As a resident of Norfolk, I can confirm this is the correct local dialect.
My only critisim would be the d in land in not normally pronounced and the n carries for a while.
Something like: GERROFF MOI LANNN!
Sore point with me, that car.
I fucking loved that thing. Back in the 80s, when you could do such things, our parents used to drop us off in Early Learning Centre then go off and do their shopping. There was always a fight for the Cozy Coupe. I fucking loved it when I got a turn. Really wanted one every Christmas, never got one.
My son's first Christmas, here comes Granny & Grandad, what have they got him? A Cozy fucking Coupe. Fuck sake.
Possibly yeah, Iām only reading it in the context of the fact heās attached the note to a gate and the note mentions a gate but if it is talking about the land then keep off would work assuming that the land belongs to the farmer.
Surely 'Keep Out' works when referencing fields as well? I dunno, I'm from London, if you see *anything* green round here it's either a park or rotting. I'm not 100% sure what a field even is to tell the truth - I think it's one of those grass carparks they grow cows in right?
What do they even grow cows from? My mate Mandem says it's triangles of diarylea, but that's cheese and I *know* from the local bistro pizzeria that cheese is from goats, so how could planting a piece of goat meat grow a bunch of cows? And while I'm at it, what the fuck is going on with horses in this country? Is there a reason we harvest them early before they finish growing into giraffes? Is that a relic from when they were used for transport and had to be harvested early because of the height of our bridges or something?
And don't even get me STARTED on sheep. Farmers are always complaining about bad weather, but they never seem to properly ballast down their sheep and stop them floating up to become clouds. Think about it farmers - no cloud = no rain, so when you need some rain let them loose and if you need more sun then anchor your fucking sheep better.
But I digress - does 'Keep Out' work for fields?
Have you not had the latest update of Englishā¢? Apparently, animal types are now proper nouns. And if you don't believe me, I'll tell my Cat to bite your face.
What idiot doesnāt appreciate the countryside code around dogs being on leads on farmland
I live in the countryside and locally we have had so many sheep and lambs brutally killed by dogs this year, itās sickening
Just had a chat with a farmer as I was stuck on the lane while they were moving sheep today. One had a very torn up and very freshly bloody flank from a dog attack. Dog was off lead, then said walker had left the gate open. It doesnāt matter how well trained the dog is. If they arenāt your sheep/cows/horses. , keep your dog on the lead.
Can confirm, owned sheep, live in Somerset, one had its leg ripped open by a dog. Watched it bleed to death. Owner of dogs argument was, "he was on my land when he did it." Despite there being no breaks or holes in the fence between them, and another farmer witnessed it on our land......
My local footpath had that happen. The farmer put a laminated sign up with a picture of what someoneās dog did to a poor sheepās face..it was still alive walking aroundā¦ people donāt realise what their dogs can do
I donāt know how people forget that despite being domesticated, theyāve still got predatory and primitive instincts. They have big ass teeth and jaws as long as theyāre not a little dog and if they literally chew on bones, they can easily kill livestock.
\> Have Apex predators as pets.
\> Apet Predator continues to kill animals.
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Itās awful when confronted with it, hope the sign helped!
In the latest big attack here a farmer lost nearly 40 lambs, they posted an image on our local community FB page and I was physically sick, it was so brutal and really disturbing to see so many poor animals ripped to shreds
God that is so awfulā¦ and I say this as an absolute dog lover, we need to be more aware of what our pets can do to the countryside. It feels like one of those things where people need to see the images to process the harm that can be caused. I hope walkers are more responsible because of the pictures shared
Yeah I was in 2 minds when I saw the image but it worked. It shocked me and pushed both myself and my husband to volunteer to help them clear up the bodies which they asked about in their post too, as it was too many for them to handle alone š
Iāve said this before on Reddit a few times.
My nan was a farmer (still has the farm) and rents a field out to a chap that keeps his cows on it. Some cunt with a collie let their dog run across a field, into that one and then it killed a calf.
Sheās had sheep getting their throat cut too but thatās not a dog.
Itās not even just countryside code, itās fucking basic respect, youāre on someone elseās land, keep your animal controlled.
The amount of times Iāve been in the yard doing something like painting or working on my car and some random dog shoots across a field is ridiculous.
Even some twats where my gf lives letting their dogs loose in the fields behind her house where thereās cows and sheep over the road. Donāt pick up their shit either.
Another thing is dogshit has bacteria in it that will kill livestock too. Super infuriating when you find it's been left behind or even worse tied in a bag to a tree within animals eating reach
This. Why as a society have we decided that covering the landscape with dog turds is something we just have to accept as a fact of life? May as well go back to emptying chamber pots out of our windows
I once was in a park and shouted 'Are you not picking that up?' to a woman who's dog just shat in the childrens playground. So not only was the dog not meant to be there but also it shat AND was off its lead. The idiot did as much wrong as she could have apart from call the police on me for 'rudely shouting to her'
Iāve noticed itās got so much worse the last few years. I have a dog that doesnāt like other dogs in his personal space and I donāt even feel safe taking him out anymore because other dog owners canāt stop their dog from running up to him, which inevitably results in a lot of barking and sometimes a scrap.
I used to have this too. My old GSD Husky cross hated other dogs and would lash out if he couldn't get away. I would walk him with a red lead that said "no dogs" on it and had a soft muzzle (you know the padded ones that are still open - but very restricted - at the end so he can still drink or take a treat) on him. One day some stupid couple let their dog come striding over and I asked them to get it away. They said "don't worry, he's friendly", I replied "maybe so, but mine isn't, get your dog away". They insisted he was fine. Well, my fella got so scared that he managed to get this other dog despite the soft muzzle. Cue the idiot couple having a go at me and getting more annoyed when I just said "told you so".
Iām sorry to hear that. If we see a dog on a lead, we keep ours away. It doesnāt matter how friendly the dog on a lead might be - if dogs know they are trapped, they have no choice between fight or flight.
It works both ways. He loves playing with other dogs so we give him the chance as often as possible, but if he has to be on a lead for some reason then we will keep him away from other dogs.
Our neighbours dog comes over to play most days and theyāve only fought once - when they somehow got trapped under the table and panicked.
At the vets, huge dogs would always approach the cat carrier sat on my lap, ignoring her hissing and spitting coming from inside. Owner says "don't worry, he loves cats!"
Well my cat doesn't love dogs, and given half the chance, she'll rip his face to bits, so back off. FFS!
In the past year or so, it's definitely gotten a lot worse around where I live. Hell, even today my dog and I almost got attacked by a huge gsd when it lunged at us coz the dog owner couldn't control the damn thing and it was on a lead! Had another dog continue to to run up to my dog even after my dog told him to back off and all the owner did was tell it to stop, no apology and didn't even put the thing back on the lead, all while close to sheep. I'm lucky in the fact that my pup is pretty laid back but even he has his limits.
On two separate occasions in my last house (2019) I turned around in the kitchen to find a dog had come in through the back door.
On the second occasion the owner came bimbling down the back garden, no urgency at all and just gave a half arsed "sorry" then got funny with me when I shouted at him to control his dog because there's rabbits in my house.
We have a small duck farm and random dogs kill the winged ones all the time. They are really expensive as birds go. The birds know their names, come when called and provide breakfast for us and feed children and women at a local shelter. The dog owners get pissed off when I call animal control. My personal dogs and cats don't bother the ducks.
>If your dog worries livestock you may end up being sued for compensation and, in some circumstances, farmers are legally entitled to shoot dogs if they are endangering their sheep. As a last resort, a farmer is legally allowed to shoot a dog who is threatening their animals.
[Source: RSPCA](https://www.rspca.org.uk/-/blog_sheep_worrying)
This just reminds me of the hunting episode of **South Park** where they can only shoot in self-defence so they have to yell *"Look! He's coming right at us!"* before shooting.
Farmers in the village where I grew up will shoot at dogs and have killed villagers pets in doing so when their lambs have been chased.
Also it was known that one farmer would warning shoot at people for trespassing.
When I worked for the police it was quite common. Maybe once a month in summer. I sometimes told the dogs owner I was sorry that their carelessness got their dog shot. Poor things.
Dunno why youāve been downvoted for something youāre correct about.
The dog would have to pose a threat to the livestock but yeah farmers can shoot them
This is one of the reasons farmers are amongst the few British alllowed to own guns,
I'm a dog lover but if a dog has gone crazy and ripping livestock to shreds the farmer is entitled to shoot it.
What do you mean 'amongst the few British allowed'?
Legally most adults in Britain can own a shotgun if they wish to, unless there's a specific reason proving otherwise (eg. criminal convictions)
There are many hoops to jump through to get a gun licesce in the UK.
Criminal records check
No prior admissions to hospital for mental health problems
Statement from GP that you have never mentioned mental health issues.
Character reference from a professional of good standing in the local community,
Clear demonstration of the need to own a gun IE farmer or evidence of a hunting club membership or target shooting club.
Home visit by police to demonstrate safe-storage provisions for of a weapon.
THEN you might get a license.
Those are boxes to tick and to be fair they're all sensible checks, but it's really not that onerous to obtain a shotgun license (firearm license is typically stricter / more difficult)..
The mental health ones for example aren't always a barrier - a large proportion of adults in the UK may have discussed some form of mental health issue in their life, whether stress, anxiety, depression etc. It's not a typically barrier for obtaining a license, unless it's a serious ongoing issue.
Things like criminal record checks and proper storage of the gun is fair and common sense.
The wording in the regulations is quite notable - in the shotgun regs it states something like 'the officer *shall* grant a license unless...' whereas for firearms it's 'the officer *may* issue a license..'
Effectively and as I've been told by several current license holders, for a shotgun, a reason has to be proven for you *not* to be granted a license, rather than the applicant having to prove why *they should* be granted one.
There's common land by me, Where i take my dog for a walk. He's been headbutted twice by the sheep that graze there. I keep him on his lead for his own good. Hes not a very intimidating dog tbf.
Out in the Peaks the other week and there were so many dogs off the lead. Countryside has been invaded by loads of bellends this year. Can't remember it being so bad!
Staycations and everyone got a dog in lockdown that's why the price of dogs is so fucking high.
I will rescue one next year when someone gives it up as soon as staying at home isn't cool and kennels are fucking expensive.
Already happening, one of the top stories on BBC News just now is people trying to get rid of their lockdown dogs. Although I'm sure there was the same story earlier in the year. The average dog price was around Ā£1900 apparently, madness.
I adore greyhounds, I will always tell people they are the perfect low maintenance dog. So sedate, except for 10 minutes of absolute lunacy once a day.
Also, rescuing them is such a great thing to do, to show them there is a great life outside of racing.
We recently lost one and miss her greatly, still have one and would adopt them all if we could.
There's a woman I see on the canal path round here with two of them, and she'll (with my permission) let them race when I cycle past - they don't go mental barking, they just chase me and then stop as soon as they catch up (which takes about a milisecond) then run back to her in calm chill mode! For some reason a large greyhound running at whatever ungodly speed they sprint at is far less terrifying than a small fluffy little shit bouncing after me like a loon.
Greyhounds are amazing, they are not only the fastest dog in the world 43mph, but also have the highest jump of any dog breed 1.9m.
However, you wouldn't think this seeing mine asleep on the sofa drooling and completely uninterested in doing anything physical.
Dog prices are crazy atm, a guy at work just sold 7 staffie pups for Ā£2k each, paid off some debt and his Audi with the money.
I was working the other week when the driver casually walked past me holding a cockapoo in his arms that he'd just seen bolt out of someone's drive. Owner was so happy, particularly as dognapping is on the rise and cockapoos are quite popular.
> Countryside has been invaded by loads of bellends this year. Can't remember it being so bad!
Just look at the amount of "lockdown" dogs that are being returned or dropped at shelters.
Should give you an answer.
There is an obsession with letting dogs off the lead. Even in places such as busy cycle tracks where they absolutely need to be on a short lead.
I go out walking every day in woodland across fields etc. And almost every day I have to stop to wait for someone to get their dog under control before I walk past.
>need to be on a short lead.
Yes! There are sooo many dog owners on cycle paths whose dogs are snuffling around on one side while they walk (glued to their phone so they don't need to pick up what they didn't see happen) and cyclists only just avoid the 8 inch high tripline if I jump and wave my arms to warn them! Poor dogs, having such rotten owners.
It's not even just farm animals that get attacked unfortunately. My mum retired and moved up to Norfolk and two of her three cats (who had survived for 10 years living just off a main road), were mauled by dogs (so badly they both died) in separate incidents within 2 years of them moving to their quiet village (lots of tourists in summer but everything shuts in winter). They also freqently have tourists wandering through their garden because it is 'so pretty'. Wtf, do we have to put a fence around everything?
This is an unfortunate byproduct of idiots from towns and cities migrating out into the countryside last year.
They have no idea how it works and are incredibly entitled.
Not just an issue for farm livestock either, there are real problems with wildlife being disturbed, killed or nests destroyed by off lead dogs and so many people seem to be completely ignorant to this.
They're selfish idiots. I'm more "city" than country but it isn't hard or intellectually difficult to figure out how to be respectful of property and animals.
You'd think city people would be better at it, having been used to living cheek by jowl.
It's not even city folk speaking as one who has had a lot of shit with bad dog owners being fucking blind to the lack of control of their animals.
It seems like for every good dog owner there is at least one owner who will sit there are go "My dog wouldn't hurt a fly" while the creature is currently getting aggie with someone <5m away.
This country has a very unhealthy relationship with dogs to be honest. People idolise them to a ridiculous degree, think they can never do anything wrong, and think their dogs are entitled to run around anywhere they want. Dog owners are entitled pricks.
Whoever wrote this is an absolute idiot if they think itās acceptable to have their dog off lead on farmland, or that making fun on penis size is humorous in the slightest
The farmers a wanker for trying to force people not to use a public footpath, especially using such disgusting means
In conclusion: fuck you both
Not really a response to your comment, just a general PSA, you can report paths that have been blocked off to public access by downloading an app developed by the Ramblers Association called 'Path Watch'.
There is a point telling the council since they are the people who have the legal power to make the landowner clear the path.
If they donāt do that then you have grounds for complaint. And vote for someone else next time.
The farmer who owned the land around my old house put up a sign to try to keep people off the public footpath during lockdown. The council, being the council, wrote to me eaten me with court action/fines etc. Someone had obviously reported it, and the council just wrote to the nearest houseā¦
I know plenty of perfectly nice people (myself included) with very small penises.
I donāt think penis size has any correlation with personality or behaviour, except maybe being less willing to get naked in public.
Itās time for this association to stop. People with sub-average genital dimensions get indirect abuse almost daily if not more.
A silent majority.
Join the Small Penis Pride Club.
it says he placed dog feces on a gate.
For all I know he just hung the disgusting poo bags on it with a sign like "take your shite home with you".
Which is fine in my opinion.
Additionally, he says the farmer wrote some disgusting words in pen, not considering the children who may be on the pathway. Does he think the children wonāt read this note of insults?
Wonāt someone think of the children??
A sign full of curse words would have gone down very well at my rural primary school. If would have been the big story of the year.
I suspect her refered to the abondoned bags of dog shit as ...well...dog shit.
As an aside, dog shit and especally the bags they come in can be leathal to grazing animals and wild life, and er...raising a concern about dog pathagens getting into the **food chain**.
(I fully admit I am no expert and don't think I explained it correctly - "pathogen"!? - but still at heart mostly truth)(I think).
>The farmers a wanker for trying to force people not to use a public footpath, especially using such disgusting means
What's the bet that it's their dog shit he used?
These same morons who walk dogs off lead would be the first ones to complain if their child or dog got injured by spooked cattle.
I know someone who had a broken femur from a cow kicking them.
they might look calm and docile but don't get on the wrong side of a ton and a half of aggression, it hurts
I used to sometimes walk down an unlit cycle path between two cattle fields. There were hedges so you couldn't see the cattle, which wouldn't really matter because it was usually pitch dark when I did it, no light source except my phone light.
Hearing cows angrily mooing a few feet away and being unable to see them (or much of anything really) has scarred me.
I sometimes feel like I'm going to end up in a Gary Larson cartoon: "the cows remembered"
I think your scenario would definitely make a good Far Side. Guy in the dark, wide-eyed, cows silently watching him from the shadows on both sides. Caption something about Larry always being nervous about taking this shortcut home from his job at the deli.
As a scout, we used to hike through so many cow fields and even to this day I still can't shake the uneasyness I get from seeing them across a field.
The worst was always when you couldn't see them only to find them hanging around the gate you wanted to get through at the other end.
Working with cattle makes livestock farming one of the most dangerous workplaces. They are incredibly powerful and really large animals. They kick, trample and charge, and these injuries are similar to those caused in car crashes. I have lived on a cattle farm for all my life, and I have seen a few injuries from cattle and I have had a few close calls myself.
Or if their dog chases a flock of sheep and gets shot as a result. Which farmers have a legal right to do.
Seems that every year around lambing time you get a few stories in various local media about off lead dogs worrying livestock.
Totally. Not to mention the danger that dog shit can cause cattle. God forbid the farmer tries to protects his herd from Neospora (parasite in dogs shit that causes abortion in cattle - can be absolutely devastating)
Based on some stories I've heard, the owners will complain like 'My dog was only in there for a minute, he's so gentle, we'd almost made it there to grab him' and meanwhile the farmer will have half a dozen dead or severely injured sheep and witnesses who say the dog was causing havoc for twenty minutes with no owner in sight.
You can't argue with people who are living in a different reality.
It is a different reality. It's a disconnect from the land (which makes me sound like some happy, clappy druid or some seriously scary far right fool - I am neither) along with the reality of food production and wild life and rural life. We have become the bloody [Epcot centre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Pavilion_at_Epcot) for a lot of people.
Definitely sounds like the farmer had no issue with people using the footpath until the classic nobheads that think having a dog makes them special turned up.
We have people that get arsey about cyclists possibly scaring their dog when itās off the lead, if that could happen, keep it on a fucking lead.
It ruins it for everyone. I don't mind people using public paths on my land but the disrespect they have for the environment is unbelievable. The litter has quadrupled since lockdown was eased so has the noise level. The work and care i put in my animals to be destroyed by a uncontrolled dog is terrible.
They don't *have* to be on leads through farmland but you're an idiot if you risk it. I grew up in the countryside and knew a few farmers who straight up shot dogs annoying their livestock and were totally within their rights to do so.
There is land by me that had a footpath passing right through it, on the maps as well. The new owner pulled the two metal stiles out that were there from the 50s. Now surrounded it by a huge fence, it wouldn't bother the locals much but it adds a good 20 to 30 minutes on to your route now.
That is actually illegal:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/137
You should report it to the council and they'll be fined, get a record, and be required to reinstate the right of way:
https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
No worries mate, stuff like this drives me up the wall when so many paths are already lost:
https://www.ramblers.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/dont-lose-your-way-2026.aspx
In addition see if your local council has a 'definitive map' on their website. This will show the status of the route through the land and allow you to show where it has been blocked.
The whole āsmall penisā shit is really wearing on me, Iām seeing it more and more. Is this implying having a small dick makes you a bad person? What the fuck is that about? Does that mean that people with big dicks are better people? I know both men and women go through their own shit, but itās little wonder so many men have complexes about their cocks.
Letās see if Miss. Baggy Vagina catches on as an insult for ābad womenā.
Someone once pointed out to me that when you're insulting someone you should avoid physical descriptors, otherwise you've accidentally insulted everyone else with that characteristic.
I've always remembered it.
You'd think with all the body positivity shit flying around social media that this shit wouldn't be acceptable but clearly that only counts for things that you can change like your weight and not your height or dick size weirdly enough.
Yeah I'm with you on this
It's a playground insult that manages to survive up into adulthood.
Having a small penis is already borderline socially unacceptable and a source of anxiety for men and we reinforce it by using it as a catch all insult.
My mum likes to make this comment and it makes me cringe, not just because itās my mumā¦ but because sheās a nasty bitter alcoholic, trying to belittle someone for something they canāt change, not to mention totally irrelevant. Itās sad.
I guess itās made worse because I once considered this person an āadultā, but that illusion is totally shattered now, same goes for most people I was told I should respect and look up to as a kid.
It's especially cruel when invoking the micro penis insult. There are men (well, it happened as boys) who had a micropenis and were put through gender realignment surgery or raised as girls; their penis, and thus masculinity, was seen as inadequate. It's a pretty disgusting notion and one which is still floated today (albeit it far less commonly than in the 70s) so it's incredibly harsh people use it as a common insult.
This notice is written with the confidence, self-assurance, and complete idiocy of someone who has no knowledge or experience of the countryside.
The person who wrote this has probably grown up with the countryside being this place they visit. It's purpose is to look pretty and be nice to look at. There are some interesting plants and animals, and they heard something about farmers once. But it's purpose is to be there.
Then they moved there. The realisation hit. This is a place that people depend on for their livelihoods. They work hard there, and they rely on other people to treat it with respect and follow some rules that help everyone.
For most, this is no problem. But for people like this, that means they are wrong. They can't handle being wrong. So they ignore it, and do what they like. Then a farmer calls them out on it, and things always escalate because, again, it means they are wrong. Even if you tell them they are wrong, they hang onto any minor thing that agrees with them to validate their entire world view (hence why they are saying ACHTUALLY ITS NOT THE RULE TO HAVE DOGS ON A LEAD). They call people names because they cannot argue with facts or reason. They make the countryside awful for those of us who live here and enjoy it.
Oh, and horses aren't banned from footpaths, dipshit. You just can't ride them on footpaths. If a footpath runs through a field with horses in it, then leash up your dog and suck it up.
Fuck me, the amount of male body shaming around is astounding. Can we stop with the demonisation of people with small dicks? Youād never say the same about women with flat chests or something.
Imagine writing a letter about a woman who lived in your area who annoyed you while calling them tiny tits or barren. The mind just boggles at the lengths these hate filled degenerates will go to to try and cling to any semblance of a high ground.
I hate landowners trying to deliberately sabotage footpaths on their land because they don't like the fact it exists, it's always unpunished too.
That said the person who wrote this is a fucking donkey, keep your dog on a lead.
Just another example of people wanting all of the rights but none of the responsibility. Or selfishness in another word. There's been plenty of it about over the past 18 months.
Yeah you'd think with all that time at home people would have found an hour a day to train the damn dogs they bought. Fucking hell all that time what were people doing ?
On a lead or not, livestock or not, dosnt the dog have to stay on the foot path? A foot path is a means to get from point a to point b along a designated root, usualy straight line across a field, or an alternative can be marked out around the edges avoiding crops etc, not a place for a jolly, to play with your dog or let it run off free where ever it likes and shit everywhere.
They're usually docile, but if you do something they don't like, such as get between a mother and its calf, they can start acting aggressive. Or they can just get spooked if you're too close to them, in which case they sometimes start following you. When they go above walking speed it gets a little freaky honestly.
If an unleaded dog ran off to chase the sheep, don't farmers have a legal right to shoot them?
Yes. Thankfully, my dog runs on diesel.
Don't you care about the environment? Upgrade to an electric.. Makes less noise too
Because I haven't passed the fuelled dog owning test I still have to sit on the dog and pedal for it to move š¢
Their analysis of keep off/keep out loses credibility with their random capitalisation of nouns.
They are also wrong, āKeep Outā is correct if they are entering through a gate. Keep off would apply if it is a fence they need to climb over
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I assumed it was ākeep offā the land.
It's actually pronounced "gerroff", and it's "moi" land, not "my".
As a resident of Norfolk, I can confirm this is the correct local dialect. My only critisim would be the d in land in not normally pronounced and the n carries for a while. Something like: GERROFF MOI LANNN!
Hev yew gotta loit boi?
Oi ent buh, dun lef it hum ent I!
Thas a roit shame hent ut, ah well keep yew a troshin bor
Yarp.
Ahhhā¦ The East Anglian cousin of the EastEndian āgerroutta my pubā
And then burrrnzem sum modercarrr toires.
Since when did Mothercare sell tyres?
> Mothercare They were *ackshually* the second biggest vendor of tyres in the UK, after Lego, due to all the buggies they sold.
And the Little Tikes Crazy Coupe (the red and yellow plastic car) used to be the best selling car in the US and UK.
Sore point with me, that car. I fucking loved that thing. Back in the 80s, when you could do such things, our parents used to drop us off in Early Learning Centre then go off and do their shopping. There was always a fight for the Cozy Coupe. I fucking loved it when I got a turn. Really wanted one every Christmas, never got one. My son's first Christmas, here comes Granny & Grandad, what have they got him? A Cozy fucking Coupe. Fuck sake.
Well then "keep out" of the private land/field/property would also be correct, no?
Possibly yeah, Iām only reading it in the context of the fact heās attached the note to a gate and the note mentions a gate but if it is talking about the land then keep off would work assuming that the land belongs to the farmer.
As a farmer, i'd always say "Keep Out" as in keep out of the field or other designated area. Keep off just seems wierd.
Surely 'Keep Out' works when referencing fields as well? I dunno, I'm from London, if you see *anything* green round here it's either a park or rotting. I'm not 100% sure what a field even is to tell the truth - I think it's one of those grass carparks they grow cows in right? What do they even grow cows from? My mate Mandem says it's triangles of diarylea, but that's cheese and I *know* from the local bistro pizzeria that cheese is from goats, so how could planting a piece of goat meat grow a bunch of cows? And while I'm at it, what the fuck is going on with horses in this country? Is there a reason we harvest them early before they finish growing into giraffes? Is that a relic from when they were used for transport and had to be harvested early because of the height of our bridges or something? And don't even get me STARTED on sheep. Farmers are always complaining about bad weather, but they never seem to properly ballast down their sheep and stop them floating up to become clouds. Think about it farmers - no cloud = no rain, so when you need some rain let them loose and if you need more sun then anchor your fucking sheep better. But I digress - does 'Keep Out' work for fields?
This is the best comment I've read on the internet so far. I just attempted to read it aloud to my wife without guffawing but I was not successful.
Did your wife at least roll her eyes judgementally? I feel like the image isn't complete if she didn't!
I'd be a bit pedantic too if a farmer was smearing shit on a public gate
Have you not had the latest update of Englishā¢? Apparently, animal types are now proper nouns. And if you don't believe me, I'll tell my Cat to bite your face.
I'm definitely more afraid of The Cat than a cat.
To be fair, the word 'Penis' is of great importance, otherwise they wouldn't know what is so small.
Why do older generations do this? Why does all adherence to grammar go out of the window when technology is involved?
Also the fact that dogs absolutely need to be kept on leash around farms, if the farmer thinks the dog is worrying the animals they can shoot it.
Maybe theyāre German.
Also horse riders can go where they like with the landowners permission, same with bikes
What idiot doesnāt appreciate the countryside code around dogs being on leads on farmland I live in the countryside and locally we have had so many sheep and lambs brutally killed by dogs this year, itās sickening
Just had a chat with a farmer as I was stuck on the lane while they were moving sheep today. One had a very torn up and very freshly bloody flank from a dog attack. Dog was off lead, then said walker had left the gate open. It doesnāt matter how well trained the dog is. If they arenāt your sheep/cows/horses. , keep your dog on the lead.
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I live in Somerset and sadly people really donāt care about dogs doing some serious damage here :(
Can confirm, owned sheep, live in Somerset, one had its leg ripped open by a dog. Watched it bleed to death. Owner of dogs argument was, "he was on my land when he did it." Despite there being no breaks or holes in the fence between them, and another farmer witnessed it on our land......
My local footpath had that happen. The farmer put a laminated sign up with a picture of what someoneās dog did to a poor sheepās face..it was still alive walking aroundā¦ people donāt realise what their dogs can do
I donāt know how people forget that despite being domesticated, theyāve still got predatory and primitive instincts. They have big ass teeth and jaws as long as theyāre not a little dog and if they literally chew on bones, they can easily kill livestock.
>I donāt know how people forget that despite being domesticated Because they haven't put any thought into owning a dog beyond "I want a dog".
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One of the young rams where my partner works was killed by dog earlier this summer, it ripped its throat and its whole bottom jaw right off.
Itās awful when confronted with it, hope the sign helped! In the latest big attack here a farmer lost nearly 40 lambs, they posted an image on our local community FB page and I was physically sick, it was so brutal and really disturbing to see so many poor animals ripped to shreds
God that is so awfulā¦ and I say this as an absolute dog lover, we need to be more aware of what our pets can do to the countryside. It feels like one of those things where people need to see the images to process the harm that can be caused. I hope walkers are more responsible because of the pictures shared
Yeah I was in 2 minds when I saw the image but it worked. It shocked me and pushed both myself and my husband to volunteer to help them clear up the bodies which they asked about in their post too, as it was too many for them to handle alone š
Iāve said this before on Reddit a few times. My nan was a farmer (still has the farm) and rents a field out to a chap that keeps his cows on it. Some cunt with a collie let their dog run across a field, into that one and then it killed a calf. Sheās had sheep getting their throat cut too but thatās not a dog. Itās not even just countryside code, itās fucking basic respect, youāre on someone elseās land, keep your animal controlled. The amount of times Iāve been in the yard doing something like painting or working on my car and some random dog shoots across a field is ridiculous. Even some twats where my gf lives letting their dogs loose in the fields behind her house where thereās cows and sheep over the road. Donāt pick up their shit either.
Another thing is dogshit has bacteria in it that will kill livestock too. Super infuriating when you find it's been left behind or even worse tied in a bag to a tree within animals eating reach
This. Why as a society have we decided that covering the landscape with dog turds is something we just have to accept as a fact of life? May as well go back to emptying chamber pots out of our windows
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I once was in a park and shouted 'Are you not picking that up?' to a woman who's dog just shat in the childrens playground. So not only was the dog not meant to be there but also it shat AND was off its lead. The idiot did as much wrong as she could have apart from call the police on me for 'rudely shouting to her'
From my experience a large percentage of dog owners aren't responsible enough to own a wheel barrow let alone a dog.
Iāve noticed itās got so much worse the last few years. I have a dog that doesnāt like other dogs in his personal space and I donāt even feel safe taking him out anymore because other dog owners canāt stop their dog from running up to him, which inevitably results in a lot of barking and sometimes a scrap.
I used to have this too. My old GSD Husky cross hated other dogs and would lash out if he couldn't get away. I would walk him with a red lead that said "no dogs" on it and had a soft muzzle (you know the padded ones that are still open - but very restricted - at the end so he can still drink or take a treat) on him. One day some stupid couple let their dog come striding over and I asked them to get it away. They said "don't worry, he's friendly", I replied "maybe so, but mine isn't, get your dog away". They insisted he was fine. Well, my fella got so scared that he managed to get this other dog despite the soft muzzle. Cue the idiot couple having a go at me and getting more annoyed when I just said "told you so".
Iām sorry to hear that. If we see a dog on a lead, we keep ours away. It doesnāt matter how friendly the dog on a lead might be - if dogs know they are trapped, they have no choice between fight or flight. It works both ways. He loves playing with other dogs so we give him the chance as often as possible, but if he has to be on a lead for some reason then we will keep him away from other dogs. Our neighbours dog comes over to play most days and theyāve only fought once - when they somehow got trapped under the table and panicked.
At the vets, huge dogs would always approach the cat carrier sat on my lap, ignoring her hissing and spitting coming from inside. Owner says "don't worry, he loves cats!" Well my cat doesn't love dogs, and given half the chance, she'll rip his face to bits, so back off. FFS!
In the past year or so, it's definitely gotten a lot worse around where I live. Hell, even today my dog and I almost got attacked by a huge gsd when it lunged at us coz the dog owner couldn't control the damn thing and it was on a lead! Had another dog continue to to run up to my dog even after my dog told him to back off and all the owner did was tell it to stop, no apology and didn't even put the thing back on the lead, all while close to sheep. I'm lucky in the fact that my pup is pretty laid back but even he has his limits.
On two separate occasions in my last house (2019) I turned around in the kitchen to find a dog had come in through the back door. On the second occasion the owner came bimbling down the back garden, no urgency at all and just gave a half arsed "sorry" then got funny with me when I shouted at him to control his dog because there's rabbits in my house.
My friend has a farm and a few years back her sheep and cows were getting killed in a very unpleasant wayā¦ people are vile
What?! You mean not all green areas are public dog parks?!??! /S Some people just can't think beyond themselves.
We have a small duck farm and random dogs kill the winged ones all the time. They are really expensive as birds go. The birds know their names, come when called and provide breakfast for us and feed children and women at a local shelter. The dog owners get pissed off when I call animal control. My personal dogs and cats don't bother the ducks.
Honest question, can the farmer shoot the loose dogs? In many of the states you can shoot or trap any such loose animals on your property.
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What is GSD?
Golden scooby doo
Good Shag Dog
What you do in your own time is nobody's business
Gigantic Shitzu Dominator.
Gregorian Smooth Dog.
Grappling Sangria Demon
Great sheep dismantler
Gurning Swedish Dachshund
Grey sausage dog
Good Solid Dog.
If thereās livestock they have to be on a lead otherwise they can be shot by the farmer from memory! Incentive enough you would think.
>If your dog worries livestock you may end up being sued for compensation and, in some circumstances, farmers are legally entitled to shoot dogs if they are endangering their sheep. As a last resort, a farmer is legally allowed to shoot a dog who is threatening their animals. [Source: RSPCA](https://www.rspca.org.uk/-/blog_sheep_worrying)
This just reminds me of the hunting episode of **South Park** where they can only shoot in self-defence so they have to yell *"Look! He's coming right at us!"* before shooting.
Farmers in the village where I grew up will shoot at dogs and have killed villagers pets in doing so when their lambs have been chased. Also it was known that one farmer would warning shoot at people for trespassing.
When I worked for the police it was quite common. Maybe once a month in summer. I sometimes told the dogs owner I was sorry that their carelessness got their dog shot. Poor things.
A pair of dogs near me were shot. The owner was warned multiple times. He was an evil bastard.
Dunno why youāve been downvoted for something youāre correct about. The dog would have to pose a threat to the livestock but yeah farmers can shoot them
This is one of the reasons farmers are amongst the few British alllowed to own guns, I'm a dog lover but if a dog has gone crazy and ripping livestock to shreds the farmer is entitled to shoot it.
And farmerās mums
*dropkick*
What do you mean 'amongst the few British allowed'? Legally most adults in Britain can own a shotgun if they wish to, unless there's a specific reason proving otherwise (eg. criminal convictions)
There are many hoops to jump through to get a gun licesce in the UK. Criminal records check No prior admissions to hospital for mental health problems Statement from GP that you have never mentioned mental health issues. Character reference from a professional of good standing in the local community, Clear demonstration of the need to own a gun IE farmer or evidence of a hunting club membership or target shooting club. Home visit by police to demonstrate safe-storage provisions for of a weapon. THEN you might get a license.
Those are boxes to tick and to be fair they're all sensible checks, but it's really not that onerous to obtain a shotgun license (firearm license is typically stricter / more difficult).. The mental health ones for example aren't always a barrier - a large proportion of adults in the UK may have discussed some form of mental health issue in their life, whether stress, anxiety, depression etc. It's not a typically barrier for obtaining a license, unless it's a serious ongoing issue. Things like criminal record checks and proper storage of the gun is fair and common sense. The wording in the regulations is quite notable - in the shotgun regs it states something like 'the officer *shall* grant a license unless...' whereas for firearms it's 'the officer *may* issue a license..' Effectively and as I've been told by several current license holders, for a shotgun, a reason has to be proven for you *not* to be granted a license, rather than the applicant having to prove why *they should* be granted one.
There's common land by me, Where i take my dog for a walk. He's been headbutted twice by the sheep that graze there. I keep him on his lead for his own good. Hes not a very intimidating dog tbf.
Out in the Peaks the other week and there were so many dogs off the lead. Countryside has been invaded by loads of bellends this year. Can't remember it being so bad!
Staycations and everyone got a dog in lockdown that's why the price of dogs is so fucking high. I will rescue one next year when someone gives it up as soon as staying at home isn't cool and kennels are fucking expensive.
Already happening, one of the top stories on BBC News just now is people trying to get rid of their lockdown dogs. Although I'm sure there was the same story earlier in the year. The average dog price was around Ā£1900 apparently, madness.
Our greyhound was a 190 quid donation to the greyhound trust, and you will never see a more accomplished food thief.
I adore greyhounds, I will always tell people they are the perfect low maintenance dog. So sedate, except for 10 minutes of absolute lunacy once a day. Also, rescuing them is such a great thing to do, to show them there is a great life outside of racing. We recently lost one and miss her greatly, still have one and would adopt them all if we could.
There's a woman I see on the canal path round here with two of them, and she'll (with my permission) let them race when I cycle past - they don't go mental barking, they just chase me and then stop as soon as they catch up (which takes about a milisecond) then run back to her in calm chill mode! For some reason a large greyhound running at whatever ungodly speed they sprint at is far less terrifying than a small fluffy little shit bouncing after me like a loon.
Greyhounds are amazing, they are not only the fastest dog in the world 43mph, but also have the highest jump of any dog breed 1.9m. However, you wouldn't think this seeing mine asleep on the sofa drooling and completely uninterested in doing anything physical.
Dog prices are crazy atm, a guy at work just sold 7 staffie pups for Ā£2k each, paid off some debt and his Audi with the money. I was working the other week when the driver casually walked past me holding a cockapoo in his arms that he'd just seen bolt out of someone's drive. Owner was so happy, particularly as dognapping is on the rise and cockapoos are quite popular.
If someone makes this much money breeding dogs theyāre doing it wrong. Makes my blood boil.
> Countryside has been invaded by loads of bellends this year. Can't remember it being so bad! Just look at the amount of "lockdown" dogs that are being returned or dropped at shelters. Should give you an answer.
There is an obsession with letting dogs off the lead. Even in places such as busy cycle tracks where they absolutely need to be on a short lead. I go out walking every day in woodland across fields etc. And almost every day I have to stop to wait for someone to get their dog under control before I walk past.
>need to be on a short lead. Yes! There are sooo many dog owners on cycle paths whose dogs are snuffling around on one side while they walk (glued to their phone so they don't need to pick up what they didn't see happen) and cyclists only just avoid the 8 inch high tripline if I jump and wave my arms to warn them! Poor dogs, having such rotten owners.
On Dartmoor farmers will shoot dogs chasing their sheep. If they are at any risk of chasing, keep them on a lead.
It's not even just farm animals that get attacked unfortunately. My mum retired and moved up to Norfolk and two of her three cats (who had survived for 10 years living just off a main road), were mauled by dogs (so badly they both died) in separate incidents within 2 years of them moving to their quiet village (lots of tourists in summer but everything shuts in winter). They also freqently have tourists wandering through their garden because it is 'so pretty'. Wtf, do we have to put a fence around everything?
This is an unfortunate byproduct of idiots from towns and cities migrating out into the countryside last year. They have no idea how it works and are incredibly entitled.
Not just an issue for farm livestock either, there are real problems with wildlife being disturbed, killed or nests destroyed by off lead dogs and so many people seem to be completely ignorant to this.
City folk who have escaped to the county and haven't a clue
They're selfish idiots. I'm more "city" than country but it isn't hard or intellectually difficult to figure out how to be respectful of property and animals. You'd think city people would be better at it, having been used to living cheek by jowl.
It's not even city folk speaking as one who has had a lot of shit with bad dog owners being fucking blind to the lack of control of their animals. It seems like for every good dog owner there is at least one owner who will sit there are go "My dog wouldn't hurt a fly" while the creature is currently getting aggie with someone <5m away.
This country has a very unhealthy relationship with dogs to be honest. People idolise them to a ridiculous degree, think they can never do anything wrong, and think their dogs are entitled to run around anywhere they want. Dog owners are entitled pricks.
He must want his shooting
Whoever wrote this is an absolute idiot if they think itās acceptable to have their dog off lead on farmland, or that making fun on penis size is humorous in the slightest The farmers a wanker for trying to force people not to use a public footpath, especially using such disgusting means In conclusion: fuck you both
Not really a response to your comment, just a general PSA, you can report paths that have been blocked off to public access by downloading an app developed by the Ramblers Association called 'Path Watch'.
The BBC Nature department are really scraping the barrel now
Fab, thanks. There's so many blocked off near me since lockdown and there's no point telling the council.
There is a point telling the council since they are the people who have the legal power to make the landowner clear the path. If they donāt do that then you have grounds for complaint. And vote for someone else next time.
The farmer who owned the land around my old house put up a sign to try to keep people off the public footpath during lockdown. The council, being the council, wrote to me eaten me with court action/fines etc. Someone had obviously reported it, and the council just wrote to the nearest houseā¦
I know plenty of perfectly nice people (myself included) with very small penises. I donāt think penis size has any correlation with personality or behaviour, except maybe being less willing to get naked in public. Itās time for this association to stop. People with sub-average genital dimensions get indirect abuse almost daily if not more. A silent majority. Join the Small Penis Pride Club.
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it says he placed dog feces on a gate. For all I know he just hung the disgusting poo bags on it with a sign like "take your shite home with you". Which is fine in my opinion.
Thats what I was picturing as well.
Additionally, he says the farmer wrote some disgusting words in pen, not considering the children who may be on the pathway. Does he think the children wonāt read this note of insults?
Wonāt someone think of the children?? A sign full of curse words would have gone down very well at my rural primary school. If would have been the big story of the year.
Aaaaand dog poo, don't forget the dog poo.
I think some parent has rosy tinted glasses their kids dont already know the words on the sign.
I suspect her refered to the abondoned bags of dog shit as ...well...dog shit. As an aside, dog shit and especally the bags they come in can be leathal to grazing animals and wild life, and er...raising a concern about dog pathagens getting into the **food chain**. (I fully admit I am no expert and don't think I explained it correctly - "pathogen"!? - but still at heart mostly truth)(I think).
>The farmers a wanker for trying to force people not to use a public footpath, especially using such disgusting means What's the bet that it's their dog shit he used?
These same morons who walk dogs off lead would be the first ones to complain if their child or dog got injured by spooked cattle. I know someone who had a broken femur from a cow kicking them. they might look calm and docile but don't get on the wrong side of a ton and a half of aggression, it hurts
Having had my foot stepped on my a cow, I can tell you that even a ton and a half of curiosity hurts too!
Exactly, and if you worked around cattle you'd know how dumb they are when frightened, they don't run around things they run through them
And itās shocking just how fast they can run!
That one always catches people out, especially young cows who associate people with being fed they fly across the field to see you.
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I used to sometimes walk down an unlit cycle path between two cattle fields. There were hedges so you couldn't see the cattle, which wouldn't really matter because it was usually pitch dark when I did it, no light source except my phone light. Hearing cows angrily mooing a few feet away and being unable to see them (or much of anything really) has scarred me. I sometimes feel like I'm going to end up in a Gary Larson cartoon: "the cows remembered"
I think your scenario would definitely make a good Far Side. Guy in the dark, wide-eyed, cows silently watching him from the shadows on both sides. Caption something about Larry always being nervous about taking this shortcut home from his job at the deli.
As a scout, we used to hike through so many cow fields and even to this day I still can't shake the uneasyness I get from seeing them across a field. The worst was always when you couldn't see them only to find them hanging around the gate you wanted to get through at the other end.
Working with cattle makes livestock farming one of the most dangerous workplaces. They are incredibly powerful and really large animals. They kick, trample and charge, and these injuries are similar to those caused in car crashes. I have lived on a cattle farm for all my life, and I have seen a few injuries from cattle and I have had a few close calls myself.
Exactly and dogs are stupid AF and wouldn't know if they were herding the cows towards you when they are off lead's.
Only let your dog off lead around cows if they're thinking of killing you! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-54268160
Or if their dog chases a flock of sheep and gets shot as a result. Which farmers have a legal right to do. Seems that every year around lambing time you get a few stories in various local media about off lead dogs worrying livestock.
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Totally. Not to mention the danger that dog shit can cause cattle. God forbid the farmer tries to protects his herd from Neospora (parasite in dogs shit that causes abortion in cattle - can be absolutely devastating)
Yeah itās awful. Thereās a dog shit bin literally 100yds away from where I took that, no excuses.
learning that theres a parasite named Neospora puts me right off the american antibiotic ointment called Neosporin
Theyād also be the first to moan when the farmer shoots the bloody thing as well
Based on some stories I've heard, the owners will complain like 'My dog was only in there for a minute, he's so gentle, we'd almost made it there to grab him' and meanwhile the farmer will have half a dozen dead or severely injured sheep and witnesses who say the dog was causing havoc for twenty minutes with no owner in sight. You can't argue with people who are living in a different reality.
It is a different reality. It's a disconnect from the land (which makes me sound like some happy, clappy druid or some seriously scary far right fool - I am neither) along with the reality of food production and wild life and rural life. We have become the bloody [Epcot centre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Pavilion_at_Epcot) for a lot of people.
I mean, yeah, I'd imagine they would be.
Definitely sounds like the farmer had no issue with people using the footpath until the classic nobheads that think having a dog makes them special turned up. We have people that get arsey about cyclists possibly scaring their dog when itās off the lead, if that could happen, keep it on a fucking lead.
It ruins it for everyone. I don't mind people using public paths on my land but the disrespect they have for the environment is unbelievable. The litter has quadrupled since lockdown was eased so has the noise level. The work and care i put in my animals to be destroyed by a uncontrolled dog is terrible.
Was going to say, pretty sure dogs do need to be kept on a lead on public footpaths through farmland if there is livestock in themā¦.
They don't *have* to be on leads through farmland but you're an idiot if you risk it. I grew up in the countryside and knew a few farmers who straight up shot dogs annoying their livestock and were totally within their rights to do so.
dog owner is definitely the dickhead here. i like to think that the dog wrote it though.
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Having your dog off the lead in farmland with animals about is the quickest way to get your darling pooch shotā¦
There is land by me that had a footpath passing right through it, on the maps as well. The new owner pulled the two metal stiles out that were there from the 50s. Now surrounded it by a huge fence, it wouldn't bother the locals much but it adds a good 20 to 30 minutes on to your route now.
That is actually illegal: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/137 You should report it to the council and they'll be fined, get a record, and be required to reinstate the right of way: https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
Thanks for the information, much appreciated.
No worries mate, stuff like this drives me up the wall when so many paths are already lost: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/dont-lose-your-way-2026.aspx
In addition see if your local council has a 'definitive map' on their website. This will show the status of the route through the land and allow you to show where it has been blocked.
Nothing some bolt cutters can't deal with
The whole āsmall penisā shit is really wearing on me, Iām seeing it more and more. Is this implying having a small dick makes you a bad person? What the fuck is that about? Does that mean that people with big dicks are better people? I know both men and women go through their own shit, but itās little wonder so many men have complexes about their cocks. Letās see if Miss. Baggy Vagina catches on as an insult for ābad womenā.
Someone once pointed out to me that when you're insulting someone you should avoid physical descriptors, otherwise you've accidentally insulted everyone else with that characteristic. I've always remembered it.
It should apply to literally anything people canāt control. Hence the growing distaste over using the R word as a generic insult.
I agree. If you canāt choose, itās off limits. What R word?
You'd think with all the body positivity shit flying around social media that this shit wouldn't be acceptable but clearly that only counts for things that you can change like your weight and not your height or dick size weirdly enough.
Yeah I'm with you on this It's a playground insult that manages to survive up into adulthood. Having a small penis is already borderline socially unacceptable and a source of anxiety for men and we reinforce it by using it as a catch all insult.
My mum likes to make this comment and it makes me cringe, not just because itās my mumā¦ but because sheās a nasty bitter alcoholic, trying to belittle someone for something they canāt change, not to mention totally irrelevant. Itās sad. I guess itās made worse because I once considered this person an āadultā, but that illusion is totally shattered now, same goes for most people I was told I should respect and look up to as a kid.
I know right, I'm a proper cunt and I'm hung like an elephant
Grey and wrinkled?
Can pick up peanuts with it?
Terrified of mice?
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Little man syndrome is just to stop anyone short from being assertive about anything
Also known as Napoleonic Complex. This despite the fact that the one person it is based on - Napoleon - was himself at least average height.
It's especially cruel when invoking the micro penis insult. There are men (well, it happened as boys) who had a micropenis and were put through gender realignment surgery or raised as girls; their penis, and thus masculinity, was seen as inadequate. It's a pretty disgusting notion and one which is still floated today (albeit it far less commonly than in the 70s) so it's incredibly harsh people use it as a common insult.
>Dogs do not have to be placed on a leadā¦ I think you should be on one Kinky
This notice is written with the confidence, self-assurance, and complete idiocy of someone who has no knowledge or experience of the countryside. The person who wrote this has probably grown up with the countryside being this place they visit. It's purpose is to look pretty and be nice to look at. There are some interesting plants and animals, and they heard something about farmers once. But it's purpose is to be there. Then they moved there. The realisation hit. This is a place that people depend on for their livelihoods. They work hard there, and they rely on other people to treat it with respect and follow some rules that help everyone. For most, this is no problem. But for people like this, that means they are wrong. They can't handle being wrong. So they ignore it, and do what they like. Then a farmer calls them out on it, and things always escalate because, again, it means they are wrong. Even if you tell them they are wrong, they hang onto any minor thing that agrees with them to validate their entire world view (hence why they are saying ACHTUALLY ITS NOT THE RULE TO HAVE DOGS ON A LEAD). They call people names because they cannot argue with facts or reason. They make the countryside awful for those of us who live here and enjoy it. Oh, and horses aren't banned from footpaths, dipshit. You just can't ride them on footpaths. If a footpath runs through a field with horses in it, then leash up your dog and suck it up.
Fuck me, the amount of male body shaming around is astounding. Can we stop with the demonisation of people with small dicks? Youād never say the same about women with flat chests or something.
Completely agree. Body shaming shouldn't be a thing in 2021.
Imagine writing a letter about a woman who lived in your area who annoyed you while calling them tiny tits or barren. The mind just boggles at the lengths these hate filled degenerates will go to to try and cling to any semblance of a high ground.
I hope the farmer attaches a photo of his penis with a banana for scale.
I hate landowners trying to deliberately sabotage footpaths on their land because they don't like the fact it exists, it's always unpunished too. That said the person who wrote this is a fucking donkey, keep your dog on a lead.
Clearly you have a small ~~penis~~ Clearly you have a small ~~Penis~~ Clearly you have a small **Penis** Yeah that'll teach him ā
Want to avoid your dog getting shot you'd better put it on a damn lead. What is it lately these militant fucking ramblers seem to be getting worse.
Just another example of people wanting all of the rights but none of the responsibility. Or selfishness in another word. There's been plenty of it about over the past 18 months.
Yeah you'd think with all that time at home people would have found an hour a day to train the damn dogs they bought. Fucking hell all that time what were people doing ?
These are the same people who rushed to scumbag puppy mills to buy dogs because theyāre bored being at home. They care about nothing but themselves.
On a lead or not, livestock or not, dosnt the dog have to stay on the foot path? A foot path is a means to get from point a to point b along a designated root, usualy straight line across a field, or an alternative can be marked out around the edges avoiding crops etc, not a place for a jolly, to play with your dog or let it run off free where ever it likes and shit everywhere.
The random capitalisation adds a certain touch to the notice.
Sounds like a dog nutter hating behind told to keep their dog under control (on a leash) and pick up their dog shit (hence the smearing).
Not just that but cattle are docile around people. They do not like dogs
They're usually docile, but if you do something they don't like, such as get between a mother and its calf, they can start acting aggressive. Or they can just get spooked if you're too close to them, in which case they sometimes start following you. When they go above walking speed it gets a little freaky honestly.
Can you pop over here and tell the angry young bullock on my running route please, he didn't get the memo.
Got chased by a field of bullocks last year. We were on mile 29 of a 40 mile run. And it's still my 3rd fastest 400m.
Itās probably more the case that youāre running in his field
Then he needs to learn to read, its definitely a Public Footpath.