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A Donovan Family Reunion...

By The Armorer on March 24, 2011 | | Comments (22)
...at least of the Gunners in the family.
Three old artillerymen are walking on the ramp. First one says, “Windy, isn’t it?”

Second says, “No, it's Thursday!”

Third one says, “So am I. Let's go get a beer.”
 
That would be 2LT John T. Donovan, Colonel Timothy H. Donovan, and Major John H. Donovan, Redlegs all.

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By Argent on March 24, 2011 6:36 AM
Feels like my life sometimes.

You have a good legacy Mr Donovan.
 
By Fishmugger on March 24, 2011 6:56 AM
Is the reason you're up so early the result of your Army training or that you've morphed into farmers. And, which one of the Donovans is in charge of PT at this hour.
 
By Beth Donovan on March 24, 2011 7:26 AM
 The exterior guard is in charge of PT at this hour.  I have morphed into a farmer, kind of, but mostly, I'm usually up pretty early because Barnacle wants to be fed at 5 am. She's a very load, whiney cat.
 
By BillT on March 24, 2011 7:55 AM
A load of what? Or just, plain "a load"...?
 
By MikeD on March 24, 2011 8:25 AM
Ms. Beth, I avoid the cats waking me up by feeding them before bedtime.  Thus can they eat at their leisure and I can rest at mine.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 24, 2011 8:54 AM
Mike - they get fed every twelve hours... which hour shifts of course, with Congress' legislative assaults on the Sun.  Barney has a very finely tuned internal clock.
 
By JW on March 24, 2011 8:54 AM
Fourth artilleryman joins the group. "Pet a steer?  This ain't no kiddy zoo."
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 24, 2011 9:02 AM
Hmmm.  I wonder how far we could take this, JW - before it either got naughty or Nazi...
 
By Beth Donovan on March 24, 2011 9:14 AM
Oh, I meant that Barney is a realy loud kitty.  She has some Siamese in her.  Whine, whine, whine, punch, punch, punch, get out of bed and feed me!!!

NOW!
 
By Mike L on March 24, 2011 9:34 AM
Is the steer's name "Norman"?  Hard to milk those kind of bovines!!
 
By Beth Donovan on March 24, 2011 10:16 AM
 I should have gone out to check the barn earlier -we have a new little kid, a buckling - and kidding season at Castle Argghhh!!! Farm is now officially over!
 
By MikeD on March 24, 2011 10:19 AM
Once a 24 for my girls.  They're not gobblers and there's no dogs about to snatch up their food, so they just snack throughout the day.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 24, 2011 10:26 AM
Yay - and SWWBO refers only to goats.  The snarkage around *here* will continue unabated.
 
By DL Sly on March 24, 2011 12:40 PM
Is that the Castle version of "The beatings will continue until morale improves"?
0>;~}
 
By Fishmugger on March 24, 2011 1:26 PM
So Beth, "the kidding season" is a reference to what? Goats having kids? Someone pulling your leg? And how is it officially over? Did all the females have a kid so none is with child? And what is the name of a female goat? A sheep is a ewe but a female goat is not a goatess, is it?

Just kidding.

Oooops...I guess kidding season is not over.
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on March 24, 2011 4:51 PM
 Go for it, Fish! Next, you could be picking up chicks.

Cheers
 
By Beth Donovan on March 24, 2011 6:47 PM
 Fishmugger, currently the proper term for a female goat is a doe.  A male goat is a buck.  Back in the day, girls were called nanny goats and boys were called billy goats, but now, one must use the proper terminology.

I'm quite happy to say that this is the first year that all does got knocked up and successfully kidded.  2 doelings and 2 bucklings.  Those are the proper terms for baby girl goats and baby boy goats.

As far as chicks, oh, we have or will have chicks, peachicks, ducklings and keets, but if you want to pick up something fowl here, I would suggest, plead, pay you, to pick up Acorn, a tiny, yet very evil little Japanese Bantam Rooster, who has managed to draw blood (mine) on several occassions.  I have not been able to catch the little blood sucker, and I'm not sure I have the guts to kill him.  But someone should!
 
By Argent on March 24, 2011 7:33 PM
"Doe, a deer, a female deer."

I have yet to decide if Beth is running the farm or the critters have taken over.  I guess Beth is still running it, as she's Mistress of the Comestibles.  If I hear about kids with guns in Kansas I'll know I'm in error.  That would mean Beth is actually Slave of the Comestibles instead.

If we ask her bleary-eyed at 5 in the morning, I wonder which title Beth will adopt?
 
By Justthisguy on March 24, 2011 8:26 PM
I am an old-fashioned guy, and as far as I am concerned, the girl goats are nanny goats, and the boy goats are billy goats. "Doe" and "Buck" refer to deer and bunny rabbits.
 
By MikeD on March 25, 2011 8:07 AM
I have not been able to catch the little blood sucker, and I'm not sure I have the guts to kill him. But someone should!

Given the firepower in and around the Castle, I'd think that would be quite achieveable.  But Mister Armorer, sir... I think that request smacks of "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest chicken?"
 
By Quartermaster on March 25, 2011 3:09 PM
 Nanny, Billy, wurkz fer me.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 25, 2011 3:42 PM
Good point, Mike.  Then I'd have to go to Canossa in the snow.