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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 22, 2014 - 11:47am PT
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There are a lot of references to sheep in the climbing sub-culture. Another current thread (*) reminded me of this. Does anyone know the origin of that? Just how far back does the woolly fixation go? The title of this thread is the name Rob Slater gave to a pitch on Wyoming Sheep Ranch. My foggy memory tells me that the origins go farther back than that, though. It's about time to clear this up, I think.
* = http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2369612/Ill-be-dipped-in-dogsh#t-My-hometown-a-top-15-small-town
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Mar 22, 2014 - 12:19pm PT
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How long have there been Scottish mountain men?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Mar 22, 2014 - 12:25pm PT
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The first rule of sheep club; ewe don't talk about sheep club.
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Trusty Rusty
climber
Tahoe Area
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Mar 22, 2014 - 12:25pm PT
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Refer to the book of Genesis. Some sentence ending with "and it was good"
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mar 22, 2014 - 12:31pm PT
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The sheep jokes are strong in other cultures too. About 20 years back I overnighted in Jackson WY at the home of a friend that worked in a local fishing shop. The other guest was a New Zealand fishing guide.
During a long evening of drinking and story-telling, we discovered that our fairly large collection of sheep jokes were nearly identical.
Back in the mid-70's a friend and I got drunk enough to ask another drunk friend who had been a sheepherder, if there was any real substance to the stories.
He looked at us sideways for a few seconds, & made me a little nervous that he was going to come over the table at us, and he finally laughed and exclaimed: "Have you ever seen a sheep's pecker?" He held up his little finger for an excample.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2014 - 12:40pm PT
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Thanks for the Sheridan Anderson comic, Fritz. I was walking the dogs just now, thinking that maybe they appeared in his work, and what do you know, when I get back the collective wisdom of ST confirms my suspicions.
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Mar 22, 2014 - 01:43pm PT
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If I remember correctly, the high boots refers to sheep bugger's use of high wading boots so when they are in the act of buggery, they grab the sheep from behind, and lift the poor critters hind legs and drop them into the high boots. This keeps the sheep from running off and interrupting the beastly buggery.
The full moon night I guess is just a time when many of the creatures on earth are more randy. In a book titled the
"Hungry Ocean" by Linda Greenwald, the author, who captains a fishing boat, says that they catch more female fish in the 3 days before the full moon, and more male fish in the 3 days after the full moon. Curious, isn't it?
Carry on!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 22, 2014 - 04:36pm PT
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The Burgess brothers were starving in South America somewhere,
and were about to poach a sheep when a gaucho came along.
(Sr. gaucho would have killed the poachers, you know), so one
of the brothers pulled the sheep's hindquarters to his
crotch, and saved himself. . . after the gaucho left,
there was lamb dinner. . .
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Braunini
Big Wall climber
cupertino
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Mar 22, 2014 - 05:02pm PT
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"Just helping him over the fence, officer!"
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