Slow Goats Working
The public works department for the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee is a bit miffed. It seems someone put up some unauthorized signs. In an effort to control kudzu, the city had put some goats in an area infested with the noxious weed. The signs warned drivers that there were "goats working" and that violators were subject to a $250 "goat fine".
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - City workers planned to remove signs in a neighborhood warning drivers to slow down for kudzu-eating goats in the area, after the public works department said they were posted illegally.
The goats were released recently in part of the Missionary Ridge area to help control rampant kudzu growth.
But orange signs reading "goats working" and warning of a $250 "goats fine" were not posted by the city, said Lee Norris, deputy administrator of public works.
"It's coming down," Norris said. "It's just somebody's idea of a joke."
The signs were good enough to fool some residents, said Bob Graham, vice president of the Missionary Ridge Neighborhood Association.
"Some people took it seriously and thought it was something Public Works had put up there," he said. "Someone went to a lot of trouble for it."
Yeah, we can understand the public works people wanting to take them down. I mean, why draw attention to the fact that the goats work harder than they do?
Humor, Weird Stuff | Gaius Thursday, 7 September , 2006
By guy, Thursday, 7 September , 2006 @ 7:49 pm
“It’s coming down,” Norris said. “It’s just somebody’s idea of a joke.”
They were just…..kid-ding! Ba-dum-bump.