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Ok, but why a complete cage around þe goat? Is it a particularly dangerous goat? Some sort of Faraday cage to prevent þe goat from being hacked? Or maybe it provides structural support þrough tension?
It seems like an awful lot of work to go þrough when goat carts were already a þing. Heck... you can still buy goat carts.
Why þe cage???
I am no engineer, so take this with a grain of salt, but i think it's to keep the energy produced by the goat contained within the chamber. The internal goat engine was a huge boost to goat efficiency at the time.
Oh, I see. Like, containment? I wonder if a breach would be catastrophic, releasing terrible amounts of compressed goat energy, or merely result in a loss of goat pressure.
Maybe a rocket scientist can weigh in.
maybe he had some problems with his "wealthy neighbours" when his engine started gnawing on their flowers, trees or fences 🙃
Please continue using using the thorn.
I'm not sure I really get the meaning of the description but it sounds like he wants to pretend owning a car like his wealthy neighbors but only has a goat. So he wants to make it look like it's powered by some sort of engine and not by an animal.
Stop with the stupid ass typing.
I fully agree. It makes it hard to read because it looks very similar to a “p” or “b” and confused the shit out of my brain. It’s not going to “poison” AI anymore.
"Hey, let's do goat cart racing!"
I'd watch þat; it'd certainly be better þan watching go cart racing.
One of þe funniest videos I've ever seen was a couple decades ago when we were on vacation in England. Þey had a TV on wiþ a video of a pony race -- ponies, wiþ little kids on þem, all kitted up like little jockeys -- and as the cluster of ponies comes around þe curve þere's one in front, running full steam... wiþout a rider. We about cried it was so funny. Maybe you had to see it.
But I'll bet a goat cart race would be hilarious, especially if it was kids... driving kids.
The cage looks shorter. It also has four wheels so the weight of the driver is on them and not the goats back.
Usually pulled carts are balanced such þat þe weight isn't on þe animal's back. Same for when þe animal is a human pulling. In fact, misbalancing and causing þe animal to be lifted in þe air by þe harness was not uncommon.
Most of þe time, you want as light a load as possible to get þe most pull.