6/4/2004: Well-balanced goat

Undertoad · 06-04-2004, 12:33 PM

A Pakistani street entertainer balances his goat on a pole as children enjoy the show, in Islamabad.

You'd figure a mountain goat would be able to do something like this, as apparently, they have the most remarkable balance, to be able to manage climbing and standing on rocky hills.

melidasaur · 06-04-2004, 01:23 PM

I wonder how he gets the goat up there? Maybe he coaxes it with food...

It is true that mountain goats are extremely sure footed animals - I saw a show about them on the National Geographic channel.

glatt · 06-04-2004, 01:31 PM

I could be completely wrong, but it looks like that stick it's standing on breaks apart into smaller segments. He might have the shortest segement (top one) on the ground. Gets the goat on it, then adds the others underneath. Lifting the goat by the stick segment might be a challenge.

What do I know?

melidasaur · 06-04-2004, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by glatt
I could be completely wrong, but it looks like that stick it's standing on breaks apart into smaller segments. He might have the shortest segement (top one) on the ground. Gets the goat on it, then adds the others underneath. Lifting the goat by the stick segment might be a challenge.

What do I know?

I think that's a great explaination.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-04-2004, 01:56 PM

Naw, way too heavy for that.

wolf · 06-04-2004, 01:59 PM

The fakir could be stronger than he looks.

Or the platform could really be a rope trick or the thing with the basket and the snake and the guy just really doesn't like snakes so he uses a goat instead?

Carbonated_Brains · 06-04-2004, 02:08 PM

I'm more curious how he gets the goat to balance it's head on that skinny little rope.

melidasaur · 06-04-2004, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by Carbonated_Brains
I'm more curious how he gets the goat to balance it's head on that skinny little rope.

haha!:p

Clodfobble · 06-04-2004, 02:14 PM

He's just making sure he eats a balanced diet.

lookout123 · 06-04-2004, 02:19 PM

all i have to say is let's definitely not pick a fight with a society which produces who know how to train goats to do that. seriously.

jaguar · 06-04-2004, 02:27 PM

That goat has some cute anklets and interesting leather headwear.

Troubleshooter · 06-04-2004, 02:40 PM

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Originally posted by jaguar
That goat has some cute anklets and interesting leather headwear.

That's for the after hours show.

chrisinhouston · 06-04-2004, 03:03 PM

Both the goat and the man look like they are in some kind of transcendental meditation, silently reciting their mantras.

Man: "big money from show, big money from show..."
Goat: "goat food, goat food..."

melidasaur · 06-04-2004, 03:11 PM

I bet the goat does not get fed until after the show - I can imagine that it's balance would be upset if it had to go to the bathroom. Not to mention, the guy would get his hand pissed on.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-04-2004, 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by jaguar
That goat has some cute anklets and interesting leather headwear.

Jag,..uh..do you find the goats attire, er...um...arousing?

06-04-2004, 12:33 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/4/2004: Well-balanced goat A Pakistani street entertainer balances his goat on a pole as children enjoy the show, in Islamabad. You'd figure a mountain goat would be able to do something like this, as apparently, they have the most remarkable balance, to be able to manage climbing and standing on rocky hills.

06-04-2004, 01:23 PM	#2
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I wonder how he gets the goat up there? Maybe he coaxes it with food... It is true that mountain goats are extremely sure footed animals - I saw a show about them on the National Geographic channel. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

06-04-2004, 01:56 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Naw, way too heavy for that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-04-2004, 01:59 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The fakir could be stronger than he looks. Or the platform could really be a rope trick or the thing with the basket and the snake and the guy just really doesn't like snakes so he uses a goat instead? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	all i have to say is let's definitely not pick a fight with a society which produces who know how to train goats to do that. seriously. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-04-2004, 01:31 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I could be completely wrong, but it looks like that stick it's standing on breaks apart into smaller segments. He might have the shortest segement (top one) on the ground. Gets the goat on it, then adds the others underneath. Lifting the goat by the stick segment might be a challenge. What do I know?

06-04-2004, 02:08 PM	#7
Carbonated_Brains Does it show up here when I type? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Between the smoky layers of a prosciutto sandwich! Posts: 355	I'm more curious how he gets the goat to balance it's head on that skinny little rope.

06-04-2004, 02:14 PM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	He's just making sure he eats a balanced diet.

06-04-2004, 02:27 PM	#11
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	That goat has some cute anklets and interesting leather headwear. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-04-2004, 03:03 PM	#13
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Both the goat and the man look like they are in some kind of transcendental meditation, silently reciting their mantras. Man: "big money from show, big money from show..." Goat: "goat food, goat food..."

06-04-2004, 03:11 PM	#14
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I bet the goat does not get fed until after the show - I can imagine that it's balance would be upset if it had to go to the bathroom. Not to mention, the guy would get his hand pissed on. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

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