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Vera
Membership Moderator
 United Kingdom
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 Posted - 03 Jul 2008 : 9:40:02 PM
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What's the funniest / strangest question a non-horsey person has ever asked you?
Chap at work asked me why horses were blindfolded out in the field! I explained that they were in fact caring owners putting fly masks on their horses.
A hunt sab asked me if horses like hunting. He was surprised when I said that horses love hunting. He thought they were forced to follow hounds and would hate the blood!!! When I explained that from the horses perspective hunting was a chance for them to let their hair down and hooley across the countryside with a load of mates.
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mad alice
Gold Member
England
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Posted - 03 Jul 2008 : 11:13:04 PM
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| Years ago when Carol (Dinkidoo) was about 10 we did some carol singing and took our old pony Tiddles along to help us collect. I don't know why but it seemed like a good idea at the time. We packed all the kids about 8 of them, their instruments and the pony into the back of our ancient Ford Trannie and out we set for the local shopping centre. All went well we collected over a hundred squid. An old man approached my husband and asked him "Is it a HAPPA?" to which he replied "No its a gelding" |
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dinkidoo
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Jul 2008 : 11:35:44 PM
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 I remember that well! Don't forget we were in Horse and Pony magazine for that. I still have the pics will have to scan them in
Ohhh i have just thought of the funniest comment made by my husband!
We were at a show when Tim asked my mum where i had gone and my mum said down there its the 'way in'. Tim thought she meant i had gone to the 'weigh in' and asked me was everything ok at the 'weigh in'? I didn't understand what he was talking about until he explained what my mum had said. I nearly fell off the horse laughing at that one. I explained that usually in an Arab class they didn't bother to 'weigh' you |
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Offira
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England
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Posted - 04 Jul 2008 : 10:03:37 AM
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I've been asked "why do you shave your horse then put a coat on?" Good question I thought.
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Arachnid
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England
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Posted - 04 Jul 2008 : 11:00:51 AM
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| 'What? You mean they need new shoes every 5 weeks? ' Someone at a lunch party I went to who thought they just kept the same set forever.. |
   
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CATHCONNOR
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England
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Posted - 04 Jul 2008 : 11:25:35 AM
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| i once went into achemist to buy some benzyl benzoate .when asked what for i replied "to put on my ponies feathers as he itches them". "oh" she said "i always thought that ponies and horses had fur !" |
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swalk
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Jul 2008 : 12:41:53 PM
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| We had or horses freeze marked on the neck and Miguel and Salum's numbers were Z180 and Z181. An elderly gentleman came up to pat them one day and commented 'That's a good idea, now everyone knows what they are called - zibo and zibi'. |
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Pixie
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Moira
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Scotland
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Posted - 04 Jul 2008 : 3:58:41 PM
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| My OH would like to know why we don't clip the bits that the rugs actually cover instead of clipping their tummies that then get cold!! |
  
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pat day
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Jul 2008 : 4:49:48 PM
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Years ago, some youths were laughing at my horses knee boots whilst out hacking.
It touched me a bit, silly I know.
So I said to them, 'Theres more than you that go skateboarding you know'
They laughed again, and started to ask me serious questions, then even stroking the horse.
They said they had never been as close to a horse before, let alone touch one. How sad is that.
I told them she was an ex-race horse, and why we used knee boots, ie: in case the horse takes fright, stumbles, and falls on the road, due to all sorts of things, but especially cars etc, being too close and fast.
Hopefully, in their later years, when they drove, they would remember the chat and take care passing horses.
I would like to think that anyway.
Sorry Vera, a bit of reversal, from horsey to non-horsey. |
       
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vjc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Jul 2008 : 8:49:30 PM
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| oh got to tell you this one it had me cracked up for days! i was very worried about a youngster i had a few years ago as there had been a bout of strangles in the area and he had become very lethargic and puffy around the throat so i called the vet to require a visit, it went like this>>>> could i have a vet out urgently please i think my horse has strangles??? to which the reply was>>>>> oh my god you think your horse has been strangled???? i later found out it was a new receptionist who was unfamiliar with horse ailments! luckily my horse only had a slight virus but i had sore sides for days!!! |
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Vera
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gossy
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England
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Posted - 04 Jul 2008 : 9:35:09 PM
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| what they eat that much dry grass YYUKKKKKK! why is there pooh so big???? DRRRRRRRRRRRR |
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PhoenixBoysOtherMummy
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England
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Posted - 04 Jul 2008 : 10:43:24 PM
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| These are so funny! |
  
Pics of Smartie Pants by mattymoo ~~~ Penllyn Pirate ~~~~~Phoenix Boy |
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tillysmum
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England
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 12:29:10 PM
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| When I mentioned to my mum that farrier was coming she said, what age do their feet stop growing!! |
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