I have a neighbor with horses. They are a huge money pit with marginal value and worse, the spending never stops, because once into it there's this endless progression of getting better horses, then a better trailer, then a more powerful truck, then better fancier saddles, then the proper riding clothes. Then you add on a tack room to the machine shed. Oh, and did I mention they built the machine shed to hold their two trailers. The costs just go on and on.
And the damn things get sick and die. The neighbor lost one a week ago and got the tractor with the big loader and hauled the stiff carcass from the barn to the edge of the road, where it sat frozen awaiting the rendering truck. Five years ago they had one get killed by a truck on the county road.
Then the infernal things are downright unsafe - just ask Christopher Reeve - oh wait - you can't because he's dead! The neighbor's daughter managed to get thrown up by her horse and landed on the saddlehorn, breaking her pelvis and getting bounced off the ground breaking a few other things. About 6 months in recovery. A coworker was thrown by a horse and broke both wrists and forearms when she landed.
Oh heck, if you want to get hurt, just buy and ride a Harley - it's a lot cheaper than having a horse and the motorcycle won't croak on you and have to be ground up for ferret and mink food.
Horses were the predecessors of cars. So why not introduce a cash-for-carcasses legislation...
Seriously, why do you hate horses? Because there are evil humans who like horses? That's like saying I hate sushi, cars, boats, baguettes, etc. This list could go on forever.
That's not true, good things do come from horses.
ReplyDeleteGlue and dog food. Life would not be as good without that stuff.
So you probably agree with this: http://theoatmeal.com/story/eat_horses
ReplyDeleteha ha ha
but they are so pretty
ReplyDeleteYou spelled "unions" wrong. Nothing good can come of unions.
ReplyDeleteI have a neighbor with horses. They are a huge money pit with marginal value and worse, the spending never stops, because once into it there's this endless progression of getting better horses, then a better trailer, then a more powerful truck, then better fancier saddles, then the proper riding clothes. Then you add on a tack room to the machine shed. Oh, and did I mention they built the machine shed to hold their two trailers. The costs just go on and on.
ReplyDeleteAnd the damn things get sick and die. The neighbor lost one a week ago and got the tractor with the big loader and hauled the stiff carcass from the barn to the edge of the road, where it sat frozen awaiting the rendering truck. Five years ago they had one get killed by a truck on the county road.
Then the infernal things are downright unsafe - just ask Christopher Reeve - oh wait - you can't because he's dead! The neighbor's daughter managed to get thrown up by her horse and landed on the saddlehorn, breaking her pelvis and getting bounced off the ground breaking a few other things. About 6 months in recovery. A coworker was thrown by a horse and broke both wrists and forearms when she landed.
Oh heck, if you want to get hurt, just buy and ride a Harley - it's a lot cheaper than having a horse and the motorcycle won't croak on you and have to be ground up for ferret and mink food.
Horses were the predecessors of cars. So why not introduce a cash-for-carcasses legislation...
ReplyDeleteSeriously, why do you hate horses? Because there are evil humans who like horses? That's like saying I hate sushi, cars, boats, baguettes, etc. This list could go on forever.
That spring pony you got when you were 5 left indelible scars on your psyche after you fell off of it, didn't it?
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