She looks like I do when I am subduing my bottle-ram Marley. Grabs his horns just right ;-)
_MWS On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Peter C. Wallace <p...@mesanet.com> wrote: > BTW heres the commercial: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSMxLSq60O8 > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Mary Swindell wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:16:53 -0600 >> From: Mary Swindell <mswin...@siu.edu> >> Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info >> To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info >> Subject: [Blackbelly] AB Ram on Television Ad >> >> Recently there has been a television advertisement for "Stride Spark Gum" >> where a young woman is being chased down the street by a horned American >> Blackbelly ram. She successfully fends it off by raising her arms and >> making threatening noises. The ram was portrayed as a dangerous, rather >> wild-looking animal of uncertain species. >> >> I am always startled and surprised at seeing our blackbelly sheep on TV or >> anywhere else in the media, because up until now it seems that not many >> people outside our community of sheep ranchers have even seen a blackbelly >> sheep! So I guess it is a good thing that our sheep are starting to appear >> in the media, even though this particular ad may portray those AB rams as >> being aggressive and dangerous. We all know that they actually CAN be >> aggressive and dangerous under certain circumstances, but truthfully I >> wouldn't expect to see a lone AB ram chase somebody down the street, ha ha! >> >> Here's hoping there will be further media attention paid to blackbelly >> sheep (whether in advertisements, documentaries, or other formats). It >> would be nice to see ewes, lambs, and so forth in a more pastoral setting, >> which I think would portray a more favorable image of our blackbelly animals >> than to have a runaway ram chasing a young woman. Not all blackbelly >> animals are as B-a-a-a-ad as this big boy was. >> >> Still, it brought a smile to my face. >> >> Mary Swindell >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list >> Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info >> > > Peter Wallace > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
