Surfing Sheep in Cornwall, England

[flamingdem]

Baaaa

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[Mnemosyne]

1. That's baaaaaad! Cool sheep! nt

[flamingdem]

2. I guess they're good on their hooves on rocky terrain

Thus they just adapt to the changing water the same way.

Now they just need to teach the sheep to say duuude

[Mnemosyne]

7. Very agile! I think their vocab will always be baaaad! nt

[rocktivity]

3. The sheep was then invited to a luau as the guest of honor

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and hasn't been seen since...


rocktivity

[flamingdem]

5. That's closer to the real story

They used this poor sheepie for their computer generated commercial.
Whaaa, I fell for it. I was sheared!

[flamingdem]

4. Oops looks like the sheep is not nearly so talented

Ewe have to be joking! Meet Mildred, the surfing sheep from Cornwall, dang.

baaa humbug.

But for those thinking she really is a surfing sheep they might just be having the wool pulled over their eyes.
In fact the video is a viral which has been digitally altered so the footage of Mildred surfing is actually computer generated.
It is part of an online advertising campaign for the British clothing manufacturer, Cornwall-based Finisterre, who make clothes from wool from their own flock of sheep.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1269807/Ewe-joking-Meet-Mildred-surfing-sheep.html#ixzz2rppPP7kK
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[Botany]

6. Fake but awesome

n/t

[geardaddy]

8. Better than shagging sheep.

[catbyte]

9. WOW, he's good. Did they attach suction cups to his hooves?

[flamingdem]

10. I say, I think they bloody bolted 'em!

as they would say..

[catbyte]

11. Either that or they used a boatload of sex wax!

[flamingdem]

12. I really don't know what they do in those rural areas

I udder to think!

[catbyte]

15. Ouch, LOL!

[KansDem]

13. "I wish they all could be California..."

[font size="1"]hmmmmm[font size="2"]

[flamingdem]

16. That reminds me of the demon sheep ad when Carly Fiorina ran for Senator in California

Remember this commercial, I liked it except that it was for her!

[FiveGoodMen]

24. !

[denbot]

14. Thank God it was CG.

Out surfed by sheep is grounds for Seppuku.

[tclambert]

17. That is incredible! Who knew

they surfed in Cornwall?

[flamingdem]

18. he he, truly, thought they were just pirates n miners

okay I had to look it up:

Who knew that Cornwall, England, was a popular spot with surfers? We didn't. We got the full scoop on UK surfing from Ben Lumby, Exhibition Manager of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall (and surfer for 16 years), with additional information from Roger Mansfield, the surfing historian who helped assemble Surf's Up, an exhibition that's touring museums across the UK in 2006.

When did surfing get its start in Cornwall? The UK?
'Waveriding' began in Hawaii centuries ago. Before the advent of stand-up surfing, there was "bellyboarding"--a sport that originated in Durbin, South Africa. It made its debut in the Channel Islands and Cornwall in 1918.

A young man from Cornwall name Pip Staffieri surfed the local beaches from 1941. He's considered to be the first stand-up surfer in Europe. Following that, surfing did not really grow as a sport until the early 1960s, when boards were imported from Australia. At first the sport was mainly enjoyed by members of the local surf lifesaving clubs, but then interest spread

http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/surfing-in-cornwall-england,5768/

[ReRe]

19. OK. I've seen everything now!

[Jim Lane]

20. Surfing. Big deal. I've heard that some sheep can climb trees.

But only when they think they're nesting.

[Scuba]

21. Nice wetsuit.

[VWolf]

22. Hang twelve ... er ... eight!

How many toes do sheep have, anyway?

[malthaussen]

23. I have just learned two things today!

1) I didn't know they surfed in England.
2) I didn't know sheep surfed.

And possibly a third: English commercials are better than American ones.

-- Mal