# Ram On Wire **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-on-wire/506536 "2009-08-15T17:38:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-on-wire/506536/1 "2009-08-15T17:38:20Z")
So I just chanced upon this picture – it’s a goat. Hanging from a telephone wire. [By the horns](http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/fail-owned-ram-horn-fail.jpg?w=500&h=345). Interested about the backstory to the picture, I googled it, using some obvious keywords, like ‘goat’, ‘hanging’, ‘wire’, and ‘horns’. And I found a picture, of a goat, hanging from a telephone wire, by the horns. A _different_ goat, hanging from a [different telephone wire](http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/goatwire.jpg) (presumably also by different horns). I mean, we all know cats are weird, but c’mon, goats? Between this, [climbing up trees](http://www.salonnw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/goats-in-trees.jpg), and dropping into a [dead faint](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWKOfhUxASc) (video link) when scared, I think they take the cake… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-on-wire/506536/2 "2009-08-15T17:59:49Z")
[Moose](http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_oct2004/Wired_Moose.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-on-wire/506536/3 "2009-08-15T18:21:27Z")
That first picture is a [sheep](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5988367/Abseiling-sheep-gets-stuck-on-live-wire.html), not a goat. These things are important 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-on-wire/506536/4 "2009-08-15T19:09:17Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > That first picture is a [sheep](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5988367/Abseiling-sheep-gets-stuck-on-live-wire.html), not a goat. These things are important 😉 Only to lonely Scotts. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-on-wire/506536/5 "2009-08-15T20:52:14Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Only to lonely Scotts. Hey! McCloud! Get offa my ewe! ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-on-wire/506536/6 "2009-08-16T04:48:08Z")
Aren’t they both sheep? And that is seriously weird. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-on-wire/506536/7 "2009-08-16T04:50:01Z")
Am I the only one who started mentally filking Leonard Cohen when I read this thread title? ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-on-wire/506536/8 "2009-08-16T08:53:17Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > Aren’t they both sheep? See how weird goats are? Sometimes, they even are _sheep_! > [@Oni no Maggie](#): > > Am I the only one who started mentally filking Leonard Cohen when I read this thread title? Heh, I actually thought about including an ‘a’ in the title to catch that reference, but ended up omitting it since I liked the connection with [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/) better… (Yes, I do spend a surprising amount of time thinking about these things.)