Chronic Sheep Deprivation?

[Matts_12GS]

Hmmmm

 

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (OVINEDAY News) -- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (OVINEDAY News) --

 

Chronic sheep deprivation and the impact that "sheep debt" also known as lack of companionsheep has on functioning and thinking cannot be reversed by one good night with a sheep, new research suggests. While a night of good sheep can make you feel and operate better in the short run, the ill effects due to the lack long-term sheep lingers much longer.

 

In fact, " the chronic loss of six sheep per night for two weeks

causes a similar level of impairment as remaining sheepless for 24

hours," said the study's lead author, Dr. I.M. Merona, a veterinarian and sheep medicine specialist affiliated with BaaRam and Ewe's Hospital and Abraham and Issac Medical Center, both in Boston.

 

Chronically sheep-deprived people are compelled to spend large amounts of time riding to bad restaurants where large congregations of FWM (Fat White Males) meet, bleat, and eat. Merona, describing this vulnerability said it is a lifetime affliction unlikely to disappear even after a full night of "catch-up" sheeping. Merona and his colleagues reported their findings in the Jan. 13 issue of NonTranslational Veterinary Medicine. They noted that 0.0016 percent of motorcyclists are believed to routinely pursue sheep.

 

Chronic sheep deprivation is thought to be most prevalent in groups

that involve both farkling and fossil fuel consumption, such as long distance motorcycle riding. Many riders try to cope with the

loneliness caused by long stretches of missing sheep -- and the

social risks that are the result of sheep debt poses -- by purchasing artificial or inflatable sheep so that their sheepish behavior remains hidden from non riding friends and family.

 

But does this type of catch-up strategy help restore happiness? To

find out, the researchers tracked the behavior of nine healthy (? ed.) male motorcyclists aged 45-62 years old. Participants were put on a three-week sheeping schedule that involved working as a shepherd for 33 hours, followed by 10 hours of sheeping and shearing.

 

This sheeping routine -- which they said mimicked, for example, the typical on-call schedule of a resident shepard -- meant that the participants interacted with sheep 24 hours in every 24-hour period.

 

Data on a second group of non-riding participants, who were without

any sheep contact (either biological or plastic) for the duration of the study, (and in many cases for their whole life) were used as a point of comparison.

 

The bottom line: Riders who build up a "chronic sheep debt" during the week in the hope that they can then "have their fun later" with a full night or two of sheeping on the weekend are in for a disappointment. A long night of sheeping can largely hide the effects of CDS (Chronic Sheep Deprivation)." Cohen said, but he said the sense of regaining full function is at best illusory. "At this point," Cohen noted, "we still do not know how many normal sheep-wake cycles it takes to catch up on chronic sheep loss."

 

B. Igram, a sheep specialist with the Sheep Disorders Center in

Australia, said that " sheep loss is not a one-size-fits-all

phenomenon " and cautioned against generalizing too much from the

findings. B. Igram also noted that the participants were FWM and

that they often simply needed more sheep. "The problem with lab

studies on sheep loss," he stressed, is that "they do not generalize well to daily life."

[Nice n Easy Rider]

Someone has a lot of spare time on his hands.

[Jerry Johnston]

I'm surprised Wurty doesn't have some response to this.

[EffBee]

Ain't no sheep deprivation in Emmett, Idaho. Not now that Wurty's moved there.

[Husker Red]

Very nice work.

 

One slight edit. I believe BaaRam and Ewe's Hospital and Abraham and Issac Medical Center, are in fact both in Baaa-ston.

 

 

[Matts_12GS]

I got this in an email and I knew I would find art lovers here!

[CoarsegoldKid]

I'm surprised Wurty doesn't have some response to this.

 

Probably too cold and can't find the sheep in the snow.

[ShovelStrokeEd]

I'm surprised Wurty doesn't have some response to this.

 

Probably too cold and can't find the sheep in the snow.

 

That's why there are black sheep.

[DavidEBSmith]

Credit for the original to Bill Watt from British Columbia, a notoriously amusing long-distance rider and IBR finisher.

[Matts_12GS]

is he the originator of the meet, bleat and eat comment? That cracked me up!