Sheep Counting Is A Sport ?
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Chris, Christian and all other Aussies - This topic came up in a class I had today in which the professor claimed this to be true, could someone elaborate or is everyone just getting way too drunk down under and needed to come up with another drinking game?
<Edit>A link [^], I guess it is true. :omg:</Edit>Nick Parker
If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone inside. - Robert Cringely
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Chris, Christian and all other Aussies - This topic came up in a class I had today in which the professor claimed this to be true, could someone elaborate or is everyone just getting way too drunk down under and needed to come up with another drinking game?
<Edit>A link [^], I guess it is true. :omg:</Edit>Nick Parker
If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone inside. - Robert Cringely
It's not quite a sport, more a skill that is tested in competition. Not that we're a competitive bunch, and not that we'd be into anything and call it a 'sport' if there was a chance that (a) we'd win, and (b) there would be :beer: involved. :D Anyway, you'd have to see the outback to appreciate what mind numbing expanses of nothing can do to a man's ablity to be amused by even the smallest things. cheers, Chris Maunder
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It's not quite a sport, more a skill that is tested in competition. Not that we're a competitive bunch, and not that we'd be into anything and call it a 'sport' if there was a chance that (a) we'd win, and (b) there would be :beer: involved. :D Anyway, you'd have to see the outback to appreciate what mind numbing expanses of nothing can do to a man's ablity to be amused by even the smallest things. cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: you'd have to see the outback to appreciate what mind numbing expanses of nothing can do Here in Canada, we have 'the prairies'. I'm puzzled as to how people can live there and remain sane. _____________________ "So in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too." Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
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Chris Maunder wrote: you'd have to see the outback to appreciate what mind numbing expanses of nothing can do Here in Canada, we have 'the prairies'. I'm puzzled as to how people can live there and remain sane. _____________________ "So in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too." Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
In the U.S., we have Ohio.:-O
"Think of it as evolution in action." - 'Oath of Fealty' by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
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Chris Maunder wrote: you'd have to see the outback to appreciate what mind numbing expanses of nothing can do Here in Canada, we have 'the prairies'. I'm puzzled as to how people can live there and remain sane. _____________________ "So in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too." Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
mind numbing expanses of nothing In the US we have the MidWest ! :)
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Chris, Christian and all other Aussies - This topic came up in a class I had today in which the professor claimed this to be true, could someone elaborate or is everyone just getting way too drunk down under and needed to come up with another drinking game?
<Edit>A link [^], I guess it is true. :omg:</Edit>Nick Parker
If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone inside. - Robert Cringely
I think anything involving Sheep in Australia is called "sport", regardless of whether it involves counting. :)
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Chris, Christian and all other Aussies - This topic came up in a class I had today in which the professor claimed this to be true, could someone elaborate or is everyone just getting way too drunk down under and needed to come up with another drinking game?
<Edit>A link [^], I guess it is true. :omg:</Edit>Nick Parker
If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone inside. - Robert Cringely
Sheep flock counting is a skill, I have seen a shephard estimate 8455 sheep on a hillside by just looking at them for 30 seconds, All I rememeber was that he was real close. Normally in yards sheep are counted in 3's and 4's like 3,7,10,14,18,20,24,27,31..... as the sheep move to fast to count singularly, so it is definitly a skill. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
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It's not quite a sport, more a skill that is tested in competition. Not that we're a competitive bunch, and not that we'd be into anything and call it a 'sport' if there was a chance that (a) we'd win, and (b) there would be :beer: involved. :D Anyway, you'd have to see the outback to appreciate what mind numbing expanses of nothing can do to a man's ablity to be amused by even the smallest things. cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: appreciate what mind numbing expanses of nothing can do to a man's ablity to be amused by even the smallest things. So, you've been to Bullhead City, eh?:) Old malted hops and yeasts never die, they just slowly stupify...
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Chris Maunder wrote: you'd have to see the outback to appreciate what mind numbing expanses of nothing can do Here in Canada, we have 'the prairies'. I'm puzzled as to how people can live there and remain sane. _____________________ "So in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too." Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut