More about sheep?

Speaking of stupid sheep...

CITY GENT Good afternoon. RUSTIC Afternoon. CITY GENT Ah, lovely day isn't it? RUSTIC Ar, 'tis that. CITY GENT You here on holiday? RUSTIC No, no, I live 'ere. CITY GENT Oh, jolly good too. I say, those are sheep, aren't they? RUSTIC Ar. CITY GENT Yes, yes of course, I thought so... only... er why are they up in the trees? RUSTIC A fair question and one that in recent weeks has been much on my mind. It's my considered opinion that they're nesting. CITY GENT Nesting? RUSTIC Ar. CITY GENT Like birds? RUSTIC Exactly. Birds is a key to the whole problem. It's my belief that these sheep are labouring under the misapprehension that they're birds. Observe their behaviour. Take for a start the sheeps' tendency to hop about the field on their back legs. (off-screen baa-ing) Now witness their attempts to fly from tree to tree. Notice that they do not so much fly as...plummet. (Sound of sheep plummenting) CITY GENT Yes, but why do they think they're birds? RUSTIC Another fair question. One thing is for sure, the sheep is not a creature of the air. They have enormous difficulty in the comparatively simple act of perching. (crash) As you see. As for flight, its body is totally unadapted to the problems of aviation. Trouble is, sheep are very dim. Once they get an idea in their heads, there's no shifting it. CITY GENT But where did they get the idea? RUSTIC From Harold. He's that sheep over there under the elm. He's that most dangerous of animals - a clever sheep. He's the ring-leader. He has realized that a sheep's life consists of standing around for a few months and then being eaten. And that's a depressing prospect for an ambitious sheep. He's patently hit on the idea of escape. CITY GENT But why don't you just get rid of Harold? RUSTIC Because of the enormous commercial possibilities should he succeed. From Monty Python's Flying Circus.

You gotta love Monty Python! Thanks for reminding me SCWLC.