The Goatest City in the World

Everyone knows that when Alexander Hamilton wrote the Declaration of Independence he penned the part where it declares New York City is the greatest city in the world.  They even made a song about it.  And it's true!  You can see, hear, taste, touch, smell, eat, drink, snort, smoke, read, watch, wear or ride just about anything you can think of in NYC.

Including a goat eating competition.  By that I mean a competition where goats eat, not where people eat goats.  The Great Goat Graze-Off is taking place in Riverside Park on July 12!  H/t to Teedge for the heads up.  The caprine competition will be supplemented by Nice Brass, a New Orleans style brass band.  Here's a link for tickets.  The contestants are:

Their bios are impressive.  My money's on Rufus.  These are working goats, employed by the Riverside Park Conservancy to weed out unwanted plants.  If you click on that link and scroll down to "Why Goats?" (a question I've asked numerous times) you'll see that "They are able to traverse difficult, hard-to-reach places, and can also gulp down poison ivy without a second thought .... Not only to goats eat almost constantly — they can consume 25% of their own body weight in vegetation in just one day — but their fecal matter adds nutrients to the soil as they go."  This is all very familiar--goats will eat anything, and it's critical to keep their fecal matter outside the house.

"Da fug yoo loogin at, ya bacciagaloupe?"

I'm down with da goats, everyone knows that, but I do take umbrage with the assertion that this is the "first-ever competitive eating contest" twixt those of the hircine persuasion.  And I'm confident you do too.

I plan on being there with an extra large pot of Mrs. Morgan's beans.