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Nov. 16th, 2023 07:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cosmolinguistI thought the title was going to be the best thing about this news article
Resc-ewed: Britain's loneliest sheep saved from shoreline
But that turns out to be only the third-best thing about it.
The best is that the rescue was done by five random guys. Local farmers.
The Scottish SPCA said it had been aware of the ewe being stranded at the bottom of the cliff for some time but was unable to find a safe way to rescue her.
I suppose: a charity like that will have all kinds of health and safety procedures they need to follow, while some random guys can just do something inadvisable. The organizer quoted in the article, Cammy Wilson, said "The only difference between us being heroes and idiots is a slip of the foot."
The next thing he's quoted as saying is the second-best thing about the whole article:
"I would do it again, maybe not tomorrow though because I'm knackered."
(Fiona, the sheep, is apparently fine.)
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Date: 2023-11-16 07:21 pm (UTC)I cackled at "because I'm knackered". That's a lovely story.
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Date: 2023-11-16 10:55 pm (UTC)I love that he couldn't leave it at the cliché "I'd do it again," he thought about what doing it again would actually involve and took that into consideration. :D
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Date: 2023-11-16 07:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2023-11-18 08:13 pm (UTC)Ah, that poor ewe! Let's hear it for bold rescuers who managed to keep their footing.
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Date: 2023-11-18 10:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-11-20 06:58 am (UTC)