I got to go to an A&P show yesterday (the equivalent of a county/town/agricultural fair in N. America) and HOLY SHEEP. It was everything I could hope for, with the added bonus of a vegetable sculpture contest and the prizewinning alpacas (and cows and horses) marching behind the town's bagpipe band! It ended with a sheep shearing speed contest, where everyone was hanging around drinking beers and taking turns shearing sheep (the shearers were averaging 2 min per sheep. Wow.)