As most of you know, I have to say the word "goat" every now and then on this forum. . It's a bit like how Mell Gibson had to keep buying a copy of "The Catcher on the Rye" in that whatsacallit movie thing he did with Julie Roberts .. my goat could care less.
Well, it's 2010 - damnit, another decade in another century!
A place and a world where whistles rule in secret and all who play them wonder what the mystery is?
Why does it continue to be such a secret?
Consider the goat. A goat will jump up mountains. Every leap is fraught with certain death and they leap and leap - even the little ones - "Kid on a Mountain" is a slip-jig ..and yet they never slip!
Play a slip jig this year - play a set! And watch the dancers apear!
Go down a dell and play an air. This is my 2010 resolution. This year i will play airs in dells.
What is YOUR whistle resolution for 2010?
What is the air you will play in your dell?
Can you leap as far as your goat?
Goat 2010
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Re: Goat 2010
My goats are not particularly leapy. They limit their activities to a couple of stumps in the goat yard. I could probably out leap them if I weren't so lazy.
As for playing aires in a Dell, I must also pass as I have only a Compaq and a Mac.
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As for playing aires in a Dell, I must also pass as I have only a Compaq and a Mac.
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Re: Goat 2010
Awhile back I saw a goat standing on a metal drain pipe that was sticking out over a draw.
I only saw that once and never saw the goat again. The pipe is still there. Almost as mysterious as the mystery that draws folks to whistles.
Good word--goat!
I only saw that once and never saw the goat again. The pipe is still there. Almost as mysterious as the mystery that draws folks to whistles.
Good word--goat!
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Re: Goat 2010
You're all kidding, right?
One word response: "cheese".
One word response: "cheese".
I respect people's privilege to hold their beliefs, whatever those may be (within reason), but respect the beliefs themselves? You gotta be kidding!
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Re: Goat 2010
Ok, since I have absolutely no idea what you're all talking about, how about the derivation of "goat" terminology? I forget why the "goat" is the one who caused the loss of the game; or he got your goat....
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Re: Goat 2010
Darn! My bodhran is made from kangaroo skin, not goat! Guess I've got nothing to add... 
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My New Goat's resolution would be to get better and better each month. Shouldn't be too hard as I've been doing it for two years. I also want to go to the Big Whistle weekend in Bury or Preston (that's UK folks) or where ever it is this year instead fo missing it, yet again.
Finally feel like I'm getting somewhere. It's only taken 6 years.
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As long as it's 'goat' and not 'goatse', you're fine.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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Re: Goat 2010
This kind of thread always gets my goat cheese.
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Does it have more punch?plunk111 wrote:Darn! My bodhran is made from kangaroo skin, not goat! Guess I've got nothing to add... :(
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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Re: Goat 2010
Rather than a goat, how about a pig? A party pig. A party pig full of a nice porter that is almost ready! YUM!
Re: Goat 2010
Here in the Land of Dell
there are few airs to be had
Tho' there are goats aplenty--
They chew down sprouts
and up tree branches--
Leapless, listless and
bleating, not
whistling
there are few airs to be had
Tho' there are goats aplenty--
They chew down sprouts
and up tree branches--
Leapless, listless and
bleating, not
whistling
Re: Goat 2010
Chuck, don't ever let them know that you party with pigs....reallyctilbury wrote:Rather than a goat, how about a pig? A party pig. A party pig full of a nice porter that is almost ready! YUM!
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It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
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I don't know... There is something about the carbonation... I am spreading the word! It only holds about a gallon and a half, though. You may need 2 for a decent party!Denny wrote:Chuck, don't ever let them know that you party with pigs....reallyctilbury wrote:Rather than a goat, how about a pig? A party pig. A party pig full of a nice porter that is almost ready! YUM!
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