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airstriketoday at 9:06 PM3 repliesview on HN

In Brazil they say you can make things better by first putting a goat in the living room. It's going to shit everywhere, chew, droll, and make a horrible mess.

Take the goat out and your life will improve right away!


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schoentoday at 9:29 PM

Also described as a traditional Yiddish folktale (a rabbi suggests responding to stress by moving a series of animals into the home, and then at the end they're removed and everything seems great by comparison!).

jfidjcjwjcjwjdtoday at 9:25 PM

60+ yo Brazilian here and I have never, in my entire life, heard this saying before. Sounds something a Brazuca would come up with after the 17th round of Kaiser though. Pretty on brand.

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Razengantoday at 9:24 PM

A life without a goat sounds horrible