May the goat be with you (May 2024 goat nominations)
1Leave it to a fandom of an intergalactic conflict series to commandeer a day to be theirs. I mean, May the 4th is still naked gardening day – but does anyone hear about that?!?
That also means April is coming to a close, and so is @xobzoo’s month of goatdom – which means it’s time to nominate a new meh goat of the month!
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I have one in theory but not enough to convict them. Must be someone else acting up?
@unksol Hey, why not go for it?
@unksol who ya thinking???
@unksol ahem?
@warehatrack @extramedium @narfcake this needs pinned. I almost missed it as it was way down the list.
Anything wrong with pushing Xobzoo up for consecutive months?
@pakopako Wrong?
Signs point to yes
/8ball
It’s been a while since I made a nomination in this, but I think we might be well-goated by @awk for May.
@werehatrack but you know he’d just
sed -i -e ‘s/awk/victim/g’ thread
Cause it’s faster than awk
And the Midnight EDT results are recorded; 5 for @awk, 6 for @DLPanther, 2 for @edgarallenpope.
Looks like the May goat is @DLPanther.
@unksol @werehatrack Now I’m not sure if I wish I’d voted for awk (just because of the sed joke), or if it’s better I didn’t vote at all?
I’m curious what happens when there’s a tie, but I’m not sure I want to be the one to cause it…
@werehatrack @xobzoo AWKward
@unksol @werehatrack @xobzoo There is always JUNE for @awk so @awk can’t squAWK about that.
@awk @Kidsandliz @unksol @xobzoo Oh, dear. I have to do this
That’s what she sed.
@awk @Kidsandliz @werehatrack @xobzoo lol that was my second thought but didn’t want to do two in a row. Being a line based editor and all
@unksol @werehatrack @xobzoo There’s been a tie fairly recently and the person nominated first got picked, I think; @narfcake, was that how it went?
Yesterday @DLPanther said this:
It seems to me that might be justification enough to be nominated… Although if people think @awk is more worthy this month due to escaping that fate in earlier nomination threads we can save DLPanther for a later month…
We might need @yakkoTDI to give DLPanther advice about how to dispose of the bodies though (yakkoTDI has already been goat).
@Kidsandliz I said “try” so no promises on that front.
@DLPanther I will note that admitting to possession of a murder shed is neither a requirement for nor a barrier to being elected Goat. In any event, I will treat this thread as nominating @DLPanther, welcome to the process.
@DLPanther @werehatrack Although possibly having a car trunk is a requirement. Either that or having a backhoe and know how to lay cement.
@DLPanther @Kidsandliz @werehatrack I find cement troublesome. An average residential pour is too thin and concrete is permeable so when the body decays you’re left with a void/potential for cracking.
I guess it you buried them deep enough and correctly compacted the base over top THEN poured concrete you would probably be ok but I’d put in some rebar for piece of mind. No one likes a cracked concrete pad.
@Kidsandliz @unksol @werehatrack almost worked for this guy https://www.dailycrime.com/gene-keidels-murder-of-wife-dianne-and-fire-that-killed-his-kids-susie-and-kelly-profiled-on-evil-lives-here/
@DLPanther @Kidsandliz @werehatrack pretty sure the first rule is don’t let anyone see you do it. Although if you watch cold cases seems like you could basically do whatever you wanted into the 90s
I nominate @edgarallenpope only because I want to see a chibi raven goat.
@ironcheftoni …with a crook and mitre?
My garden is naked and will stay that way, not just May the 4th. My lawn gets mowed (as needed) but that’s about all the yard work I will commit to.
@phendrick
Wrong thread?
@chienfou
eh…
Sorry, shouldn’t have distracted you from your garden…
@chienfou @phendrick No worries the new goat will eat your garden so you don’t have to worry about taking care of it.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz Can s/he tarry long enough at my place to do my lawn,also? (Also tasty(?) cat scat available that my dog loves, if the Goat is into that.)
[Are ‘cats’ and ‘scat’ lexicographically related?]
@phendrick
Whispers in the breeze,
Goat’s dance in the secret glade,
Trimming lush desires.
Hey @DLPanther you supporting your nomination by that haiku? I think we had a goat once who did that the entire month. Either that or we had a haiku thread. Or both. Been a while and I can’t remember for sure and way too lazy to look.
@Kidsandliz all clever content sponsored by Open AI.
@phendrick
You just confused me since your post wasn’t on topic…
@chienfou But it was brought up in the topic header, so blame the goat (or goat herder).
/showme Mares eat oats and Does eat oats, and Little Lambs eat ivy. A kid’ll eat ivy too, wouldn’t Ewe?
@mediocrebot Cool pic, but what’s with the Dinner Bell Bird contraption??
@IndifferentDude @mediocrebot And the poor doe getting its head chomped by the horse? So idyllic otherwise …
@IndifferentDude @Kyeh @mediocrebot horses are the natural predators of fawns. Without apex predators the deer population would get out of control
@IndifferentDude @Kyeh @unksol
I note that the crafty AI hid all their extremities with the underbrush to mask its artistic shortcomings.
@IndifferentDude @Kyeh @macromeh @unksol
That’s in the great tradition of certain “classic” cartoons of the 1960s like Clutch Cargo…
/showme Mares eat oats and Does eat oats, and Little Lambs eat ivy. A GOAT’ll eat ivy too, wouldn’t Ewe?
@mediocrebot What ? No goat???
@Kidsandliz @mediocrebot I think those things in the middle are supposed to be goats…
/giphy e-scapegoat escape
/showme e-scapegoat escape