Mexico Goat (and donkeys) Comes Home

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Transcript:

  Fairy-tale endings can happen, of course. And it's thanks to all of you that made it possible.

  We've settled in and enjoyed a nice night's snooze in our new home...
                        
  Of course, the donkeys were trying to start the old tractor first thing - but jake insisted that the big wheels were in front, like a combine. And Luke disagreed - Loudly. So much for my sleeping in...

  But possibly the worst part of these conditions is their one and only favorite pastime...

 ...Got any three's?!?

 ...Go fish! Hee-haw!!!

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Mexico Goat Comes to Auction

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                                               Sept 9, 2010
 
  And today's the day...

  I think the mini-donkeys will be happy to get back, almost as much as I won't miss their version of "La Chucaracha" in the showers...

  {...La coo-coo-rasha you cook bad pasta, hee-haw, hee-haw, hee-haw...}

  The fun part should be the ride back. Mervin says that if I don't giggle while I text, I can ride up front...

  Now all sorts of people figure I oughta be worried or sad or something. But I like that paraphrase of the Irish blessing: "May the road come up to meet 'ya and the screen door never beat ya..."

  I figure that life is already too short - and if'n it wUrn't for learning to type and the Internet's Facebook, I'd never have met any of you folks.  - So I'm blessed...  Thanks again!!

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So the final hour is around 1:30 over at the Midwest Regional Livestock Center (see yesterday's comic for directions.) Billy is going to be auctioned first off, ahead of the rest of the goats and sheep. A reminder - all the proceeds go to the Animal Shelter in town.

Anything you donate on through the various links on the Mexico Goat Facebook page will go to making sure they are the top bidder and the rest to vet care and his support at a local farm (some details in the Mexico Ledger article).

I've said this before - get there early for your photo's with Billy - and to get a good seat at the auction. Lots of parking, but not so many seats inside. And there's some great country cooking at the diner, though. Get your coffee and lunch there...

Of course, stay tuned to the Mexico Goat's Facebook page for all the latest. (Even Twitter is behind on this one...)

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Mexico Goat Faces Auction, Late Night Comedy...

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Transcript:

  Thanks again for all your support.
  Yes, I'm very well and alive at this secret, undisclosed location.

  (Dick cheney didn't have any use for it anymore...)

  Mervin brought the mini-donkeys along for company and they've been laughing at their own jokes - but not nearly as funny as late-night tv:

•   ...and I said to him, I sure like a wee bit 'o haggis.
    then he asks me, "What's Haggis taste like?"...
  
•   ...I had the hardest time trying to carry on a conversation with the mexico goat. because He's always butting in...
  
•   Why did the Mexico goat run into merviin's lasso?
    He didn't see the ewe turn.

  Now: here's the serious part -
  I'm going to be auctioned off Thurs 1:30 pm at the Midwest Regional Livestock Center in Mexico, Mo. For charity.

  Highest bidder takes me home. Buy a t-shirt, make a donation - or just come by for moral support. Every little bit counts. See my facebook page...

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Vist the Stockyards in Mexico Mo. tomorrow at 1:30 for the next chapter (although I'll have a early cartoon commemorative edition...)  Come by early and have some great coffee and/or lunch at the local diner and chat with the folks.

See who takes home our local celebrity and ask them what they plan to do with him...

directions sketch

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Mexico Goat has TV celebrities talking...

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Some of the more interesting videos being produced on TV as discovered by the Mexico Goat while in his temporary pen at the Mexico Livestock Center.

Coming up today is a City Council meeting where he's going to be a topic of discussion - whether to adopt him as an official mascot and grant him a reprieve from the auction on Thursday.

Visit his facebook page for the latest. As he says, "Stay tuned..."

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The Infamous Facebook "Mexico Goat"

And our Local and International Hero, the "Mexico Goat" - published in press all over the globe, with friends on every continent. Has more Facebook fans than the city has residents. Not bad for someone who only has hooves, but built a power supply for his computer in the livestock center out of barrels, burlap, and some wire...

So you may want to head over to his Facebook page (linked in the title) and see what his latest is. Tues has a City Council meeting to consider adopting him - Thurs he is slated for a benefit auction to raise money for the local Animal Shelter.

As "Billy" says - stay tuned...

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Dyslexic Meditation for Cows - or is it?

Glad to be back with you. Now we can start getting these ideas out of my head, and over to you. A few years in the making, now we should be on a roll. Look for (near) daily new stuff...

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