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I watched an odd movie tonight. I actually posted about it two years ago but never got around to watching it until now. The name is Black Sheep and it's a black comedy horror flick out of New Zealand. The movie pulled a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and it deserves it. Over at IMDB it only got a 6/10 but I think they missed the humor. Maybe they just wanted a zombie flick. This film pokes fun at all sorts of targets. Global warming, environmentalists, genetic research, corporations, psychiatry, and of course sheep and the people that love them. The tag line for the movie is "There are 40 million sheep in New Zealand and they're pissed off" which reflects the movie's plot. You see, apparently there was a little genetic experimentation done on some sheep and things went awry. Horribly awry. And those sheep started to like the taste of meat---human meat. Not so funny, huh? Well in the hands of the director, Jonathan King, it is funny. Oddly enough. The film was r...

I saw a movie review on that Ebert/Roeper show this past weekend about killer sheep. The movie's name is Black Sheep and both reviewers panned the movie. I thought the clip they showed was funny but I suspect the one-joke nature of the movie would be hard to sustain over the course of a feature length film. They compared Black Sheep to the Evil Rabbit scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail --which I think is good company to be in. " That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! " LOL But in honor of the film Black Sheep , whether a good movie or bad, I'm presenting a short collection of "Sheep jokes". Be warned, many contain inferred sexual content! They're also often not kind to the Welsh. It makes me wonder just what goes on in those pretty green fields of Wales... What's the fastest thing in Wales? A Virgin Sheep. Whats the second fastest thing in Wales? The virgin sheep's shepherd. What do you call a Wel...