HALF-DEAD SHEEP NATION

IF WHITE ELEPHANTS COULD FLY
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( how long before the press nick this headline? )

On the ball as ever, Sheepnation brings you the epic struggle ongoing at our new swish Terminal 5 at Heathrow, to overcome the unimaginable problems of getting a passenger's baggage to actually tavel with them on the plane; to make brand new lift doors open; and to get the passenger gangways to fit the doors on the aeroplanes themselves.

Testing seems to be an alien concept for dear old BAA. Hmm, wondered why the terminal was empty except for staff and the media when Her Maj' officially opened it the other week.....

The intrepid BBC were soon on the case with reporting, as usual, as sharp as an over-ripe banana.

( all pics are click-thro expandable)

The ravishing Emily Makepiece sets the tone for the sheep disruption story.

The intrepid BBC reporter John Moylan establishes the story with the dismal details

Some sheep restlessly que, some sheep sleep.... anything to pass the time except start a protest.

One frisky old ewe in the que did threaten to give the head of BA a black eye if she saw him.... so he kept a low profile for a day, only to emerge blinking into the media spotlight with two (sleepless) black eyes and a grovelling "I accept full responsibility " apology.
Have a good guess as to whether the "responsibility" extends to affecting little Willie's piggy performance bonus this year

The rare sight of a jet leaving from T5 today.

To complete the story, the Beeb gets a totally impartial former BA big cheese to give his analysis of the current T5 situation. .... he assures and cheers the flying national flock that this is "nothing particularly unusual". In fact it took the new terminal at Toronto "two years to run smoothly", he smirks sheepishly.

( All TV screenshots by MSt.M )