"I Touch Goats" started off years ago as a standing joke in the Subaru Impreza Driver's Club forums. When the
switch to a new forum happened, they gained a fully functional Personal Messaging system with online alerts.
Because of that the need for topics or posts advising people they had a personal message became redundant. By use of the swear filter, common permutations of you have personal message type posts (you have
PM etc) are automatically changed to "I touch goats"
The actual origin of "
goat-talk" precedes this however, which it is
said to have some sort of
homosexual connotation, perhaps some sort of off-joke. Anyway, its just a bit of fun...
Spreading outward from the SIDC, this has become near commonplace in many regions throughout the
UK, particularly Carterton, Oxfordshire where their connection to their goats is particularly strong.
Poster
One: mate, 'I touch goats'
Poster
Two: You do what?!?
Poster
One: Erm, I meant you have a private message - what happened there?!?
Poster Two: Ha ha, you touch goats!
