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Nov 04 - Not So Much Children In Need as Sheep In Crisis It was a dark and cold night and we were watching Children In Need with Tracey's friend Shelagh, when there was a knock on our front door.
While this may not sound too surprising, for us it's a worrying event as the only way to our front door is to be let in via the electric gates or you have to climb over one of the fences.
As we opened our door, not quite sure what to expect, we were greeted by Mr Pain and his son-in-law.
They were quick to say that Indie, our German Shepard, had gone into their field and "passionately attacked" one of their sheep.
At this point, we thought we had misunderstood their French and when the conversation was repeated we quickly defended Indie and pointed out that he was as "gentle as a lamb"
To cut a long story short, it turned out that Indie had indeed had his "wicked way" with the "white wooly dogs" in the field next door!
After profuse apologies to Mr Pain (who, I might point out, was carrying a loaded shotgun), Dan agreed to pop round the next morning to sort things out.
The evening progressed and we couldn't believe what we'd been told. It was a bit like someone in authority telling a parent that their child was responsible for something really naughty - we were in complete denial.
The following morning Dan took Indie to the vets for a check-up to make sure that he was OK and hadn't caught a deadly disease from his "hot date" the previous night.
When Dan explained to the vet (who is Dutch) what had happened the vet just laughed and said "it's not the first time it's happend around here and it won't be the last!" (yes Gary - all those ol' Welsh jokes ring true!!)
The vet declared Indie as fit & healthy as any red-bloodied male and didn't charge Dan anything as he was still too busy laughing!!!
Dan proceeded to visit Mr Pain (without Indie) and agreed to pay €60 for a new lamb.
By this point, Mr Pain had already slaughtered and skinned Indie's rape victim and had every intention of using the meat (apart from the bits with Indie's love bites on)
The next morning Dan went round to pay for the sheep and was invited in for a drink as a show of "no hard feelings"
Now, the local's favourite tipple is Pastis (a bit like Pernod) - personally, we can't stand the stuff and so Dan was offered whisky.
The thing is, a new bottle had to be opened and during the conversation it quickly became apparent that custom dictates that you cannot leave until the bottle is empty!
As a result, Dan was absolutely smashed by the time he left and then spent the rest of the day snoring on the sofa. View The Blog Read All Sheep Stories |
