Best quote you've heard a "non-horsey" person say?

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I think mine takes the biscuit.
Telling a friend of my mums that I own an ex-racehorse when he says -
"Why hasn't he been shot yet"

Obviously, I was quite annoyed at the time but after that I found it quite ridiculously funny, ignorance.

Share yours :D
 
Showing my then new horse to a friend.
I say "so what do you think?"
Him "when you said you had a new horse I thought you meant a horse not a pony"
Me "what do you mean? she is a horse.."
Him "no she's far too big to be a horse."

Wrong way round :D


OH and another.
Cousin recently came to see horses. After me spending an hour picking poo -
He said "how often do you have to mow their grass then?"
me "what do you mean?"
him "surely its hard picking the s*** up if the grass is too long?"

It never has chance to get THAT long!!!!
 
taxi drivers always ask me daft questions when i get a taxi to the farm.

the best is when they always say they thought at pony was a baby horse haha. and when i say to people about fox fracturing his leg they always say does that not kill a horse? :rolleyes:
 
1.
My non-horsey, ADULT best friend: Ooh, I love the picture of you on the moo horse!

Me: ...moo horse?

Her: The horses that look like cows from a distance *looks at me like I'm an idiot*

2.
Same friend as above, on a novice one hour "pony trek" I got for her birthday: *bobbling along* This is brilliant. So glad I got a moo horse! She's gorgeous!

Instructor: Can we trot up the hill?

Friend:Yeah ok!

Me: Sure...hang on, are you ok to trot?

Friend:Yeah!

Me: Have you done it before?

Friend: Is it when it runs??

Me: :D hold onto the front of your saddle...

Bless her! She always makes me laugh and best part is she doesn't mean to!
 
My dad comes out with some crackers bless him. He loves horses and helps out a lot bit isn't horsey. More of a cow man.

His latest obsession is he wants me to bring my newest lad who is on livery 'on holiday' to meet my other two who are kept at home. He is convinced they all know about each other from my smell (!) And are dying to meet each other!
 
When I told my ex that one of my horses was 26 he responded with "Bloody hell! She must be huge by now!"

Current boyfriend rang me a few weeks back to ask where I had put the "martingate".

Dad: "When are you going to do one of those flying crossovers?"

And not a quote, but my mum was asked a few months back if she wouldn't mind taking up someone's horse. About 20 minutes later she came out looking very pleased with herself, only to be told that she had put the over reach boots on the wrong legs :D
 
My oh regularly calls jodhpurs 'joppers' bless him. I once tried to explain some of the casus of colic, so now according to him everything gives them colic. So often asks before he does something with Otti 'can he have/eat/do such a thing or will he get colic and die?' Charming :p
He's good really. To say last year he was totally unhorsy, he often does otti for me if I'm working late and can rug up. Next I'll have him tacking up and lunging :p
 
Can't think if the best quote from a non horsey person but one of my fave quotes is from the film 'sweet home Alabama' when her dad says:

You can't ride two horses with one ass sugarbean!


I used it on my ex when he was cheating:D;)

I love that quote :D
 
While hacking a dog walker said to me , looking at my horses freeze mark" are all horses born with letters and numbers on them".
 
Some of these are hilarious and have definitely cheered me up on this Monday morning :D

I can't think of any off the top of my head but there have been LOADS as most of my family and friends are non-horsey. Ooooh actually, one of them being a friend of mine who was looking at a picture of my 3 in the winter - two big horses rugged up and warm, with my miniature shettie obviously unrugged, "OH MY GOD CHLOE!!! Why hasn't the baby horse got a rug on? Thats so mean..." She carried on like this all day and actually made me feel awful even though I knew she didn't even need a rug in the first place!

There was simply no telling her that Betsy was indeed a miniature shetland and not a foal and that she didn't need a rug :p
 
I had "what race is your horse?"...and this was from someone leaving school to go be a vet :O I just said Irish and left it at that!
 
I thought of another one...

When I was young, at the riding school, I'd been learning about telling age from a horses teeth etc. I also knew this one pony was quite old so as my dad was patting him, I thought I'd show him. "Dad, this pony is quite old, I think he's in his twenties". Dad (before I can start explaining about teeth): "oh, they know when their birthdays are? Does the riding school have a book with all their birthdays written in, or something?"
 
While tootling along a bridleway, man stopped me and demanded "Why are you riding - this is a bridleway you know" Me: "Yes, I know that is why I'm riding" Man "Well you shouldn't be riding, you are only allowed to lead a horse by the bridle on a bridleway" Needlesstosay I didn't get off and lead said horsey by the bridle....
 
Crugeran Celt said:
I have 3 miniatures and whilst out walking them a neighbour asked if they were real!:confused:
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Whilst walking my friends two chestnut miniatures through town center we had someone say "oooooh I thought it was a camel" :confused: could not stop myself laughing for the life of me yet my friend held it together and explained how actually they weren't camels, they were minature shetland ponies. HILARIOUS!!! :D
 
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cloe1993 said:
Whilst walking my friends two chestnut miniatures through town center we had someone say "oooooh I thought it was a camel" :confused: could not stop myself laughing for the life of me yet my friend held it together and explained how actually they weren't camels, they were minature shetland ponies. HILARIOUS!!! :D
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They have obviously never seen a camel, they are huge!! I must say though when I bought my minis a friend of mine who is very horsey couldn't get over that they bahaved like a 'normal' horse, she still laughs when they neigh or snort as she can't get over the fact that they are so small but are still horses. (fallabellas)
 
Crugeran Celt said:
They have obviously never seen a camel, they are huge!! I must say though when I bought my minis a friend of mine who is very horsey couldn't get over that they bahaved like a 'normal' horse, she still laughs when they neigh or snort as she can't get over the fact that they are so small but are still horses. (fallabellas)
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Not only that, but since when are people casually walking camels around the streets of Cullompton in Devon?!?! Some people amaze me :D aww I've never come across a fallabella in real life so don't really know how they behave but I would have thought they'd behave like cheeky little ponies even though they are technically horses, or am I wrong?? :p
 
I mentioned to a non horsey friend that my foal had stitches in her face she asked if i had to cut ear holes in her traffic cone thingy. Slightly confused me until i realised she thought i had to put the surgical dog collars on her so she couldnt scratch!
 
First time I took my OH out for a hack, my boy kept wondering all over the lane, snacking on the hedge and generally taking the pee. He said
"It like it's got a mind of it's own!"

I think he thought they were just furry motorbikes !
 
When we ride together, people often ask if daughters dainty 11.1 is a foal, & used to get it with other ponies she rode in the past.
Fave ever was when a man moved in to a house backing on to the horses field. He complained about the field being a mess. It's actually a fab field, rough, varied low quality grazing but plenty of it. However man wanted it all mowing & tidying up. Also asked us to teach the horses not to poo or wee in the corner behind his garden. And for us to keep the horses cleaner, after my mud plastered grey appeared in the background of some family party he was filming & did a lovely pile of spring grass poo.
Another favourite was someone complaining my mare was rude & greedy because she'd been fed earlier but she kept chasing the other horse from its feed bucket. Possibly the worst one as it was the owner of the other horse who said it. Apparently I needed to sort her out so she understood if someone appeared in the field with a bucket it wasn't for her.
 
My mum came out with the best ever just a few weeks a go, bless her!

Talking about my horse not wearing shoes and how beneficial it is,
mum: so doesnt it hurt them when you try to take them off?
me: no not really
mum: yeah but how do you do it?
me: well the farrier comes and pulls out the nails that attach them to their foot and they come straight off
mum: yeah but it must hurt because arent they born with them?
me: what the metal bits attached to their hooves?
mum: yeah
me: are you joking?
mum: no I thought they came out of the womb with the metal shoes on!

My poor mum isnt horsey at all:) She comes to the yard in her heels and handbag:)
 
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