We cut now to our roving NTM-Cam at the 2010 California State Fair, where two-day-old Sproingy McUnpredictablesons is playing his favorite new game, “Fake the Cameraman.” Bonus SimulTail™ action at 0:34!
Hold Still! Holdstillholdstill! Hold! Still!
July 29, 2010 By
Bleet!
I’m over here! NO I’m over HERE! Now here! Now here! I’m a ninja!
Baaaaaaah – oing!
Baaaaaaah – oing!
Baaaaaaah – oing!
LOL Metz.
and Sproing to the left Sproing to the right. do the hokey sproingy and sproing all about.
I think the only way this baby could be cuter would be if it made little ‘SPROING’ noises when it jumped
OH. MY. GOD!! The tail…the knees…the tiny bleets…the patient mama…THE TAIL!! Sheeps and, in particular, BABY sheeps are one of my most favorite things in the WHOLE WORLD!! And the only reason, along with the goats, for going to a Fair! I love you Mike. You completely made my day!
That’s the way the Baa-aa bounces.
It’s just a jump to the left
And then a sproing to the right
With your hoofs in the hay
You bring your knees in tight
But it’s the SimulTail thing that really drives you insane,
Let’s do the Lamb Hop again!
Breakfast a I-HOP
excuse me, “hooves” not “hoofs”.
*blushingly slinking away*
WHERE’S BEE?
It is soo cute! I think its belly was tickled by the straw.
“Hey! What was that?” *boing*
“There it is again!” *boing*
What I imagine going through this little one’s head:
WOOO! I’m a lamb! *nomnomnom* WOO! I’m a Lamb! *slurpslurpslurp* *wigglewiggle* WOO! I’M A LAMB! *nomnomnom*
Repeat fowevah and evah
Am I the only one who wonders what the fate of these sheep is at the state fair? Can we get confirmation they are not being sold for mutton?
Sorry to be such a downer. I just worries, that’s all…
–bossgripes.com
@bossgripes and all who don’t like to know everything
i have a lovely denial helmet i don for moments like these.
Camera person to bebbeh: “C’mon I’ve got to get some good video for the 5 o’clock News feel good segment or I’ll be lambasted by my Ed.”
Like mothers everywhere the ewe is very patient.
Is it a Spring lamb
Oh no, I feel sheepsick after watching that.
I tried to watch the whole thing but I kept dozing off. Anyone else?
This was so cute – I totally needed to see this today.
Thanks, guys, i just giggled my way through the comments (not to mention the vid). My dog, who’s outside wants in to see what’s making me laugh.
So, cute! Very amEWEzing. *boings away from teh camera*
This is what infected the baby lambs in Australia too when I was there one spring. Boing, boing, boing!!
that’s the visual definition of happy.
Mama’s sure a beauty too! Just wanna squeeze her soft furry belly.
@ The Big Gripe
You are not the only one.
Holy hopping cuteness, Batman!
happy happy happy!
Now you know why I don’t eat lamb chops.
I like my little lambs sproinging, not broiling!
So sweet and innocent.
Poor thing looks a little nervous to me. Let him out of the tiny cage! He just wants to sproing his sweet little way around a nice big field!
And what a lovely Mama. She’s a real beauty. Thanks for the hoppiness.
Think of this little guy the next time you order a lambchop
I saw this little guy at the Fair yesterday! He was sproinging around on top of poor Mama as she was laying down trying to get a little rest!
@BigGripe – I don’t know about these sheep, obviously, but I go to state fairs in search of wool and fleeces. A lot of sheep these days are wool sheep, not meat sheep (and I don’t know why someone would bring a 2 day old sheep or a heavily pregnant ewe to a fair if they were going to be sold for meat. There’s not a really amazing cost-to-profit ratio, there). My guess is show or wool.
At last, a visual demonstration of the expression, “Two shakes of a lamb’s tail”!
P.S. Akid’lleativytoo, wouldn’t you?
I like most that moment where Boingly McBouncersons looks ready to challenge mama, in all her behorned glory, to a headbutting match.
*seasick*
That’s a lot of sproinging and faking-out of the cameraman. Maybe he should have just given up and zoomed out a bit?
/Just saying
Erm thanks.
@19 feefifoto
LOL
I could snooze with that little lamb. Except I’d probably get sproinged on. Buuut I might not mind
Theresa: pretty much my thoughts as well.
Ooh! It is flitting around after the sunbeams, like a moth!
Xtreme Skampering and Fro-licking!
The cutest way to get seasick.
@ The Big Gripe I’m afraid that was my first thought. Utterly adorable little lamb but its fate is probably very sad.
Sproing time for lambies at country fairs.
Same here Carolina!
Not saying I’m a saint or anything, but I’ve never tasted lamb and neveh will! You’re safe with me bouncy lambers.
@RR: I’m with you, I’m not feeling to gd after watching this vid …
I love this blog, I read it every day!!
Whoa… that was a little too “Blair Witch” for me… where’s my Dramamine?
Adorable, though…
That sounds like a very public place… and seems like a rather small enclosure. It makes me sad that this is the only place that people would get to see farm animals. And sad for the animals for being cooped up and surrounded by people like that. I’m so used to seeing sheep roam free in large fields around here…
But to end on a positive note, WHAT A BOINGY LITTLE CUTIE!
(oops, if I’d read the intro I would have known it was a fair — doh!)
Ah, so THAT’S how long “two shakes of a lamb’s tail” is!
Anita, some lamb-ees sproing so you can have feel-goodness, some lamb-ees broil so I can have taste-goodness. I love both kinds of lamb-ees. I too hope that little lamb-ee at the fair gets a large lovely pasture to run in when it gets home.
Meg,
I can’t think of a better place to wish you a very
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
/Kevin
I was going to be all boo-hoo about needing a new post, but–is it really Meg’s birthday? HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEG!!!!!!!!!!!! (whispers: so, um, people, did we get her a present?)
“i have a lovely denial helmet i don for moments like these.”
Sharpy, you and I must shop at the same store. Or did you order yours over the internet?
>>Sharpy, you and I must shop at the same store. Or did you order yours over the internet?
oh no, the internets is a place filled with horrors! it’d be unpossible to stay in the land of unicorns and rainbows if i went there! how do you like yours? is it effective?
i actually grew my own helmet–it looks a lot like my hair.
And it looks like Meg gave everybody the day off!
Tabby Birthday, Meg.
>>And it looks like Meg gave everybody the day off!
not me! and she can’t make me, either!
@BB/VA: Thankyouthankyou THANKYOU for the awesome RHPS reference. Now I’m singing it…and I like it.
Happy Birthday Meg.♫♪♫♪
Do you guys remember that wacky Farm Overload thing from Meg’s birthday last year? Wonder what they did for her this time around.
@ skippymom – I remember!
And nothing could outdoo-doo that!
Oh, that’s a good idea, Sharpy! Did you use seeds to get it started? Well I bought the one with the handy invisiblity switch. That way I can wear it all the time and no one else knows! I do find that it works rather well.
For those who missed it last year
http://cuteoverload.com/2009/07/30/happy-birthday-meg/
Wee lil’ lamb is marked like a Holstein calf … absolutely anerable!
Last year’s Megmas was the best! Thanks for reminding me of it!
….except I can’t find the photo album anymore
And FarmOverload is gone 
…..cry…
Happy Birthday Meg,
Thanks for all you’ve done to make this world a cuter, happier place!
OMG! The tail action! Too freakin’ cute!
As for the fate of the livestock that are exhibited at the California State Fair like this cute little guy and his beautiful mama… I know that UC Davis, whose Animal Sciences department and School of Vet Med manage the Livestock Exhibit at the Fair every year, put a lot of effort into the animals. Depending on the breed of sheep they are, they could just be used for wool and breeding purposes and nothing else (except looking cute, obviously!). The campus *does* have a ‘meat lab’ but I don’t know for certain if the animals processed there are the same ones they keep on campus as a part of their research, hands-on work and educational purposes; or if they’re from local farmers who don’t have their own processing plants and are in cooperation with the school. I’m betting on the latter… I hope that’s some comfort to the people worried about the lovelies in the video
The exhibit, really, is for the public to see what animal birthing is actually like, to ask questions about the animals and processes that the humans go through to ensure the health of the animals; in return, the students get a lot of hands-on experience in a controlled but very real setting. Farmers who are participating in the fair often go to the students and faculty managing the exhibit to further care for the livestock they’ve brought.
I could keep rambling on about the awesome things my alma mater (go Aggies!!) does in the field of agriculture, livestock and animal sciences… I mean, what other university offers “Tractor Driving” and “Cow Milking” as curricular classes?
for Martha in Washington…I agree with you..
The sheep & goats are the reason I go to the Mn State Fair. Well, the horses too, but primarily for those little goomers. They have such quirky personalities.
1) Happy Birthday, Meg!!
2) The line, “2 yr old Sproingy McUnpredictablesons” TOTALLY CRACKED ME UP!
Hoppy Birthday to Meg,
Hoppy Birthday to Meg!
Hoppy Biiiiiirthday and lots of lamb-ies,
Hoppy birthday toooooo MEG! *toots party horn, then gives it to Lamby mcHops as a hat*
*waves* Hi BStrange!
Anita Magar 07.29.10 at 3:42 pm
Exactly! Before I became veggie terrain one of my favorite sandwiches was the Gyro. The man told me it was part Lamb and part Beef. I immediately said NOT eating that ever again, and then I quit eating all the rest of them too. I don’t know what I thought the Gyro was!
You know, now that I think about it, maybe he’s just playing charades! he’s probably thinking “Popcorn in a popper, darn it, popcorn in a popper! Oh, they did NOT just say “drunken cricket” for the third time.”
*wave wave wave* Hi QoD!
Oooh, happy birthday Meg!!!! Hope it’s as sweet and happy as your site!
Hi Queen of Squee. Thanks for your good post re the UCD Vet School, etc. Those of us here in Sacramento are sadly aware of this year’s incident with the “runaway” cow and her going-to-deliver-the-next-day calf. For those not local, I won’t expound except to say that neither survived and it seems to me that there could have been a very different outcome.
I used to work at The Oregon Zoo and also worked for 2 years at the Vet Med Teaching Hospital in Davis. From those experiences, I came away with many mixed emotions/opinions about animals and public displays. And, of course, there are always at least two sides to every story.
Queen of Squee,
Thank you for the post.
Just to clarify my post above, I’m referring to a cow who was being unloaded at the Livestock Nursery at the Calif. State Fair on July 27.