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Posted by Tyler Cowen on November 26, 2007 at 01:35 PM in History | Permalink
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Immediately thought of the old Monty Python Flying Sheep sketch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkw2DdoskPY
Posted by: Damir at Nov 26, 2007 2:02:21 PM
I thought of the difference between marginal and average returns.
Posted by: Tyler Cowen at Nov 26, 2007 2:05:43 PM
A similar scene from Theo Angelopoulos' Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
http://www.nicksflickpicks.com/wpmeadowrev.jpg
Posted by: Yan Li at Nov 26, 2007 2:06:53 PM
It's Morocco, by the way, and they are eating olives. Thanks to Paul Hsieh for the pointer.
Posted by: Tyler Cowen at Nov 26, 2007 2:16:27 PM
I thought of Sylar.
Who's with me?
Posted by: shawn at Nov 26, 2007 3:11:06 PM
Thank you for the clarification. I thought the ones in the tree were dead. So glad to know they are alive and eating olives.
Posted by: Yan Li at Nov 26, 2007 3:11:17 PM
I thought it was some kind of crossbreeding gone interesting...cats and goats living together...
Posted by: CC at Nov 26, 2007 3:21:37 PM
Obviously shopped. You can tell the pixels don't look right.
Posted by: Jacob at Nov 26, 2007 3:56:38 PM
Looks like we're exceeding carrying capacity.
Posted by: David Zetland at Nov 26, 2007 4:37:40 PM
Have you been reading In Bad Taste? The author has a bit about an oil they sometimes make from the droppings of goats that climb olive trees (argan oil).
Posted by: Nathan Whitehead at Nov 26, 2007 4:50:47 PM
Envirowacos go on and on about global warming. Why not goats? I hate goats.
Posted by: ricpic at Nov 26, 2007 5:18:34 PM
The goats are eating the leaves and nuts of the Argon tree in southern Morocco. There are many similar pictures of Moroccan goats in Argon trees. The nuts go through the goats and are collected by locals who make oil from the nuts. If you are in the Northern VA area, look in some of the high-end gourmet or naturalist grocery stores (Fresh Fields or Harris Teeter near Sterling, VA) and you will find this oil. It has a really very nice subtle taste and is cherished by fine-foodistas, especially the French (naturally). Ain't it great to learn something new?
Posted by: Sleeper at Nov 26, 2007 7:11:32 PM
the low-hanging goat principle?
Posted by: anon at Nov 26, 2007 8:21:06 PM
this is so goddamn weird that I'm going to have trouble buying any explanation that doesn't come in person with me looking at this tree.
Posted by: perianwyr at Nov 26, 2007 10:34:35 PM
WTF... i would never have believed this phenomenon was real without having seen the video evidence!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwhBYKLFZAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQev3UoGp2M
Posted by: barnacle at Nov 26, 2007 11:28:18 PM
Who says goats don't grow on trees?
Posted by: caped crusader at Nov 26, 2007 11:52:22 PM
Titles:
1. Go for the low hanging fruit.
2. Life is short and then you die.
Posted by: John B. Chilton at Nov 27, 2007 3:39:18 AM
If I were a goat, I'd rather be in the tree.
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