranny)
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