Goat Thing of the Day: It's a Sign

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I don't know if any of you remember when I showed you the Billy Goat Tavern when I was in Chicago this last summer.


The Cheezeborger Cheezeborger! place.

I understand if you don't. You were probably drunk. It was the Goat Thing of the Day for a post I entitled Chivalrouslessness in Thieves. Back when someone stole my notebook and-- GAH!!! I still can't talk about it, it upsets me so.

Anyway, I didn't call this meeting to complain about how lame society is. Not today, anyway. No, I brought all of you here today to tell you that I thought it was odd that people would name their business after a goat. Little did I know there were all kinds of places named after goats, as several alert NGIP readers have enthusiastically pointed out to me.




For example, my friend Warren showed me the Stumbling Goat Bistro in Seattle.




And then Mike of Mike's Mixed Memories, told me about this store called the Goat and Pencil, an unusual store on the Channel Isles, which made me look up where the Channel Isles were, because I had no idea. Do you? No? Well, look it up.

And then Helen of Pengelly Pastimes had an NGIP moment (I love that! Eat your heart out, Oprah!). She told her readers about it: "I had my first NGIP moment in Olympia...".


Dancing Goats Espresso


You know what an NGIP moment is, don't you? It's what makes up most of these Goat Things of the Day. You see a goat somewhere, say, on a farm, but a cat is hosting a tea party for all his friends on it. You think, "OMG, this would be perfect for Nanny Goats in Panties!"

That, dear friends, is an NGIP moment. And if you ever have one, just remember to breathe and then bust out your camera and send me a picture!
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