YOU KNOW HOW EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS MOANING AND COMPLAINING THAT THEY NEVER PUT ANY GOOD NEWS ON THE NEWS?

Well, they can stop now.

(Thanks to HGR)

Comments

[Higgy]

That kid sleeps with a goat? That's got YEARS OF THERAPY written all over it...

[Russell]

"Oreo and the House Trained Pygmy Goats" wbagnfa new boy band

[VictoriaE77]

Or a new reality show.

[M.C.]

Oh, come on. There's something touching about this story.

...No, wait. That's the wrong word.

[Pinto]

Orphaned pygmy goats?

I"m verklempt..... Talk amongst yourselves....

[Sarah J]

How old is this kid?

[Moe]

The goat is "sort of" litter box trained? It's all I can do to keep a straight face when confronted by the stench of a litter box used by cats.

Visitor: "Oh, it's nothing Mrs. Adams. I always pinch my nostrils together like this. Just a bad habit from childhood."

[Punkin Poo]

Isn't that Dakota-the-extremely-smelly-boy-with-no-friends?

[VictoriaE77]

M.C. ~ I think the word you were looking for is 'disturbing'.

[Moe]

Sadly, Oreo is expected to win another blue ribbon next year as a key ingredient in Jana's Cajun Cabrito Fritters.

[bilge]

Yeah... I don't think I have anything to say about this one.
I laughed at first, but then I kept reading.

[qetzal]

Why am I not surprised that people who would keep a pet pygmy goat would name their son 'Dakota.'

Also, what kind of fair gives an award to the pygmy goat that poops the least?! What is that, like the 4-H equivalent of the 'good sport' award?

[wanders of muttering....]

[Melody]

I think a really good news kind of story would involve me winning the lottery. And if they throw in a free, clean goat, that's fine by me. But I'm not sleeping with it.

[insomniac]

if Oreo's owner found that Oreo had missed the litter box what action would we see...

Dakota Fanning !!!

[Aunt Nancy]

OK - so we have a kid being raised by a kid, and the kid thinks the kid is his mother.

Huh?

[slyeyes]

Kind of reminds me of my childhood pet, Fig Newton.

[sakifused]

poor pinto.
but i understand. and am gobsmacked to the point of a headache.
this is just so aawwwww.
or is it ewwwww.

[JuliC]

Anybody ever see the Simpsons episode where the teacher is handing out papers to every student and she's saying, "Dakota, Tanner, Dakota, Dakota, (some other modern name, I can't remember, Pepsi or something), Dakota..."? There are no goats, pygmy or otherwise, in the episode, that I know of, but I thought of it anyway.

[U.O]

OK -

gotta say somethin' ... (Not arguing, or complaining ... just commenting ...)

Dakota is not a "modern" name (except, acknowledging that it's summat more recent for dubbing your kids ...)

I once taught in a school where one of the students was named "Dakota Rhodes" ...

I am not making this up.

That was over 30 years ago, and the kid was in Jr. High ... so at least 40+ years ago, "Dakota" was not unheard of ... tho a bit unusual, especially in certain combinations with surnames ...

Besides which already, "Dakota" (or Dakotah) has been around for at least 150 years+ ... the nomenclature belonging to certain groups of American Indians ...

(However, the approximate translation is ... interesting ...)

And ...

there was some sort of military vehicle (amphibious?) known as a "Dakota" ...

on another note, newest grandson should be born Tuesday (or possibly Wednesday?) ...

Latest probable name?

Either Jackson, or John ...

pretty exotic, huh?

[U.O]

... um ... fergot to mention, in case you just joined us ...

I'm from Dakota ... the Nodak one ...

g'nite ...

[Dave (not Barry)]

U.O. said-- >> I once taught in a school where one of the students was named "Dakota Rhodes" ...

Strangely enough, my name is Dave Rhodes. But I don't know of any Dakotas except for the actress Dakota Fanning. However, I served on board a US Naval vessel called the USS Fanning in the late seventies.

So, let's recap-

My name is Dave Rhodes
You had a student named Dakota Rhodes
No relation to actress Dakota Fanning
I served on the USS Fanning
My name is Dave Rhodes
You had a student named Dakota Rhodes
No relation to actress Dakota Fanning
I served on the USS Fanning
My name is Dave Rhodes
You had a student named Dakota Rhodes
No relation to actress Dakota Fanning
I served on the USS Fanning
My name is Dave Rhodes
You had a student named Dakota Rhodes
No relation to actress Dakota Fanning
I served on the USS Fanning
My name is Dave Rhodes

..are you dizzy yet?

[Dave (not Barry)]

Also, I'm kind of surprised they sent Krista Lewin to cover this hot story, given that Dave's back now and seriously in need of something to do.

[Martinishark]

My only question I have is how low on the judges totem pole do you have to be in order to be given the job of judging the cleanliness of goat pens?

[U.O]

Dave (not Barry) -

That's sorta like what Mayor Shinn says about Ethel Toffelmeyer in The Music Man ...

"This is our player piano player piano player ... piano ... ... player ... ... ... piano ..."

[crossgirl]

i live in a rural (read: hick) area and once sold a goat to a family that loaded it into their mini van for the hour drive back to their home (trailer?) i've wonderered if 1) they all survived the trip, and 2) if they ever got that van clean. this goat was decidedly NOT litter trained.

[queensbee]

when the children and the pets have interchangeable names.... you might be a redneck. i know a 17 yr old named dakota. but at this point, in the northeast at least, we are tripping over 'connor's.

[trevor]

David Barry! Hey brother! Just stumbled upon your site! Since our Prayer-Circle Grandfather went on I have not been to circle, but I miss you people and my heart is there. In fact, I'm a long lot of miles away now. But I feel Grandfather watching over me and you.