Sorry, Max! You and I must remain undiscouraged by ours failure, solaced by the knowledge that in punning, a 40% success ratio is excellent (except for pros like TEd)! The phrase involved would be more familiar to USn's.

"Send in the Merinos!" he said sheepishly.
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