Chelsea Fair MMMAAAAAAAHHHHHH: 23 August 2013

The Chelsea fair features sheep shearing demonstrations throughout the week. By that I don’t mean there are people protesting sheep shearing — though that would probably also be fun, with signs like “SHEEP SHEARING IS BAAAAAAAD” and “FORCED HAIRCUTS: SHEAR LUNACY” and “WOOL! HUH! YEAH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! SAY IT AGAIN Y’ALL” — but that there’s a sheep shearer who shows fairgoers how the whole thing works.

Through the process, the sheep pretty much just hangs out and lets it happen, with the occasional “MMAAAAAHHHHH” thrown in (roughly translated from sheep to English: “Hurry UP man, the Tigers game is about to start!”). Here’s the sheep looking svelte and dapper partway through the process:


If sheep could talk, this one would be saying “How YOU doin’?” right now.

Like middle schoolers, sheep have the remarkable ability to look astoundingly bored no matter what’s happening:

When the whole thing was done, here’s what was on the floor: