Reply to: how do people know

[NickFitz]

It's called common knowledge.

General knowledge

It's what we used to have until the Eighties, when it was renamed "trivia" in order to allow those who don't have any to pretend it's not important anyway.

[TimberWolf]

Ever done any cow tipping ?

No, I never tip.

[G8_Summit]

Ever done any cow tipping ?

Does fly tipping count ??

[Churchill]

I can't help but think that that must've come in useful over the years

It has. My parents used to own a small-holding.

Ever done any cow tipping ?

I've done "piggy tickling", is that close?

[TimberWolf]

common for who? i dont regularly encounter sheep...

They see you coming?

[scooby]

It's called common knowledge.

common for who? i dont regularly encounter sheep...

[EqualOpportunities]

WHS, I can also stitch in a sheeps prolapsed uterus.

I can't help but think that that must've come in useful over the years

[Platypus]

such weird things or is it because they are Irish?

While waffling in the office yesterday, a fellow contractor mentioned that he saw a sheep sitting like a dog (front up, arse down). a girl from the other side of the office butts in and points out that it is v unusal and and that its not good for it. she then proceeded to point out that if you see a sheep on its back, you should roll it over as it will die otherwise.

i go home 2hrs later, and we have the Father-in-law round for tea. i mention this weird conversation and before i finish he points out that its not good for a sheep to sit like that, and then pointed out that if i see a sheep on it back, to help it over as it will die.

The FiL is northern irish, brought up on a farmer, but the girl is manchester born and bred, but with Irish parents.

WTF How do people know these things? and why do they think i want to know?

It's called common knowledge.

[EternalOptimist]

WHS, I can also stitch in a sheeps prolapsed uterus.

Ever done any cow tipping ?

[Churchill]

I know that about rolling the sheep over, incidentally also know how to do a caeserian section on a sheep.

Yet, I'm not Irish.

threaded in "(hobby) farmer" mode

WHS, I can also stitch in a sheeps prolapsed uterus.

[threaded]

I know that about rolling the sheep over, incidentally also know how to do a caeserian section on a sheep.

Yet, I'm not Irish.

threaded in "(hobby) farmer" mode

[scooby]

oops!!

[G8_Summit]

The FiL is northern irish, brought up on a farmer

[wobbegong]

such weird things or is it because they are Irish?

While waffling in the office yesterday, a fellow contractor mentioned that he saw a sheep sitting like a dog (front up, arse down). a girl from the other side of the office butts in and points out that it is v unusal and and that its not good for it. she then proceeded to point out that if you see a sheep on its back, you should roll it over as it will die otherwise.

i go home 2hrs later, and we have the Father-in-law round for tea. i mention this weird conversation and before i finish he points out that its not good for a sheep to sit like that, and then pointed out that if i see a sheep on it back, to help it over as it will die.

The FiL is northern irish, brought up on a farmer, but the girl is manchester born and bred, but with Irish parents.

WTF How do people know these things? and why do they think i want to know?

[scooby]

Sounds like the nearest the original poster got to nature was a city farm.

dont get it... do you stalk farms then?