# A Christmas tip. If you're gonna have it off with a sheep... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245 "2002-12-17T03:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/1 "2002-12-17T03:50:30Z")
…make sure it’s not at a funeral home, …make sure it’s not gonna be part of the town nativity scene, …AND FOR PETE’S SAKE, DON’T GET CAUGHT, LIKE THIS CHOWDERBRAIN! [http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2002121645/](http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2002121645/) Geez, and I thought these kinds of jokes were confined to the Welsh. ---
**Author:** ![Tazma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tazma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazma)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/2 "2002-12-17T04:06:41Z")
Baaaad. Very baaaaaad. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/3 "2002-12-17T04:15:24Z")
Having sex in the manger of a nativity scene with a sheep? He is **so** going to hell. And I betcha it made the baby jesus cry too. ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/4 "2002-12-17T04:44:51Z")
I just can’t believe that he’s being charged with cruelty to animals! Ask the witnesses – 'twas surely a tender moment. Why the hell would a funeral home have a live nativity scene? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/5 "2002-12-17T04:55:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KarmaComa \* > I just can’t believe that he’s being charged with cruelty to animals! Ask the witnesses – 'twas surely a tender moment. [sub]Maybe he wasn’t that good at it…?[/sub] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/6 "2002-12-17T04:57:57Z")
I’m absolutely shocked that something like this happened in West Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/7 "2002-12-17T05:33:13Z")
I thought Charleston was in North Virginia! 😃 (stupid Canadian) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/8 "2002-12-17T13:00:47Z")
Hmmm. According to [this site](http://www.legal-forms-kit.com/legal-jokes/dumb-laws.html#Virginia) [sub](which I wouldn’t trust as far as I could spit a rat into a headwind, but never mind)[/sub], in West Virginia:- > [@](#): > > It is legal for a male to have sex with an animal as long as it does not exceed 40 lbs. So … how much does a sheep weigh? How much did _this_ sheep weigh? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/9 "2002-12-17T13:26:59Z")
**Steve** , about 5 or 6 years ago, here in TN, there was a case where a man was accused of having sex with a horse. He got charged with “animal cruelty” since **beastiality is LEGAL** in TN! So, it’s _possible_ that the site’s claim that sex with an animal under 40 lbs. is okay. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/10 "2002-12-17T13:47:13Z")
I’m going to stop trying to be facetious about the American legal system. Every time I say “In theory, American law says you can [do some really stupid thing]”, it turns out I may be right. If I were an American, I would worry about this. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/11 "2002-12-17T13:53:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\*I’m going to stop trying to be facetious about the American legal system. Every time I say “In theory, American law says you can [do some really stupid thing]”, it turns out I may be right. If I were an American, I would worry about this. \*\* At least OUR judges don’t wear big, goofy wigs! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/12 "2002-12-17T14:08:21Z")
Just out of curiosity, why the wieght limit? For all intense purposes, in order to avoid being overly cruel to the animals, shouldn’t they make it illegal to have sex with animals under 40 lbs? You do more damage to a chicken then you do to a cow. Or so I’ve been told. Still, that’s just some fucked up shit right there. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/13 "2002-12-17T14:09:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\*I’m going to stop trying to be facetious about the American legal system. Every time I say “In theory, American law says you can [do some really stupid thing]”, it turns out I may be right. If I were an American, I would worry about this. \*\* I would be more worried if I were a Sheep! [insert West Virginia joke here as appropriate] ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/14 "2002-12-17T14:25:01Z")
There was a saying in Colorado: “Wyoming: where men are men and sheep are afraid.” It’s nice to know I don’t have to throw away that saying here in Ohio, just update it. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/15 "2002-12-17T16:06:49Z")
I heard it as, “Where men are men, women are men, and sheep are scared.” A friend of mine, who’d learned the saying from my wife, had the poor judgment to use it to amuse some customers at a table he was waiting. A junior-high girls’ soccer team and their coaches. The management didn’t even let him finish the shift … ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/16 "2002-12-17T16:11:49Z")
That bastard, he’s cheating on his cousin’s pig! ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/17 "2002-12-17T16:21:28Z")
The link timed out on me, so I couldn’t read it, but :eek:! I wonder what it’s like for the cops who have to arrest bozos like this. I imagine that the guy’s wolfish grin suddenly became a sheepish look when he got caught. [sub]Ow. Sorry.[/sub] Ewwwwww. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/18 "2002-12-17T16:32:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SCSimmons \* > \*\*I heard it as, “Where men are men, women are men, and sheep are scared.” > > A friend of mine, who’d learned the saying from my wife, had the poor judgment to use it to amuse some customers at a table he was waiting. A junior-high girls’ soccer team and their coaches. The management didn’t even let him finish the shift … \*\* I like it that way better. Maybe the soccer team was from Wyoming? He was drunk at the time, right? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/19 "2002-12-17T18:41:53Z")
Good thing he wasn’t a priest, or he woulda been having his way with the baby Jesus! * * * I told her I wanted to make love to her badly. She said I would have to do better than that. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-tip-if-youre-gonna-have-it-off-with-a-sheep/143245/20 "2002-12-18T06:35:49Z")
Now I’ve got the Weird Al Jerry Springer song running through my head.