11 Sheep stolen by 4 blokes

[Grayfox]

Police were "appalled" when they found four New Zealand men with 11 stolen sheep crammed inside their car today.

Officers stopped the men on a rural road near the city of Hastings about 1am this morning and discovered the sheep hogtied inside the hatchback, One News reports.

Constable Darren Cooper said it was lucky none of the animals had died.

He said police were "appalled" by the scene they found.

The men were charged with theft and ill treatment of the animals, while the sheep were returned to their owners.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2013/02/20/12/30/nz-men-charged-with-stealing-sheep​

This is just confirming the New Zealand Stereo type of the "sheep lovers"

 

[Wiegert]

That title had "New Zealand" written all over it.

It must be a slow news day if that story is worth making a thread for, ewe have to admit.

 

[playnthru]

So they thought they could pull the wool over the polices eyes eh, baaaaad call....

 

[niky]

The very idea. Like, ewe.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Look at them, fleecing a local farmer like that.

 

[Zenith]

That was a close shave.

 

[Grayfox]

These jokes are really baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

 

[niky]

It certainly would have been a ram-bunctious party if they'd gotten all those ladies home.

These jokes are really baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

If you can't bleat them, join them?

 

[Daniel]

This is gonna result in some serious ram-ifications.

 

[Dean]

I wonder, which hatchback they used .

 

[Daniel]

Lamb Rover?

 

[mattythedog]

Dodge Ram?

 

[Daniel]

S-Ewe-V?

 

[Dean]

Those cars are probably too big...

Police were patrolling the rural areas surrounding Hastings and stopped a small four door hatchback with the men and 11 sheep inside at about 1am on Wednesday.

(I clicked the One News link, in the article;
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/charges-laid-after-11-sheep-four-men-found-in-car-5346259)

 

[niky]

Well, Lamb Rover makes the Ewevoque, which is sort of a small hatchback.

 

[nealcropper]

Those guys must have been three Sheep's to the wind.

Sorry that was a baaaaaaaaad pun.

 

[KiroKai]

Well, Lamb Rover makes the Ewevoque, which is sort of a small hatchback.

Poor sheep though.

 

[daan]

👍

And, yes, that is a sheep-based pun...

 

[Dean]

Well, Lamb Rover makes the Ewevoque, which is sort of a small hatchback.

Hm... well, I must agree, - it's "hatchback-like". But, isn't it really an SUV ?

 

[niky]

Technically. In the same sense that a Subaaaahru XV is an SUV.

 

[Grayfox]

To fit 11 sheep in a vehicle you need a SUV like vehicle.

They may have meant a Cross-over.

 

[dhandeh]

Mint sauce.

 

[daan]

Mint sauce.

 

[Liquid]

That title had "New Zealand" written all over it.

Could have been Wales.

But wooldn't you know, I have an alibi.

 

[Grayfox]

The welsh came from New Zealand.

 

[DK]

I thought for a second The Beast of Craggy Island found a new home.

 

[Callum B]

Do ewe expect anyone to laaaaaugh at these puns?

 

[Grayfox]