A funny thing happened on the way home today (loose horses)

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As I was riding my motorbike home for lunch, I came across a couple of loose horses purposefully trotting into town (by 'town' I mean 'sleepy village' and it was sleepier than usual as everything is shut between 1 and 4pm) Anyhoo, caught up with lead horse, slowed down, gave her a stern look and said "What do you think you're doing? Turn back this instant!" to my surprise (and no doubt hers to have been addressed in this way) she DID It only later occurred to me that it probably looked a bit strange to the non-horsey spectators.
 
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Did you speak to them in Spanish or English?
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What I find really funny is the fact that it all sounds perfectly normal
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Can you imagine the havoc two loose horses would cause trotting down the road in the UK? Latino land in siesta time and all it takes is a stern voiced lady on a motorbike telling them to 'Go home!'
 
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What I find really funny is the fact that it all sounds perfectly normal
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Can you imagine the havoc two loose horses would cause trotting down the road in the UK? Latino land in siesta time and all it takes is a stern voiced lady on a motorbike telling them to 'Go home!'

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Oh goodness, yes, it is quite common. A few weeks ago I noticed a mare tied up at the side of the road and I recognised her as belonging to someone who rides at my club. He'd been keeping her in his 'garden' (5000m2) and she'd let herself out and crossed town all by herself. I phoned him and he came to pick her up. The people who caught her were quite upset that he didn't tip them!
Honestly, there is NO traffic at all in Unquillo (where this happened and lunchtime, and barely any at rush hour
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Oh, it's not entirely idyllic; it IS very nice in lots of ways but there are loads of things I miss about England (not the weather
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) My parents (who are Argie, as am I BTW) retired here in 2003 and they convinced me that it would be a good move so I packed PF up in my trunk and came over in 2005.
 
I have been meaning to ask you for ages - my Spanish is not very existant, let alone good, but is your horse named Crisp? I swear I heard that papas fritas were crisps... I've probably just made a total fool of myself and my shoddy Spanish, but it's been in the back of my mind for ages!
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Yes, LOL, she's called Crisp (or chip). It was actually a nickname originally because her REAL name is Charlie Big Potato and no one here could say it... the nearest thing they could come up with in translation was Papa Frita. I thought it was quite funny so I kept it
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