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U.K. Man Takes ‘Holiday From Being Human’ to Live as Goat
Christiannews.net ^ | 6/2/16 | Heather Clark

Posted on 06/02/2016 5:27:19 PM PDT by Faith Presses On

LONDON — Amid discussion about transgender accommodations, and following reports of men in the U.K. who live as dogs in their private lives as a means of escapism, another story has emerged—this time about a man in London who took a “holiday from being human” to live as a goat.

Thomas Thwaites, 35, details his research project to live as a goat in the Swiss Alps in his book “GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human,” which was released on May 17.

“The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, ‘stuck in a big, dark hole,'” a description of the book reads. “Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human—by transforming himself into a goat.”

Thwaites says that in 2014, he was discouraged after finding himself in debt, living at home with his father and not being able to find a job. He concluded that it would be beneficial to “step away from the complexities of the world and have a lovely holiday, not just . . . away from your job (if you have one), but away from your very self.”

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1 posted on 06/02/2016 5:27:19 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
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I thought I was the only one who was into that.


2 posted on 06/02/2016 5:29:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Faith Presses On

More of Barack Hussein Obammie’s “fundamentally transformed” planet. Cuckoo! Cuckoo!


3 posted on 06/02/2016 5:31:17 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Clinton supporters are the people Alexis de Toqueville warned us about.)
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To: Faith Presses On

He is trans-speciated. A year is a long time. He could fall into rut. Let the butt, or butting, jokes begin.


4 posted on 06/02/2016 5:31:30 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Faith Presses On

What about living a week as a fire hydrant? Bet it’d be a real whizz!


5 posted on 06/02/2016 5:33:46 PM PDT by Free in Texas (Member of the Bitter Clingers Association.)
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To: Faith Presses On

Local muzzies will be all over that!


6 posted on 06/02/2016 5:33:48 PM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: Faith Presses On

They need to give the trans-mammal his space.


7 posted on 06/02/2016 5:35:51 PM PDT by Enduro Guy (Trump/??????? 2016)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Who-are-we-to-judge ping


8 posted on 06/02/2016 5:39:53 PM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (Paisley Park is in my heart.)
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To: Faith Presses On
Thwaites was told by a shaman that his plan was “idiotic”—that he was more akin spiritually to a goat than an elephant.

Well, he was half right.

9 posted on 06/02/2016 5:41:45 PM PDT by LambSlave
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just don’t be a goat in the middle east or you’ll get violated


10 posted on 06/02/2016 5:41:57 PM PDT by George Washington Axe
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What about living a week as a fire hydrant? Bet it’d be a real whizz!

Please, let's not give R. Kelly and his ilk any ideas.

11 posted on 06/02/2016 5:42:25 PM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (Paisley Park is in my heart.)
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I assume that his day as a goat occurred on a “Satyr”day!


12 posted on 06/02/2016 5:46:05 PM PDT by T Baden (Tenth Amendment Texan)
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13 posted on 06/02/2016 5:46:41 PM PDT by x
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He goaded himself as a goat.


14 posted on 06/02/2016 5:59:45 PM PDT by tflabo (truth or tyrrany)
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To: Enduro Guy

How dare you say “his”! Genderphobic!


15 posted on 06/02/2016 6:01:28 PM PDT by Zirondelle ("disce aut discede")
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To: Faith Presses On

What bathroom will he use? This is beginning to remind me of the movie “Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex but were Afraid to Ask” when a character played by Gene Wilder falls in love with a sheep.


16 posted on 06/02/2016 6:03:31 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("You'd see a different game if nobody wore a helmet". NY Rangers' Barry Beck 1983)
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To: Faith Presses On

A little advice from Mr Wizard...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvQRdDJtLA

PS. Tooter’s voice sounds like Dick Vitale of ESPN.


17 posted on 06/02/2016 6:03:32 PM PDT by tflabo (truth or tyrrany)
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I hope he kept an eye out for muzzies lurking about.


18 posted on 06/02/2016 6:04:05 PM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan (girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!!!)
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Will he eat dynamite and experience being a Loaded Goat?


19 posted on 06/02/2016 6:10:34 PM PDT by Gasshog (Clinton denies... Except to see a lot of this)
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20 posted on 06/02/2016 6:10:58 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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