Goat Meets Electric Fence Posted: 2 years ago by Bornbad
A stupid goat continues to lick an electric fence.
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Cubs Fan Hang Dead Goat To Ward Away Curse Posted: 8 months ago by suebe
In a repeat of a similar incident two years ago, a dead goat was found at Wrigley field. Presumably the goat was a reference to the Billy Goat curse, put on the Cubs in 1945 by Billy Goat tavern owner William Sianis after the team refused to allow his pet goat, Murphy, inside Wrigley Field for Game 4 of the World Series. The Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908.
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Don't Pee on the Electric Fence [NSFW] Posted: 3 years ago by squirmster
Got the email with the the story and attached pic. Had to check out if it was true.
Like the email said, read the story before looking at the picture.
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Happy Birthday, Electric Guitar Posted: 5 months ago by Bingo
The Gibson electric guitar was patented in the United States seventy-two years ago today. The first electric guitars were developed by the mid-30s in response to the needs of guitarists in jazz orchestras to produce more volume. These were played flat on the lap and became popular with Hawaiian bands.
Guy Hart, general manager of the Gibson guitar company, worked on a better design in order to exploit this market....
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Maniac kills 5 with self-made electric chair Posted: 6 months ago by kakana
A Russian man has killed at least 5 people with a self-made electric chair before being detained by police, the Life.ru web-site reported on Friday.
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Mountain lion eats goat at kids camp Posted: 2 years ago by Hoosker
"It entered a camp and took a goat among 200 sleeping kids"
This happened up in the mountains where I live... thought I would share.
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Dog Sex with a Goat? Posted: 3 years ago by BrownTrout
Strange looking goat born with a bulldog's face (or maybe it's just a really ugly goat).
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Swedish straw goat burnt in violent Christmas tradition ...again! Posted: 11 months ago by Bornbad
Each year the people of Gavle build a 43-foot-tall straw goat, a traditional Scandinavian symbol of Christmas. But since the yuletide tradition began in the central Swedish city of Gavle in 1966, it has also drawn vandals, who have torched the animal 23 times since it was first set up to mark the holiday season.
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'Smart grid' -- buzz of the electric power industry Posted: 6 months ago by kakana
What smart grid visionaries see coming are home thermostats and appliances that adjust automatically depending on the cost of power; where a water heater may get juice from a neighbor's rooftop solar panel; and where on a scorching hot day a plug-in hybrid electric car charges one minute and the next sends electricity back to the grid to help head off a brownout.
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Goat 'condoms' save Kenyan herds Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the "olor", to protect their precious goat herds from an ongoing drought.
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Long-Time Preacher Killed By Goat Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
A Clarksville preacher was killed by a goat Tuesday that he was attempting to return to a fenced-in area.
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Excuse Me, But I Have A Goat In My Trunk Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
A woman really got the goat of auto repairman James Prusci. She went to Tires Plus, wanting a belt replaced on her Chevy Malibu. While he was doing paperwork, she said she had a goat in her trunk. "A what?" he asked. She told him she planned to butcher it.
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China vies to be world’s leader in electric cars Posted: 8 months ago by kakana
Chinese leaders have adopted a plan aimed at turning the country into one of the leading producers of hybrid and all-electric vehicles within three years, and making it the world leader in electric cars and buses after that.
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First custom electric American chopper Posted: 4 months ago by Bingo
Siemens, the electronics and electrical engineering global powerhouse, unveiled the Smart Chopper it commissioned. The bike has a 60-mile range and a 100 mph top speed. An onboard charging unit can be plugged into any 110-volt socket to charge the bike in five hours, and it’ll charge in as little as one hour when plugged into a higher-voltage station. A single-speed, clutch-less transmission delivers the power from a 27-hp electric motor.
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Woman Seeks Lost Pet Goat With Bagels Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
A Bensalem woman has been walking around in the snow with a bucket of bagels and goat feed trying to locate her lost pet Buckwheat.
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The 8-wheeled, 235 mph Electric Car Posted: 11 months ago by suebe
Designed by a team at Keio University in Japan, this fully electric lithium-ion vehicle may be short on subtlety, but it has a range of 200 miles and can hit speeds of up to 230mph!
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 225 [+].
'Yeti hairs' belong to a goat Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists in the US who have examined hairs claimed to belong to a yeti in India say that in fact they belong to a species of Himalayan goat. Update on this post.
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Goat Sheep Surfing Posted: 2 years ago by mahler87
A tiny goat surfs on the back of a sheep. It's pretty freaking cute, I'm not gonna lie.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 249 [+].
Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system Posted: 1 year ago by KerOBerOS32
Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets.
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How I Learned to Love Goat Meat Posted: 8 months ago by kakana
Mine is the tale of the recent convert. Admittedly, I’m late to the party: goat is the most widely consumed meat in the world, a staple of, among others, Mexican, Indian, Greek and southern Italian cuisines. Moreover, it’s been edging its way into yuppier climes for a year or so now, click-clacking its cloven hooves up and down the coasts and to places like Houston and Des Moines.
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Goat and dog arrested in Alabama Posted: 1 year ago by arsphidius
The goat was arrested, the Mercedes-Benz was assaulted and the dog came along for the ride.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 237 [+].