The Warm Fuzzies

When British farmer Dot McCarthy, 32, jokingly posted online about hiring out her goats to make Zoom calls more interesting in lockdown, she never imagined her idea would go viral! But Dot received over

200 replies in 24 hours after her initial post last year. Jumping on the bandwagon, she started hiring out her goats for $9 a call. Clients can choose from seven goats to Zoom with! Now, the joke has earned her farm more than $90,000, which she’ll use to convert it to renewable power.