# In the "You've GOT to be Shittin' Me" Department. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-youve-got-to-be-shittin-me-department/470693 "2008-11-02T07:47:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-youve-got-to-be-shittin-me-department/470693/1 "2008-11-02T07:47:33Z")
The potential jokes are just _too_ obvious. [Saudi Arabia has a beauty pageant. _ **For sheep.** _](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gTb27uQnjrxWqvxlVOyQwhW4CTdgD945KKK80) > [@](#): > > The contestants scampered down the runway, bleating at their admirers. Poets sang their praises in verse as the male-only audience appraised the competitors’ physical beauty, right down to the length of their necks. > > But instead of receiving roses and a tiara, it was off to the highest bidder for many finalists in the first Saudi beauty pageant featuring locally bred sheep. > > The contest, a far cry from female beauty pageants held in some Arab countries like Lebanon, offered an opportunity for breeders to do business and a rare outlet for entertainment in a country where the few recreational activities that exist are conducted under the strict glare of the religious police. Not going for the obvious joke. _Not_ going for the obvious joke. :hits “Submit” before his will gives out: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-youve-got-to-be-shittin-me-department/470693/2 "2008-11-02T07:57:50Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > The potential jokes are just _too_ obvious. [Saudi Arabia has a beauty pageant. _ **For sheep.** _](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gTb27uQnjrxWqvxlVOyQwhW4CTdgD945KKK80) > **Not going for the obvious joke. _Not_ going for the obvious joke.** > > :hits “Submit” before his will gives out: I will. I didn’t know **Hal** was Arabic. The poor guy will _never_ hear the end of this. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-youve-got-to-be-shittin-me-department/470693/3 "2008-11-02T08:00:56Z")
Now I have no reason to ever sleep. I can just watch this show and count sheep. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-youve-got-to-be-shittin-me-department/470693/4 "2008-11-02T09:07:43Z")
In other news: Conservative Saudi clerics demanded that henceforth sheep wear burqas. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-youve-got-to-be-shittin-me-department/470693/5 "2008-11-02T14:51:10Z")
Well, yes, the jokes; they write themselves. But looking past the Simpson’s-level humor … Looks to me about like a dog show in the US. Tedious Wankers all. If you’ve ever been to a county fair anywhere in the US, beauty contests for barnyard animals are completely normal. There are even, at least for sheep, combined contests where the sheep and it’s handler (iusually female) are both judged on beauty, poise, conformation, etc. Nothing sillier than a 14 year old girl all gussied up & wearing high heels parading a sheep around a straw-covered pen trying to avoid the sheep shit. The only real difference between the US & Saudi sheep contest is the US ones are done in a very agro-oriented style, while the Saudi one seems to be done in an citified Westchester Dog Show style. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-youve-got-to-be-shittin-me-department/470693/6 "2008-11-02T15:13:21Z")
Paging **Hal** … ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-youve-got-to-be-shittin-me-department/470693/7 "2008-11-02T15:44:23Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Paging **Hal** … You’re 4 posts too late.