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The Screaming Goat original figure, book and packaging
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Certified weirdos A few dates in

Screaming Goat

Your New Complaints Department

Some frustrations need a sympathetic ear. Others apparently need a goat with very little interest in keeping its voice down.

Why we like this gift.

Some days call for a measured response. Others make a screaming goat seem oddly well qualified. We like the absurdity of giving minor frustrations their own spokesperson, especially for someone who already enjoys animal nonsense. Choose your moment carefully, though: the joke should be the goat’s dramatic reaction, rather than an invitation to dismiss whatever your date is saying.

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The right kind of occasion.

A few dates in, after discovering that their favourite reaction video is an animal having an unnecessarily dramatic moment.

Make it a moment.

Introduce the goat somewhere a brief noise won’t bother people. Let its owner decide whether it earns a second performance.

Try this opening line

“I’ve outsourced my complaints department.”

Before you buy.

Check the sound, activation method, batteries and included pieces. Avoid it for someone who dislikes sudden noises or shares a quiet workspace.

Our take, in our words.

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