Will the goat survive christmas?

[reddishblue]

http://www.thelocal.se/20141205/swedens-christmas-baby-goat-attacked

"More often than not the goat goes up flames before Christmas Eve."

[goat]

ahh the xmas goat

[reddishblue]

That there Sweden is one crazy place.

Last years headline - "Sweden's Christmas goat torched yet again"

You can keep an eye on him here. http://www.visitgavle.se/sv/gavlebocken

[reddishblue]

Some great lines in the article but this is personal favourite - "For this year we've come up with what we think is a genius move to protect the goat. At least it will be a genius idea if the goat is still standing on December 29th." 

[goat]

really is a top country

http://www.buzzfeed.com/marietelling/24-reasons-why-living-in-sweden-will-ruin-you-for-life?bftw=main

[reddishblue]

nah, it's full of volvo drivers...

Joking apart the people are absolutely mad. Probably the friendliest I have met, great sense of fun and optimism.

[goat]

only because you are foreign, they are weird as fuck with other swedes

never thought of them being mad, compare them with the hatstands next door

[reddishblue]

He is currently still in one piece.

[reddishblue]

only because you are foreign, they are weird as fuck with other swedes

never thought of them being mad, compare them with the hatstands next door

I take that back. Maybe it's the foreigners who are mad.

Quote "Sweden's politicians will fuel further segregation and the rise of the nationalist Sweden Democrats if they refuse to develop a new language on immigration, argues Mohammed Amin Kharraki, a teacher and spokesperson for Sweden's Islamic Association."

http://www.thelocal.se/20141209/immigration-has-to-become-an-issue-for-other-parties

[goat]

why do the nordic lot think london is fucking magical?

[bluebrendan]

why do the nordic lot think london is fucking magical?

Quite a lot of them think Liverpool are a decent football team so maybe it's just flawed judgement. 

[reddishblue]

The goat has survived!!

http://www.thelocal.se/20141228/swedens-christmas-goat-survives-holidays

"Unlike in previous years the goat hasn't been sprayed with flame retardant material so his survival is even more remarkable."

[goat]

fuck all would burn anyway, minus 16 some days for fucks sake

[Dizzy]

made me chuckle anyway.

[reddishblue]

He's back. Will he survive this year?

http://www.thelocal.se/20151126/five-weirdest-attacks-on-swedens-straw-yule-goat

[reddishblue]

Managed to see Christmas through but won't see the new year. RIP.

http://www.thelocal.se/20151227/swedens-christmas-goat-set-ablaze-once-again

[reddishblue]

"By 4am, when the fire was finally extinguished, the goat had been completely destroyed.

The goat, which has nearly 9,000 followers on Twitter, issued a farewell Tweet on Sunday morning. "

http://tv.aftonbladet.se/abtv/articles/104097?service=embedded&autoplay=false

[goat]

as liverpool fans always say...next year will be his year

[Stephen Paul]

Sweden is struggling to cope with immigration i here

[goat]

swedens fine mate, unlike here its run properly

or do you think the 30ft goat was an asylum seeker so they killed it?