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A Pretty Sheepish
Little Festival
Disclaimer:
Identities of individuals and sheep
have been concealed
(as best I could)
On with the festival...
The big day had arrived.
The day of the "Sheep festival"!
It was a gorgeous day.
Seriously.
Wall to wall clouds and a heavy, steady rain.
So rare in these parts
that it is considered beautiful weather.
P.S. to Aliceathome:
Looked inta that "umbrella" thing you mentioned.
Turns out they sell 'em here in town.
Who knew?
Came in real handy
once I figured out how to use it.
Ed and Hank didn' want nothin' ta do with 'em though.
The hordes of people were makin'
Ed and Hank and me
a little nervous.
We're not used to such big crowds
in these parts.
But we toughed it out
because we were determined to
finally
find some sheep...
After all,
the newspaper said
there are 26,000 sheep
in this county.
They're pretty good at hidin' is all
I can say.
And sure 'nough.
There they were...
Sheep!
On a float?
And then there were even more sheep...
Hmmm...
A lot of them sheep
have them blue exes on their backs...
And even more sheep...
Musta been all 26,000 of 'em.
But what's this?
A cowboy with an umbrella?!?
He must not be a
real cowboy.
'Cause
real cowboys
don' need no
stinkin' umbrellas...
Yeah.
That's a semi-truck.
In the parade.
No sheep parade would be complete
without one.
But wait.
I seem to have lost
Ed and Hank
somewhere in this huge throng of people...
Damn!
Well, that ain't Ed...
And that ain't Hank
hiding behind
that giant horse's ass...
And that ain't Edthedog or Hankthedog...
Way too good lookin'...
"Don't look at me, I ain't seen 'em"
Better go look inside...
Shit...
There's even more people
in here.
I ain't never gonna find Ed and Hank
in this crowd...
Oh the humanity of it all...
Walls closing in...
Jus' cain't ...
breathe...
Better find 'em
quick...
That ain't Ed and Hank...
Nope.
That ain't Ed and Hank either...
And that ain't Ed and Hank...
You guessed it.
Not Ed and Hank...
Even without my glasses on
I can tell that ain't
Ed and Hank...
And these fellas
definitely ain't
Ed & Hank...
Thought fer sure I'd find them here...
Better look outside again...
Nah.
That ain't Ed or Hank
goin' inta that "sheep camp".
Should have thought of that first though...
Better check them all out...
Don' look like they been in this one...
Or this one...
And I know Ed and Hank
wouldn' be over
there...
Though it sure looks
like Mabel is doin'
a right good
business
today...
I have
to confess
I did get a bit distracted
while looking for Ed and Hank...
Couldn' help but follow this fella around for a while.
'Til Sheep Fest Security intervened and
asked me oh-so-politely to
leave him & all them
other cowboys
alone.
Once they
finally let me go,
I tried to buy a couple of them t-shirts
One fer Ed
and one fer Hank
But they weren't sellin' 'em.
Guess that's an entirely different festival...
But I did get to vote
First time I've ever voted for
the winning candidate
in these here parts.
It brought a tear
to my
eye.
Well,
back to lookin' fer
Ed & Hank...
That ain't Hank
and that ain't Ed...
Not Ed...
Not Hank...
And this ain't Hank. Or Ed...
But I sure do like his purse.
Yes!
Finally!!
Oops...
I mean...
No...
That ain't Ed...
C'mon.
Y'all know
Ed
would never let me
put his picture on the Internet.
But Hank might...
Nah.
That ain't Hank.
Really...
(Would I lie...?)
And this ain't Edthedog................................................And that ain't Hankthedog...
(Don't worry
Edthedog & Hankthedog
are very warm and dry at home.)
Ya gotta admit though,
them are two
ugly dogs.
!
And this ain't Ed and Hank's truck...
(It's Bill's truck.)
Now we can all get the hell out of here!
Er...
That is...
Since I cain't find Ed and Hank anywhere
I guess I'll just have to go home
without 'em...
I'm sure Ed and Hank
will get a ride
with Bill
No problem.
We do it
all the
time
...
"Thanks for stopping by y'all!"
The end...
Betcha thought I was gonna
use sheep butts
for the end...
(But I didn't.)
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And now a public service
announcement:
On
a more
sober note
Some of you
may have heard that
certain unscrupulous sheep herders
mark the backs of the
more docile sheep
with blue
exes.
If
you've
enjoyed
this Sheep Fest
photograhic montage
(and even if you haven't)
please consider contributing to the:
"For the Love of God, Get Them Damn Blue Exes Off of Our Backs Fund".
(FLGGTDBEOOBF)
Please!
help give them
ewes a fightin' chance.
Because you know when that line
at Mabel's trailer gets too long
all them boys are gonna
come lookin'
fer her.
V
V
V
"It's baaad..."
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