# Handle this sheep with care ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-this-sheep-with-care/187573 "2003-07-10T22:45:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-this-sheep-with-care/187573/1 "2003-07-10T22:45:09Z")
Just caught sight of [this article](http://xtramsn.co.nz/entertainment/0,,3909-2513049,00.html). > [@](#): > > Shaboom the sheep’s favourite meal consists of animal feed made from nitrogen-based chemicals and other dismantled gun propellants - one of the more creative uses Albuquerque company TPL is finding for unwanted military munitions. > > Shaboom, named after the comic book phrase for an explosion, was the “guinea-sheep” for TPL’s experiment with feed made from spent munitions, and found it delicious. :eek: My apologies if this has been in another forum already, but … wow. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-this-sheep-with-care/187573/2 "2003-07-11T00:42:19Z")
Lighting his farts is just out of the question. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-this-sheep-with-care/187573/3 "2003-07-11T00:47:29Z")
LMAO I suppose his wool won’t make a good firefighting coat either… ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-this-sheep-with-care/187573/4 "2003-07-11T01:06:36Z")
But does he still taste yum with mint sauce? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-this-sheep-with-care/187573/5 "2003-07-11T01:31:51Z")
NEW! Knit a sweater and prepare a roast mutton supper in THREE TENTHS OF A SECOND!! ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-this-sheep-with-care/187573/6 "2003-07-11T01:35:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by calm kiwi \* > \*\*But does he still taste yum with mint sauce? \*\* Only in mutton stew. BBQ at your own risk. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-this-sheep-with-care/187573/7 "2003-07-11T13:16:10Z")
Since when is “ **sha** boom” the term for an explosion? That would be “ **ka** -boom”. “Shaboom” is a song from the fifties: “Shaboom, shaboom…ya-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da…” ---
**Author:** ![universe.zip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@universe.zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/universe.zip)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-this-sheep-with-care/187573/8 "2003-07-11T15:09:19Z")
A bomb in sheep´s clothing. Why not train a herd of ´em to eat landmines? ---
**Author:** ![yoyo3500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5daacb/32.png) [@yoyo3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyo3500)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-this-sheep-with-care/187573/9 "2003-07-11T16:08:26Z")
This could be the makings of a great practical joke down in College Station where sheep are truly a man’s best friend…