The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[Toast]

In the bar on their first morning together, Jack recalled a peculiarly bad smell from the summer before - the odor of hapless zapped sheep rotting on the mountain side - and the need for whiskey if the lightning strikes again.

[memento]

During a blowy hailstorm Aguirre's herd roamed west and got among a herd in another allotment.

[Meryl]

The morning after TS1, Ennis knew something was wrong when he heard the anxious barking of a blue heeler, and his fears were confirmed when he found the dog whimpering sheepishly beside the carcass of a dead ewe.

[Toast]

Joseph Aguirre trusted his flock of sheep to the care of a teenager, and let another teenager assume the role of camp tender.

[memento]

Jack was outraged at Aguirre's unheard-of rule of sleeping with the herd of sheep.

[Meryl]

The hapless dead ewe that Ennis found after TS1 had been plundered by coyotes, aka four-footed vultures, and it's likely that the winged variety helped dispose of what remained of her.

[Toast]

During his tenure as the sheep herder, Jack continually whines as he dines at base camp - all that commutin', sleeping with the sheep, checkin' for coyotes all through the night, the pissy pup tent, the beans.

[memento]

When Jack came looking for work for the following summer and also asked about Ennis, Aguirre criticized his x-employees' work habits by saying: "You boys sure found a way to make the time pass up there. Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to leave the dogs babysittin' the sheep while you stem the rose."

[Meryl]

ROUND 502



That's what Texans do!

[Meryl]

Though it has not been absolutely proven, it is a commonly known fact that most married Texans never want to dance with their wives.