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Unread 4 Dec 2006, 16:44   #1
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Clearly the swedes havent thought of building one out of sticks, or no failing that bricks would work. Ze big baad voolfe would not 'ev a chanse. Anyone taking bets on what and when will happen to it instead? Comedy 10 tonne weight from helecopter option.

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my money is on some sort of thermite device to burn the thing, as its been burnt many many years before. This time they've put waterproof fire retardant on it to prevent that
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I should think some homemade napalm would take care of that goat--flame-resistant chemicals and all! I'd even be tempted to throw in some liquid oxygen to see if the frame could be melted.
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Re: Straw Goat
"In the 40 years since the tradition started, the giant goat of Gavle has often gone up in flames within days."

And yet they keep building them. There's tenacity for you.

"But this year the 13-metre (43ft) high goat has a coat of flame-resistant chemicals, and the authorities are determined it will see in the New Year. "

No problem. Shove arm in further than last year.

"No-one is going to get our goat this year," says a local spokeswoman with confidence.

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Just 10 of the goats, which are built in the town's central square, have survived beyond Christmas since 1966.
Seriously, you would think they had gotten the message after 50 years.
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