Thursday 25 August 2011

Ovi-tunities

So Steve Benen is grouchy because Ohio schools can't afford lawnmowers any more and have to borrow sheep instead.  He's all:
[N]othing says “21st century global superpower” like schools turning to sheep because they can’t afford lawnmowers. 
I say that's some damn short-sighted thinking!  It's only a few short steps from this:


to this:


or this:


or, if we're prepared to take the idea of replacing mechines with sheep to its logical conclusion, this:


If that isn't what the future looks like, then the future can fuck right off.

2 comments:

Midget_Yoda said...

AT-WT (All Terrain Wooly Terror) as the latest addition to the Empire's land forces?

Bring it!

SpaceSquid said...

That's a much better name than the one I had settled on: the ShAT-AT.

(I also tried to put together a TOE (Twin Ovine Engine) fighter, but it just looked like two sheep had stolen a beach-ball.