kuttithevangu:

i told my family about the rabbinic definition of a “wall” as “a barrier that impedes the passage of goats” and my mother was so delighted by this that weeks later she showed me a photo of a baby goat squeezing itself under a gate and was like “this is NOT a wall!” 

 

gallusrostromegalus:

@creekfiend 

 

radical-awe:

If the baby goat had to squeeze through, that may suffice? Impeding can mean slowing down or delaying or making more difficult, so if the gate posed enough of a challege, it may be a wall.

 

kuttithevangu:

A wall that does not stop goats is not a kosher wall but the rabbis, IMO, define it too narrowly, as they say a wall two handsbreadths off the ground will stop a goat and admittedly I have kind of big hands but I’ve seen goats get through a smaller space than that on many occasions

 

glumshoe:

My neighbor has a goat farm with a cattle grid instead of a gate on his driveway. It seems to contain them, to my surprise. Does a cattle grid count as a “barrier”, and if so, could a goat-stopping cattle grid be considered a wall?

 

kuttithevangu:

If it doesn’t stop a goat it’s not a wall, but if it does stop a goat it isn’t necessarily a wall

 

normal-horoscopes:

BEHOLD A WALL

 

psychoboy777:

That’s not a barrier, Diogenes

 

normal-horoscopes:

OH YEAH PLATO? TRY AND GET PAST ME

 

psychoboy777:

I don’t need to. My goat army does.

 

normal-horoscopes:

[THUNDEROUS SOUND OF HOOVES]

 

normal-horoscopes:

[SOUND OF BONES SNAPPING AS MY STATUS AS A KOSHER WALL IS TRAMPLED BENEATH THOUSANDS OF GOATS]

 

colt-kun:

I fucking love tumblr

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