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Open Thread: The Goat Whisperer

by TaMara|  November 25, 201910:04 am| 36 Comments

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This may resemble my life.  Narrator: Except with ducks.

We are expecting a foot of snow tomorrow…so I have boosted the pine shavings in the duck coop, as they will probably be stuck in there most of Tuesday and possibly Wednesday.  Cue pissed off waterfowl in 3…2…1

A friend and I are thinking of starting a youtube channel for the ducks. They are so freakin’ entertaining most days. Would you watch? Probably some bonus dog and cat videos.

I’m off to work…so play nice.

 

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  1. 1.

    orchid moon

    November 25, 2019 at 10:09 am

    I would watch the ducks, dogs, and cats videos. I love the picture posts of the animals. Stay warm and dry,

  2. 2.

    OzarkHillbilly

    November 25, 2019 at 10:11 am

    Not goats, or ducks, or whispers, but you did say Open Thread,

    Pobrecito…. Self-confessed liar Sarah Sanders says: ‘I don’t like being called a liar’

    Talk about privilege.

  3. 3.

    zhena gogolia

    November 25, 2019 at 10:25 am

    I AM SO THERE!!!!!

  4. 4.

    TaMara (HFG)

    November 25, 2019 at 10:30 am

    Little Scout may have a case of the Mondays

  5. 5.

    Jeffro

    November 25, 2019 at 10:30 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:  Is that the same clip where she says that trumpov “reads more than anyone I know?” LOLOL

    What a snake. But at least she had the occasional press conference. Grisham only goes on Faux News. I’m sure it will be fine when the next (Democratic) president only lets her press secretary go on MSNBC.

  6. 6.

    FlyingToaster

    November 25, 2019 at 10:30 am

    I already follow “Ducks” and “Goats” and “Otters” and “Daily Fox” on Twitter, and WarriorGirl demands that I send her the links every damn day.

    So even if I don’t watch religiously, she certainly will.

  7. 7.

    O. Felix Culpa

    November 25, 2019 at 10:31 am

    Need you ask? OF COURSE WE’D WATCH. ???

  8. 8.

    CaseyL

    November 25, 2019 at 10:32 am

    A youtube channel of ducks? Your ducks? Hells bells, that would fight it out with BJ as my first online stop every morning!

  9. 9.

    karensky

    November 25, 2019 at 11:04 am

    @O. Felix Culpa:  I will watch.

  10. 10.

    Mary Ellen Sandahl

    November 25, 2019 at 11:05 am

    It would be of equal importance with regular viewings of Oliver the Beagle (among others).

    Please proceed!

  11. 11.

    jeffreyw

    November 25, 2019 at 11:09 am

    The Wrath of Khan  (edited for goats)

  12. 12.

    Kelly

    November 25, 2019 at 11:12 am

    @Jeffro:

     trumpov “reads more than anyone I know?”

    It could be true if everyone she knows is illiterate.

  13. 13.

    NotMax

    November 25, 2019 at 11:19 am

    Coming up on the half hour on TCM, Green for Danger. Product of its time British medical mystery thriller with Alastair Sim, who is always worth a watch.

  14. 14.

    chris

    November 25, 2019 at 11:23 am

    Y’all need a president like this. Michael Higgins and his dogs.

  15. 15.

    WereBear

    November 25, 2019 at 11:29 am

    My cats love duck videos.

     

    Too arthouse for me, I like a plot. Now if you telenovel it, I’m there.

  16. 16.

    laura

    November 25, 2019 at 11:38 am

    Would def watch

  17. 17.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    November 25, 2019 at 11:43 am

    I had two glasses of wine at lunch and then went to the gym to life weights. I don’t know whether to feel virtuous or dissolute.

  18. 18.

    Amir Khalid

    November 25, 2019 at 11:47 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Sarah being a she, shouldn’t that be pobrecita?

    The poor little* thing: “How dare you point out that I’m a liar!”

     

    * Sarah Huckabee Sanders? Little?

  19. 19.

    Josie

    November 25, 2019 at 11:48 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    Por que no los dos?

  20. 20.

    Amir Khalid

    November 25, 2019 at 11:49 am

    The results from the market survey are in: yes, start the channel!

  21. 21.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 25, 2019 at 11:50 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: One of the things I enjoy about a long bicycle ride is that it allows me to drink beer and pretend I’m replenishing carbohydrates.

  22. 22.

    Josie

    November 25, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    Very few animals are cuter than baby goats. My oldest son raised Boer goats some years back. Sadly, a mama goat died, leaving behind tiny twins. It fell to me and two younger sons to bottle feed them until they grew up a bit. My two boys (teenagers) were furious that they had to hold baby goats in their laps and feed them, but I was really sad when they went back to live with the herd. Such cuddly little babies.

  23. 23.

    MazeDancer

    November 25, 2019 at 12:04 pm

    Been telling you, TaMara, that a Duck-Dane-Kitty Channel is a license to mint money. The merch alone would crush the cuteness factor.

     

    Gotta do it!

  24. 24.

    pluky

    November 25, 2019 at 12:22 pm

    @Josie: Someone should have taken pictures, and pointed out to them that such an image would increase their mate potential score with most young women by orders of magnitude.

  25. 25.

    Kelly

    November 25, 2019 at 12:28 pm

    For your morning kitten, Sleepy Martin

    imgur.com/OUWhYdW

  26. 26.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    November 25, 2019 at 12:33 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Ya have to stay hydrated.

  27. 27.

    zhena gogolia

    November 25, 2019 at 12:33 pm

    @NotMax:

     

    That one has his greatest line reading: “Don’t be fatuous!”

  28. 28.

    rikyrah

    November 25, 2019 at 12:42 pm

    You should do the youtube channel with the ducks. You really should

  29. 29.

    Miss Bianca

    November 25, 2019 at 12:49 pm

    @chris: Oh, so freakin’ cute! You’re right.

     

    Not the only reason I could wish to emigrate to Ireland.

  30. 30.

    Amir Khalid

    November 25, 2019 at 1:00 pm

    CNN tells us, one can contract a fatal infection from being licked by one’s pet animal.

  31. 31.

    Avalune

    November 25, 2019 at 1:28 pm

    I would watch ducks.

     

    Squeee goats and alpacas…some of my favorite things.

  32. 32.

    mrmoshpotato

    November 25, 2019 at 2:11 pm

    “Would you jackals watch a Balloon Juice pets channel?”

     

    Is water wet?

  33. 33.

    Yutsano

    November 25, 2019 at 2:43 pm

    You make the channel I’m subscribing. Not only am I subscribing, I’m telling all my duck lovers on Twitter about it. Not only that, I will promote the absolute Hades out of it. We’re gonna make this thing huge.

  34. 34.

    TaMara (HFG)

    November 25, 2019 at 2:59 pm

    I love all of you…

  35. 35.

    Hilfy

    November 25, 2019 at 3:03 pm

    YES, yes, yes  to a duck, great dane and cat channel.   Please do it.  We need all the cheerful things we can get.  I smile when I hear the word “impeachment”,  but the words “Senate” and “Mitch McConnell” wipe the smiles out of life.

  36. 36.

    HumboldtBlue

    November 25, 2019 at 3:23 pm

    I posted a link to the goat-hugger last week.

     

    Here’s one with a bonus baby sheep!

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