Goat is goat NOT a skinny sheep..

While I'm still recovering from a rather fantastic weekend thanks to Jeannie's birthday antics and more, I would like at this point to clarify important issues about goats and sheep.

Background: This conversation transpires over a great Lebanese meal and while Jeannie is determined to have her way being birthday girl and all, she crosses the line when she declares that mutton is goat meat and other atrocities against the goat including linking it to a woolley lamb. If you are already breathing in sharply in shock here is the full bulletin...

I:Wah, that meat tastes good what is it?
Pilli: It's lamb
J: Nooo, its mutton
Pilli: What?! are you kidding me?
J: Noo, mutton is from goat that's what the teacher taught us in school...
Pilli: No f***(# way!!....
J: Yeah im positive. The meat is from goat and.....
(at this point am almost delirious!! A goat's reputation is on the line and I let out a war cry....ululululululululululu)
Pilli: RM50 says thats bullshit...
J: Forget that money, you buy me a bottle of wine at the Qba(one of KL's more affluent bars)
Pilli: DEAL!! you are sooo done for..
J: ahahahahah we will see. We will see.

Ad-lib: Now then, where I come from, goat is a central entity. In my tribe, traditionally, a goat was served to special guests or people of honour when they came round to visit. Nowadays its still very much a delicacy and on most holidays, many a father will head to the nearest goat market to acquire one or two to usher in the festivities. No meetup of Kenyans (especially a happy occassion) is complete without the presence of roast goat beef and chicken not withstanding.Many a household will have a loose goat or two and even sheep in some instances in their backyards too. So when someone decides to take me on a goat challenge they best get their horns and hooves in check cause am-a-gonna whoip the hide off of them! :)

So then, listen up as I put forth some universal truths on goat vs sheep....
Sheep: Woolly being that goes baah and can be found in shocking quantities in New Zealand.They are generally fat and covered in lots of wool which is then sheared to make sweaters, gloves e.t.c The meat from a sheep is called MUTTON.
Sheep as a verb remains the same in singular and plural hence it is truly criminal to utter stuff such as 'there are more sheeps that people in Auckland'...YUCK!!
Lamb : The young of a sheep i.e a baby sheep. Meat from a lamb is simply referred to as LAMB.It also follows that where there are sheep, lambs shall be. There are many references to the phenomenon of the lamb but for simpliclity's sake please refer to the well known nursery rhyme 'Mary had a little lamb'

Goat: It is NOT a skinny sheep or SHEEP for that matter!!
The meat from goat is known as COVEN and for some unknown reason the folks in Asia seem convinced that goat and sheep are one.
Goats go meeh meeh and sheep go bah bah.Goat as a noun has a plural form = goats
Kid: The young of a goat

Now that that's settled looks like am-a-gonna get me a bottle of wine..pop goes the cork and a toast to the goat.