Posted on 11/01/2008 6:41:50 PM PDT by ChicagoHebrew
First it was camels. Now Saudi Arabia has held its first "beautiful goat" pageant. Owners of pedigree "Najdi" goats from around the Gulf region converged on Riyadh this week, hoping to win the prize for top male and female goat, following in the footsteps of lucrative camel competitions which have taken off in recent years. "The Najdi goat is a pure national product like nothing else in the world," said Sheikh Faisal al-Saadoun, a leading Saudi breeder who organized the show. "They are different in terms of beauty, shape and how eye-catching they are." Advertisement The goats are named after the central Najd region of Saudi Arabia, where the goats have a distinctive high nose bridge and shaggy hair with a fine, silky quality. They were given a thorough shampoo for the show, according to the official website (wwwl.al-nawader.com) which displayed the winners. Most of the goats in the competition were bred from one star goat, Burgan (Volcano), from Saadoun's stable and have been exported around the Gulf in trade worth millions of riyals. Burgan was not on display at the show as the owners' fear he could be afflicted by the "evil eye". But that did not stop offers from the Qatari royal family to buy him. Saadoun sold dozens of goats from his stable for at least 100,000 riyals ($26,000) each at the show, adding to some 8 million riyals he has made over the years breeding from Burgan. "This male goat is different. He is historic and he has contributed to developing the Najdi goat," he told Reuters, as poets recited odes in praise of the goats over loud speakers. The winner in the male category was a son of Burgan with a value of 450,000 riyals.
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oy I’d hate to be the clean-up crew at this event - would be like cleaning up those little rooms at the old peep shows.
Here comes the Judge!!!
I can remember the inside covers of Car and Driver back in 69 and 70...with the two page ad for this car...
What a great car!
Chevy 402 in a 70 Chevelle...nice ride.
70 AAR Cuda with tri-power wasn’t so bad either...
but the sleeper of all sleepers...
70 Buick GS-455 Stage 1...
And of course the 68 Shelby GT-500KR 8 webber carbs... :)
I would love to own all of them today!
Ping.
68 Z/28, 70 350 Nova, 75 350 Monza, 88 Beretta-GT, 94 Z/28.
driving an 06 G6-GTP till the new Z comes out.
I used to build 262 Monzas...lol...My brother put a 350 in a Vega wagon once...
Just crazy...
And of course, the winner must be appropriately serenaded as she trots down the runway...
[cue Minnie Riperton]
Lovin’ ewe is easy cause ewe’re beautiful
Makin’ love with ewe is all I wanna do
Lovin’ ewe is more than just a dream come true
And everything that I do is out of lovin’ ewe
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
Do do do do do...
Ooooooooh.
No one else can make me feel
The colors that ewe bring
Stay with me while we grow old
And we will live each day in springtime
Cause lovin’ ewe has made my life so beautiful
And every day my life is filled with lovin’ ewe
Lovin’ ewe I see ewe’s soul come shinin’ through
And every time that we oooooh
I’m more in love with ewe
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
Do do do do do...
Ooooooooh.
LOL
I donwanna....
OOOOhhhh.....THAT’s a beautiful Goat!
Muscle Car Bump!!!
lol thanks...
Yikes.
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