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Sheep on fire... the short version
Jul. 14th, 2011 03:50 pmOnce upon a time, I had some mystery fabric. I was told it was 100% "wool". I was doubtful so I burned a small corner of it. It was totally flammable. And thus the elusive, highly skittish, polyester sheep breed was born.
Somewhere in the evolutionary tree, nature had to create this new, rare breed. They look identical. And the only way you can be sure you have yourself a genuine poly sheep is to set them on fire and see if it burns. If it doesn't burn, then that wool is relegated to mundane work of being a blanket or other service object. It is fine flammable wool that you want to wear next to your skin on hot summer days.
Of course if you set it on fire and it catches, you need a way to put it out quickly. This begs the question... If a polyester sheep is on fire in a meadow, what sound does it make if you push it off a cliff?
A: Baaaa baaaa baaaaaaaaaglork.
B: Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa sploosh
C: OMGWTFBBQ sheeeeep on FIRE
Somewhere in the evolutionary tree, nature had to create this new, rare breed. They look identical. And the only way you can be sure you have yourself a genuine poly sheep is to set them on fire and see if it burns. If it doesn't burn, then that wool is relegated to mundane work of being a blanket or other service object. It is fine flammable wool that you want to wear next to your skin on hot summer days.
Of course if you set it on fire and it catches, you need a way to put it out quickly. This begs the question... If a polyester sheep is on fire in a meadow, what sound does it make if you push it off a cliff?
A: Baaaa baaaa baaaaaaaaaglork.
B: Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa sploosh
C: OMGWTFBBQ sheeeeep on FIRE
