ridecamp@endurance.net: You Know You're A Horse Person When...

You Know You're A Horse Person When...

Becky Hackworth (bechack@flash.net)
Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:41:39 -0700

>>From Rebekah Alton: You Know You're A Horse Person When...
> - You are totally grossed out by human hair in the sink or
>tub,
> but don't mind horse hair in your washer, on your
>clothes,
> in your food...
> - You know you're a horse AND dog person when you don't
>mind
> throwing frozen manure balls for the barn's goldie to
>fetch!
> - Someone says, "does anyone have a screwdriver?" and you
>hand
> them a hoofpick.
> - The real estate agent asks what kind of house you are
>looking for
> and you say "More than six acres".
> - You find yourself analyzing leg and foot conformation on
>your
> friends, and thinking how corrective shoeing could
>improve
> their way of going.
> - You run your tongue over your back molars and idly
>wonder
> if they need to be floated. (If a horses teeth do not
>wear
> evenly, they will have to be floated (filed) to restore
>a
> good grinding surface.)
> - You can find your boots in the dark by the manure aroma.
> - You drive up in the yard, get out of the car and inhale
>the
> perfume of the manure pile.
> - You don't notice the barn smells on your clothing and
>wonder why
> "regular" folks are sniffing the air.
> - Your first sign of spring is not seeing a robin, but
>seeing a fly.
> - You go to the gas station and ask the attendant to check
>the "off
> hind" (and you know you're in horse country when the
>young man
> immediantly walks to the right rear tire!)
> - Your car is the only one in the company parking lot that
>has an
> inch of dust INSIDE and when you open the door, a swarm
>of flies
> emerges.
> - Your mother has a run in the bottom of her hose and you
>tell her
> she has a split hoof.
> - You teach your little brother to skip by getting him to
>"canter",
> then "switch leads" until he's doing one-tempi flying
>changes
> (skipping!)
> - Your truck looks like a bomb exploded in a tack shop.
> - When your husband walks into the bedroom and sees you
>wearing your
> underwear and tall black boots and his only comment is
> "Oh, did the new boots finally arrive?"
> - Your father gets worried when he overhears you talking
>to a friend:
> "And he had the cutest butt! I happended to be behind
>him for a
> while, and practically couldn't take my eyes off his
>butt. And he
> had really nice legs, and a real strong back, and nice
>shoulders,
> and *such* a pretty face! He came over to say hello
>once. What a
> handsome guy!" When you tell him that you were talking
>about a horse,
> he's not sure whether to be reassured of get even more
>worried. :-)
> - Your motto is "baling twine will fix anything".
>
>
>
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