Comments on: Fainting Goats

By: Emily Jane

Emily Jane — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:17:06 +0000

Thank you Cheryl! I thought I was the only one. Ever since this popped up online, I’ve been thinking about Addicted to Love. Glad I’m not the only one.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:46:26 +0000

Correcting my own…April Fool.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:39:02 +0000

Guess I should have shared this for the April Fools email, but my MIL once put a fainting goat in her boss’s office for his birthday. She was assured it would faint when the door was opened, but all the dang thing ever did was poo on his floor…still a testament to her creativity (and a shock to the old guy!).

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:27:05 +0000

The first fainting goat website you linked to was created about ten years ago this spring, which is a significant milestone. It’s sites like this (posting someone’s thoughts about his stepfather’s crazy pet goats), that make the internet great. So it’s almost like the Greatness of the Internet is ten years old this spring.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:10:45 +0000

Am I the only one who remembered the fainting goats topic in Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick’s cheesy movie Addicted to Love?

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:09:50 +0000

The fainting goats were on dirty jobs on Discovery Channel, they interview farm owners somewhere up north (i live in texas so everything is up north –sorry) neat show still comes on reruns or the animal specials

By: JaneM

JaneM — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:15:20 +0000

Poor things! I would think if they had a predator chasing them they would be in BIIIIG trouble!

By: elizabutt

elizabutt — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:56:19 +0000

OK, I’m not crazy. I saw a local news story on these goats (they interviewed a breeder at – get this – the OverEZ Acres) some years ago. It’s a fun topic to ponder, but people rarely believe that they are real. Thank you, mental floss, for once again restoring my sanity.