# The Llama got out **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189 "2008-09-05T14:53:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/1 "2008-09-05T14:53:22Z")
Our dogs started barking early this morning. My wife went to the window and say the next-door-neighbor’s Mexican gardner standing in our front yard. She opened the window and he stared speaking in Spanish to her. I don’t understand much, but I did here him say “llama” (or Jama). I went to the pasture, and sure enough, no Llama. He had broken through a weak spot in the fence, and was wandering down the bridle path, eating yummy landscaping. With a little help from my wife, I managed to scare him back into the hole he left through. I then spent the next hour repairing the fence (Chain-link fencing really requires a tensioning tool to do right, but I used a band strap and a lot of effort). That’s all. MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/2 "2008-09-05T15:03:19Z")
It’s good you got him back. So what does one do with a llama, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/3 "2008-09-05T15:15:21Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > It’s good you got him back. > > So what does one do with a llama, anyway? He’s basically a furry lawnmower and conversation piece. I got him as a rescue, and he’s pretty much no-maintenance, so he’s just fun to have around. I let the neighborhood kids feed him carrots through the fence. I have a video tape on how to pack-train Llamas. Right… ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/4 "2008-09-05T16:49:06Z")
Your thread title sounds like an euphemism for having your zipper undone. I think I’m going to start using it as such. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/5 "2008-09-05T16:55:40Z")
i’m glad you got him back. i love llamas. i always wanted to raise alpacas. just don’t have the space.☹ ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/6 "2008-09-05T17:08:00Z")
Apparently, they’re also really good guards for other livestock. And they spit big loogies at things that bother them. Blech. Llamas rock. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/7 "2008-09-05T17:13:14Z")
Here’s a photo of him, in case anyone’s curious: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3077/2831177836_258d6f364c_b.jpg "Llama") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/2831177836/sizes/l/) ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/8 "2008-09-05T17:14:09Z")
[I wouldn’t think that he could get very far on his own.](http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/09/the-spice-must.html) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/9 "2008-09-05T18:22:29Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Here’s a photo of him, in case anyone’s curious: > [All sizes | Llama | Flickr - Photo Sharing!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/2831177836/sizes/l/) He is SO cute!! What’s his name? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/10 "2008-09-05T18:36:38Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > He is SO cute!! What’s his name? Bronco. (I didn’t name him…) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/11 "2008-09-05T18:56:24Z")
_My llama is missing. Que? No no, senor, tu llama es “beowulff”._ Dude, your llamamower kicks my Deere’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/12 "2008-09-05T19:46:16Z")
Just be glad he doesn’t have a [motorcycle](http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm175/FloridaGal444/zebra-on-motorcycle-comedy-desktops.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/13 "2008-09-05T20:41:49Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > So what does one do with a llama, anyway? Apparently, you can take him to the Minnesota State Fair, and enter him into a judged obstacle course. My SO and I stumbled across this and had to stop to watch. It was kind of surreal, since it was all in kind of slow motion as the teenage kids led their llamas through the course. Stepping over hurdles, winding through fake trees, through a hanging tire and a water hazard. ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/14 "2008-09-05T20:50:42Z")
When you see llamas where people are swimming, you shout, “Look out! There are llamas!” ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/15 "2008-09-05T20:57:15Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > It’s good you got him back. > > So what does one do with a llama, anyway? Feed them ham? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/16 "2008-09-05T21:26:19Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Here’s a photo of him, in case anyone’s curious: > [All sizes | Llama | Flickr - Photo Sharing!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/2831177836/sizes/l/) Beautiful plumage! ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/17 "2008-09-05T21:35:46Z")
So it kind of went… "Hey… WHO LET THE LLAMA OUT?!" “WOOF, WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!” ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/18 "2008-09-05T23:07:59Z")
good thing I don’t know how to post links. That llama song is running through my head now. llama, llama, DUCK!! ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/19 "2008-09-05T23:12:21Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Here’s a photo of him, in case anyone’s curious: > [All sizes | Llama | Flickr - Photo Sharing!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/2831177836/sizes/l/) Awwww. How do you not just hug him all day long? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189/20 "2008-09-05T23:19:08Z")
> [@pudytat72](#): > > good thing I don’t know how to post links. That llama song is running through my head now. llama, llama, DUCK!! Did somebody say [Llama Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPDKHXWlLQ)? 😃 Cool lookin’ llama **beowulff**! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-got-out/462189.md?page=2)