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Goats were the first Cypriot Movie Stars

Postby Gasman » Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:14 am

The British Colonial administration, in order to educate Cypriots about the damage that goats can inflict on nature and to encourage settled farming, produced a documentary film in the early 1940's.

Goats are stubborn animals and they tend to act the way they like within the liberty and freedom that the shepherd provides for them. As the documentary goes to pains to point out, this selfish stubbornness can in fact mean the end of the goats themselves.

There is a traditional Cypriot story regarding these magnificent animals, that makes a similar point and it goes as follows:

"Two stray goats were grazing on two different sides of a river bank. Upon seeing each other, both started to think that the other side should have better and more grass. They both approached to the only available narrow bridge to cross. The bridge was wide enough to fit only one, but they both entered the bridge simultaneously and met in the middle. The fast flowing wild waters of the river beneath was a concern to both, but none allowed the other to pass first. Stubbornness turned into antagonism and both fell into the river and drowned."
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Postby CBBB » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:12 am

So?
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Postby kafenes » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:59 am

CBBB wrote:So?


So.... we should stop building very narrow bridges over all these rivers we have in Cyprus? :lol:
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Postby CBBB » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:22 am

kafenes wrote:
CBBB wrote:So?


So.... we should stop building very narrow bridges over all these rivers we have in Cyprus? :lol:


So that was the moral of the story!
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Postby kafenes » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:46 am

CBBB wrote:
kafenes wrote:
CBBB wrote:So?


So.... we should stop building very narrow bridges over all these rivers we have in Cyprus? :lol:


So that was the moral of the story!


I guess..... :?
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Postby Nikitas » Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:24 pm

Eating goats, saves money on bridges.
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Postby B25 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:33 pm

No, just another sad attempt of Gassy trying to ridicule the Cypriot people.

Come on, Gassy, bring it on, tell us more how shit we all are.

You sad cow. :twisted:
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Postby kafenes » Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:22 pm

She's been reading Murat Ilican's 'A tale of two goats'. :lol:

http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/h ... _2001.html
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Or she is Murat Ilican. :shock:
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Postby Oracle » Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:36 pm

kafenes wrote:She's been reading Murat Ilican's 'A tale of two goats'. :lol:

http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/h ... _2001.html
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Or she is Murat Ilican. :shock:


Nope, the gasbag is far more pro-Turkish.
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Postby CBBB » Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:50 pm

Nikitas wrote:Eating goats, saves money on bridges.


I have to agree with you that is a more enjoyable moral. I want the kidneys, the brain and the tongue! Oh, and the meat from the cheeks!
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