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(Yahoo)   British army goat misbehaves in front of the Queen and gets demoted. In other news, there are goats in the British army   (news.yahoo.com) divider line
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bluescalequail
2006-06-24 2:26:34 PM  
there are old goats in all the armies - just ask the newly enlisted...
 
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2006-06-24 5:21:10 PM  
How was this explained to the goat?
 
blueswoman
2006-06-24 5:39:13 PM  
yes. prince philip is a proud old goat!
 
gundamtsubasa
2006-06-24 6:37:17 PM  
No surprise there. I'm pretty sure every US Naval ship has a Goat Locker somewhere on board.
 
digidorm [TotalFark]
2006-06-24 7:25:56 PM  
... and the goats have rank?

"You'd best keep your comments to yourself, private - that goat outranks you"
 
Sionyboy
2006-06-24 7:26:10 PM  
Well its not a fighting goat, more a mascot for the Royal Welsh regiment.

I guess a Scottish regiment had dibs on the sheep.
 
Crazytree
2006-06-24 7:27:46 PM  
goats are filthy, disgusting, vile creatures.

that's why they're known as "NAture's President".
 
Aardvark Inc.
2006-06-24 7:28:36 PM  
2006-06-24 07:26:10 PM Sionyboy

I guess a Scottish regiment had dibs on the sheep.


Well, our sisters can out run us.
 
Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener
2006-06-24 7:29:22 PM  
If Britain's ever invaded by armies of belligerent and sentient tin cans, they can rest easy knowing that the Goat Army will put a stop to that ruckus.
 
No_One_Special
2006-06-24 7:29:30 PM  
"Demoted" = slaughtered and served up.
 
selloco
2006-06-24 7:30:30 PM  
It's too bad the goat didn't kick somebody in the nuts. They'd deserve it for making a goat march in a parade.
 
totalsecurity
2006-06-24 7:30:56 PM  
Why not goats? I remember the first week of jumpschool there were dogs.

Yep, airborne dogs.

Hit the silk, puppies.
 
Paedophile_Deluxe
2006-06-24 7:33:43 PM  
gundamtsubasa: No surprise there. I'm pretty sure every US Naval ship has a Goat Locker somewhere on board.

QFT
 
Sionyboy
2006-06-24 7:37:44 PM  
Aardvark Inc.

Well, our sisters can out run us.

Fair enough. Were not too bothered about having the goat. Have you seen Welsh Women? Imagine Vicky Pollard with a daffodil.

/Would make exception for Charlotte Church
//As long as she didn't talk
 
the_sneak
2006-06-24 7:38:21 PM  
[image from shots.oxo.li too old to be available]

Well evidently there are Chickens in the RAF, so why the hell not?
 
TheHoodedClaw
2006-06-24 7:38:35 PM  
There's a Colonel in the Norwegian Army called Nils Olav. Who's a penguin. Lives in Edinburgh zoo. I'm sure you'll be able to google up pictures of him on parade with his insignia proudly displayed on on of his flippers.
 
Chastain86
2006-06-24 7:39:39 PM  
Somebody get the hickory stick!
 
TheOther
2006-06-24 7:40:26 PM  
Sionyboy: Have you seen Welsh Women?

Gaots, sheep and now you're talking about pigs.
 
cxjohn
2006-06-24 7:42:59 PM  
Are you kidding submitter? There are goats in the Royal Family!!!!!! Just look at them.
 
baorao
2006-06-24 7:45:23 PM  
That is to baaaaad.
[image from su.wfu.edu too old to be available]
I thought I had a future in the Briti- eehee aaahhhh awwww- sh Army.
 
crypt0z0ic
2006-06-24 7:45:58 PM  
I don't know about goats, but sheep are a very effective weapon.

[image from img74.imageshack.us too old to be available]
 
BXRWXR
2006-06-24 7:55:25 PM  
How many goats you got in this division, colonel?
Three. Three goats.

Be a shame if something happened to them colonel.
What?!

Things break, colonel.

What my brother is trying to sa... [carrier lost]
 
3sonsmom
2006-06-24 7:55:46 PM  
You don't need a ladder with a goat
 
Redsrevenge
2006-06-24 7:55:51 PM  
Oh come on, he was just kidding around =(
 
May I spooge on your face
2006-06-24 7:56:11 PM  
I knew about the British needing the Falklands for strategic sheep purposes, but who knew about the goats?
 
RadioactiveApe
2006-06-24 7:56:56 PM  
from TFA:

Billy Goat has been a mascot of the First Battalion, the Royal Welsh regiment, since he was six months old and had the official rank of lance-corporal...

I bet it would be awkward from for a British private to take orders from a goat.

/Kind of like when Peter Griffin had to take orders from Opie
 
Krom
2006-06-24 8:18:55 PM  
[image from nosheep.net too old to be available]
 
jamspoon [OhFark]
2006-06-24 8:20:07 PM  
The British Army is run by ex-public schoolboys who behave as if they are still 15 years old. The rest of Britain have to pay for their antics, or if you are poorly educated and ill advised enough to enlist in the army it can cost you even more.
 
varmitydog
2006-06-24 8:24:33 PM  
"Getting frisky"? Does that mean the goat tried to hump
someones leg? Probably gave the queen a thrill. The varmit should have be promoted and given a medal for blood circulation enhancement. Maybe even knighted. Arise Sir Kid!
Baaaaaaaaaa.
 
MOAB_in_my_pocket
2006-06-24 8:27:45 PM  
23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers, goats, leeks, and black flash (no more pony tails).
 
Mouser
2006-06-24 8:31:59 PM  
No_One_Special
"Demoted" = slaughtered and served up.

Nah, that's only done in the Royal Navy.
 
3sonsmom
2006-06-24 8:37:20 PM  
There's a Colonel in the Norwegian Army called Nils Olav. Who's a penguin. Lives in Edinburgh zoo. I'm sure you'll be able to google up pictures of him on parade with his insignia proudly displayed on on of his flippers.

Why is it in the Edinburgh Zoo if it is Norwegian? Is it a spy?
 
ceebee
2006-06-24 8:44:19 PM  
Goats? Well I guess that explains WWI.

\\Speckled Jim
\\\PIGEON KILLER!!!
 
IHateHipHop
2006-06-24 8:46:43 PM  
[image from blacktable.com too old to be available]

Reveille VII (pops)

Yeah...
 
refarkable
2006-06-24 8:54:07 PM  
jamspoon
Take your bleating elsewhere!
 
Lord Summerisle
2006-06-24 9:03:38 PM  
Mister President, we cannot allow a goat gap to develop!
 
IceTitan
2006-06-24 9:32:20 PM  
Someone gave the Queen the goat and all they got was demoted?
 
FeeltheIllinoise
2006-06-24 9:45:03 PM  
no fries, chips?
 
Greenville
2006-06-24 9:46:02 PM  
"Off with his head!"

"Baa?"
 
varmitydog
2006-06-24 10:19:43 PM  
Greenville: Yes, come to think of it, that sound is more
associated with sheep.

Be-e-e-e-e-e-eh. I'm finking you out to PETA for cruelty to
to the peerage. Be-e-e-e-e-eh.
 
JohnnyontheSpot
2006-06-24 10:46:02 PM  
The goat was a lance corporal. I'd hate to take orders from a goat.
 
ElFugawz [BareFark]
2006-06-24 10:52:11 PM  
[image from casa115.com too old to be available]
heh, heh, goat...
 
zopi
2006-06-24 11:03:33 PM  
MMMM...Goat-b-que.
 
EKU Colonel
2006-06-24 11:15:50 PM  
Meanwhile, this horse is mounting the ranks:

[image from wiolawapress.com too old to be available]
 
goofoffgoose
2006-06-24 11:19:01 PM  
3sonsmom: Why is it in the Edinburgh Zoo if it is Norwegian?

The Edinburgh Zoo has the world's largest penguin (in captivity) collection. I have no idea if this is why Nils Olav lives there, but if you've got to be a penguin in a zoo, I guess this is a good zoo to be in.
 
IHateHipHop
2006-06-25 12:26:02 AM  
EKU Colonel: Meanwhile, this horse is mounting the ranks:

Heheh. "Mounting."

/goes off into her corner again.
 
Perspicuous
2006-06-25 12:37:16 AM  
the_sneak

I think that's a cock.
Can I say Cock?

/cock
 
Perspicuous
2006-06-25 1:17:20 PM  
aww come on, don't let cock be the sticking post for further mass debate.
 
NinjaPirate
2006-06-25 2:34:39 PM  
In the Marine Corps we have english Bulldogs as mascots, and they have actual rank and such. Get ribbons and go through bootcamp ((Well sort of it, They get stuck with a recruit company and just show up at whatever the recruits are doing, Still counts as training for the dog though)) The question I've always been curious about is what do I do if Sgt. Maj. Skittlepants starts humping my leg.

"oh dammnit"
"Let the Sgt. Major. finish Marine..."
"But..."
"You want a charge sheet?"
 
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