Sheep Atrocity Stuns Cumbria

Never ones to miss an animated ovine trick, the nice people at the Cumbrian tourist board's GoLakes web site have come up with yet another episode in their sheepy musical assault on good taste everywhere.

Presumably intended to persuade people to flock to the Lakes, the latest hilarious GoLakes prank is a 'real-life flock of singing sheep from the Lake District' belting out a toe-curlingly awful version of Land of Hope and Glory.

There's even a screamingly unfunny video featuring 'a Pierluigi Collina' lookalike - and we quote - 'struggling to control a game between herds of sheep as a football is pursued over mountains and streets.'

Previous sheepish bandwagon jumping from GoLakes has included Barmy Sheep versions of Jerusalem and Jingle Bells as well as a particularly gruesome downloadable ring tone.

So what conclusions can be drawn from the latest sheep atrocity? Er, Cumbria is full of sheep and the cheery locals will laugh at pretty much anything. Hmmmm... It all kind of makes you want to head off to Germany and watch the World Cup - is that the idea maybe? Coming soon, Deliverance, sheep style. Don't joke about it.

See the funny sheep at www.golakes.co.uk/worldcupsheep and be warned, the video is on a loop.