Someone Figured Out That Axe Body Spray Can Break Up Sheep Fights, Who Knew?

I recently went to a college basketball game, and the only shirt I had was one made of that wicking material. Those are great for keeping you cool, but they're not great at keeping funk to a minimum.

So, I dug under my sink and found a can of Axe body spray that I think I had in college and have now moved with several times. It was perfect for some emergency funk protections, should the need arise.

But what I didn't realize, is that every high school sophomore's favorite brand of body spray can also bring a fight between two sheep to a screeching halt.

According to The Wall Street Journal, a police officer in the UK named Sam Bryce had herself a problem: she had a sheep (a ram) that would get in a bad mood and start harassing another sheep.

"They puff themselves up and square up to each other and make this grunting noise," Bryce said.

Yeah, that's a problem. So, she did what anyone would do, and consulted a Facebook group. Specifically one called "Ladies Who Lamb."

Imagine the memes… or maybe don't.

Anyway, she got an answer and that answer was to use Lynx Africa on her sheep.

Lynx is what Axe is called over in the UK, and it turns out that people have been using it for years to cover up the hormones that cause rams to get rammy with each other.

Who would've thought Axe body spray had so many sheep-centric uses? (Getty Images)

I'd love to know what other things were tried before this. 

"I've sprayed the sheep with a Super-Soaker and threw hay at them. After that, I'm all out of ideas… guess I'll try blasting them with deodorant. See if that works."

Lo and behold, it did.

"There’s no argy-bargy, no rowing," Bryce explained.

I'm not 100% sure what that means exactly, but I'm pretty sure it's Old English for "The sheep don't fight with each other anymore and that's good."

Believe it or not, Axe has another sheep-related use: the WSJ piece talked about another shepherdess who used Axe (or Lynx) to help get ewes to mother orphaned lambs.

I'm starting to think Axe may have always been meant for sheep and the fact that it helped us freshen up after gym class is just a bonus.