What happens when Jews forget they aren't farmers

2/8/2010 11:30:00 AM
An udderly implausible tale: The strange saga of Kemp Mill's go-to goat guy
by Adam Kredo
Staff Writer
Washington Jewish Week

It was 11:30 p.m. when a police officer rolled up on a frantic man clutching a screaming goat.

That man was Silver Spring resident Joe Orlow, and he was attempting -- unsuccessfully -- to milk his newly purchased pet goat.

"I'm holding this goat, milking it [and] the goat is screaming its head off," recalled Orlow, who, with a friend, Leah Shmist, purchased two goats last year, aspiring to collect fresh milk.

Small problem: Neither Orlow nor Shmist had ever milked a goat.