So when did it start? Provide links!
The first rule of the goats is: don’t talk about the goats.
Maaaaah!
I don’t know…I can’t remember…it’s all gone hazy. Those crazy days of initiation…
constant bleating! make it stop!!!
Man, you people act like it’s some big scray secret or something! What a bunch of fraidy-cats.
I will happily tell you all about the goats. See, it started when…
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We’re sorry, but this transmission has been interrupted by… ummm… powers beyond our control. Stay tuned, someone will get back to you.
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I still have no idea.
Google pie. (not band name… cat name, maybe)
I did when I first got here. I was looking for pie but discovered something interesting. Though it helped very, very little.
I managed to avoid the goat initiation. The key is to not make ANY IMPACT WHATSOEVER on the boards. Judging from some of the introduction threads I’ve seen since signing up, I think I made the right decision.
MSUbulldogs, I presume you’re a student in Starkvegas? I have a lot of high school friends going to MSU…
::throws a bag over **Nightwatch’s ** head:: GET HIM, GUYS!
Goats are cheaper than cows.
That’s it.
Goats also provide goat hair, which can be made into cloth.
If you have a goat, an onion, and some peppers, you’ve got chili! 
I really hope you’re not implying what I’m thinking you’re implying.
There are no goats.
There aren’t even any stories about goats.
Anything you read that states otherwise is a lie.
Shhhh!
What? You mean you actually believed them when they told you that the old goats were taken to the country, to live out their days frolicking on a farm? You bought that?
oops.
burp
But…but…
:sobs, runs off crying into the night::
The last thing I remember was being handed this straw…
:eek:
We’ve had goats ‘round these parts since 2000. That’s all I’m sayin’.
There are no goats. The goats are harmless. We can all relax about the goats.
:: a quick flash of tentacular motion ::
Now, the calamari on the other hand…
The origin is lost in the mists of time. Only the ancients know the secret mysteries of The Goat, The Jell-o and The Straw. Suffice it to say, the ancient threadkillers of the SDMB were made of stronger stuff than such mere mortals as we. Though the deepest meaning of the ritual is lost, we maintain its practice so that someday, when the great ones return to reclaim their thrones of power, all mysteries will be revealed…
…I think.
Exactly right Sunspace.
The Straight Dope on the use of animals is…
Can you keep a secret? If not, close the thread now because I am about to give out info that everyone will deny.
Still here? Ok.
We had no choice after the lime Jello incident :eek: