String? OOoohhhhhh Stri-i-i-i-i-i-nnnnggggg

[Nighthawk]

Um, String... I have fifty pounds of cat hair. Do you think that would work for yarn?

I'm just joking. I remember watching the sheep shearing when I was a kid... I hope this all works out for you. Good luck.

First of all, between you and I, I would bet we have enough cat hair to make an entire tabby kilt. I have four of the little blighters!!

Second... who the heck keeps sheep as a hobby?!?! "'Baaaa' means 'NO!!'"

[Bugbear]

First of all, between you and I, I would bet we have enough cat hair to make an entire tabby kilt. I have four of the little blighters!!

Second... who the heck keeps sheep as a hobby?!?! "'Baaaa' means 'NO!!'"

Well then... It's decided. String we're sending you our giant trash bag fulls of cat hair to knit into kilt hose. And I thought "Baaaa" ment "why me, why me?" Nighthawk.... Or was it "Please, no mint jelly!"

How does the Blake poem go... "Tiger tiger burning bright..."

[Nighthawk]

Well then... It's decided. String we're sending you our giant trash bag fulls of cat hair to knit into kilt hose. And I thought "Baaaa" ment "why me, why me?" Nighthawk.... Or was it "Please, no mint jelly!"

How does the Blake poem go... "Tiger tiger burning bright..."

In the forests of the night.

[Bugbear]

In the forests of the night.

Ah, very good, Grasshopper... and what is burned into your wrists?

[Nighthawk]

Ah, very good, Grasshopper... and what is burned into your wrists?

I don't seem to recall that line- at least not from the poem about the tiger.

[Bugbear]

I don't seem to recall that line- at least not from the poem about the tiger.

Grasshopper, did not you watch "Kung Fu" as a child? You have left footprints in the rice paper on the bridge.

I'm just being stupid, Nighthawk. I'll stop throwing weird stupid stuff at you.

And, shucks, String doesn't want all this cat hair... Guess I'll have to work it into the compost pile like all the other cat hair and stuff.

[BoldHighlander]

Second... who the heck keeps sheep as a hobby?!?! "'Baaaa' means 'NO!!'"

Actually there is such a thing as Hobby or "Gentleman" farmers who might keep a handful of sheep or (in a few cases I've seen) 2 or 3 Highland cows for nothing more than the pleasure of raising them & connecting to their rural past without the fulltime farm commitment.

However the ones I know that keep sheep use them as training aids for their herding dogs (these are the very serious trail dog competitors). As matter of fact the lady I got our Smooth Collie from was just such a competitor. Had I the room to keep a few sheep I would, as "Sassy" showed some ability at her old home in herding.

[BoldHighlander]

First of all, between you and I, I would bet we have enough cat hair to make an entire tabby kilt. I have four of the little blighters!!

Don't know about cats

but I've known of owners of Alaskan Malamutes who collect the shed hair, spin it & make sweaters out of it.