Sheep Herding Puns

Humorous comments riffing on sheep herding research with puns involving goats, cattle, farmers, and tech metaphors like 'cattle not pets' and sheeple.

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Sample Comments

Fiahil Feb 14, 2023 View on HN

Let's try that with goats :)

digi_owl Dec 14, 2014 View on HN

just like cattle on a ranch? Mooo....

z_ Jan 8, 2019 View on HN

Except when the feed is actually sheep.

mc32 Oct 29, 2023 View on HN

Thought the sheep not knowing all the other grass was owned by other farmers…

justinjlynn Oct 29, 2023 View on HN

There are a lot more sheep than farmers...

labster Mar 4, 2021 View on HN

Remember, goats are cattle, not pets.

turndown Oct 29, 2023 View on HN

Wait til you learn what sheep eat and where one can find it

mtnGoat Jun 29, 2021 View on HN

Something something about goats. ;)

randomNumber7 Dec 10, 2021 View on HN

It's seems they have a preference for goatherds though....

auctiontheory Feb 12, 2014 View on HN

What if the sheep want their own?