Do all horsey people have a cruel sense of humour?

[Mare Stare]

Does anyone else laugh at other people struggling with their horse or falling off? Or is it just me?

I was almost doubled up watching the trailer shake as hubby struggled to get Doris to back out, all I could hear was him shouting and swearing at her. As I'm pregnant, I was told to keep out the way. Luckily, he didn't catch me giggling because he looked like this - - when Doris finally realised that she wasn't going to fit through the jockey door and cooperated.

Then there was the time that we went to a local show and we were watching the Section D's being showed inhand. One was a bit lively and nearly kicked it's handler in the head. Cue me trying to stifle giggles much to hubby's disgust.

There was also the time when our horrid Welshy took off with my 12 year old daughter. All I could hear was "Mum! Mum! Mum! Mum!" as he galloped off into the distance. All I could do was shout things like "Try to turn him into a circle!!" between giggles. I'm such a bad mother. (He did stop after a while and both survived to tell the tale.)

Hubby can't understand it. When I was giggling at the Section D he looked almost disgusted with me.

 

[russianhorse]

yep - probably, as I have lol

I still remember when my mum was riding my horse, and he took her into the tack room where she decided to hang onto the top of the door frame to stop him going further in. I literally couldnt breathe for laughing, and was absolutely no help whatsoever

Edited to add: recently my son was riding a section A pony, who witjhout warning went off into a bouncy trot bouncing him straight off. Unfortuantely again I wasnt much help to him, as I thought it was hilarious

 

[Capriole]

I dont laugh at people nearly getting hurt or being run off with,no, but I do have a 'black' sense of humour

 

[Puzzles]

Thank god it's noot just me! I always roar (with the misfortunate of having a particularly raucous and vulgar cackle for a laugh) BEFORE asking if they're ok ... oops.

 

[AprilBlossom]

Yep, unfortunately, my first reaction is to laugh (a lot) THEN check the person is ok. Unless of course it's obvious they're hurt, in which case I don't laugh until we know things are ok! Lol I wish I could stop myself but the laughing just seems to burst out and often the more I try to stop the more I laugh!!

 

[amandap]

Only some horsey bloopers, I'm usually worried someone or the horse is hurt.
I do find some things like that funny such as this, which has had me cackling for a couple of days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDw8ZfYQfcU&feature=search

 

[Arizahn]

Apparently laughing in these situations is a sign that you are upset but you are unable to show it...some sort of emotional thing

 

[flying solo]

I laugh its a nervous laugh though! I used to do palliative care in the community and when someone had passed away I always said 'oh your kidding' of course no-one would kid-on about such things but that was what always came out my mouth!!

 

[Always Henesy]

I have a great sense of humour and laugh at most funny things.
I do NOT laugh at anothers misfortune as what goes around comes around.
I especially don't laugh when it comes to my children possibly being hurt...I don't see anything funny in that.

 

[Shantara]

I laugh so long as no one was seriously hurt!
My favourites on youtube are almost only people falling off horses! Educational and funny

 

[Foxhunter49]

I think that when working with animals a sense of humour is needed, so much can go wrong and it is better to laugh than to cry. The only thing I would say is that you should be able to laugh at yourself before laughing at others!

I had a nasty fall, all I remember is watching a big brown and white backside of the mare coming down towards me and thinking, "This is going to hurt!"
I busted my nose, knocked my front teeth loose and split both lips - the top one being all the way through.
I stayed at the stables for the rest of the day so,by the time I got home I was very swollen. My top lip had turned inside out and had already ulcerated. I could still see it sticking out beyond my nose through half closed eyes.
When I got indoors my mother sat o a chair at the kitchen table, covered her hands with her face, peering at me between her fingers. Tears rolling down her cheeks where she was laughing so hard - her words were "Well, you won't want vinegar on your chips!"

I was then told to go to the doctors, and had to walk there as neither of my parents drove. There I got a telling off for not having come in earlier.
I was just 14 at the time.

Now, Mum was a brilliant nurse and caretaker but sympathy, forget it!

Another time, after a real ****** day, I went to empty the large wheelbarrow, the muckman had been so, I ran to get to the back. Hit a stone and the barrow, with me still hanging onto the handles, went over.
It had been drizzling all day and the sweater I had on had stretched so it was down to just above my knees. This got caught in the spinning wheel and tightened it on my body. I had to roll over on my back with the barrow on top of me and detangle it before I could get myself up.

I had really had more than enough that day and had it not been for me 'seeing' myself, I would have cried. Instead I was roaring with laughter because had it been anyone else I would have done the same.

 

[FairyLights]

Apparently laughing in these situations is a sign that you are upset but you are unable to show it...some sort of emotional thing

I laugh at inappropriate times;this theory sounds quite plauseable.

 

[Shantara]

Foxhunter: SO TRUE!
When I fell off Ned, my first words to my mum were "I REALLY hope you got that on video!!"

The only fall I had that I don't find funny was when I really hurt my back. I can chuckle about it, but it still hurts after all these years.
The rest of my falls were very very funny though

Horsesforever1: I laughed during my brothers wedding, I couldn't help it! Luckily I get the 'silent laughs' so I didn't get noticed by anyone apart from my other brother

 

[Honey08]

Apparently laughing in these situations is a sign that you are upset but you are unable to show it...some sort of emotional thing

I can believe that - it sums me up. I used to laugh when people fell off in my lessons when I first started teaching!! I've got better at dealing with it now!

 

[niagaraduval]

A friend of mine rode my horse out and he is a bugger for testing people, he used to run off with anyone who got on his back apart from me or a very firm rider. Once he realised he wasn't running off he was lovely but did like to try. The ned turned round and galloped all the way home, I was so scared because there were several village roads (had cantered across them too) and then just stood at the gate after the rider bailed. I was really worried and just tried to get home safely and was so lucky the horse I was riding didn't gallop off after him as I would have not been able to stop her. All I could do was laugh to myself all the way home. I think this was a nervous laugh though.

 

[Ibblebibble]

I'm terrible for laughing when people trip or fall or something like that, but i'll laugh at myself too.
I used to take out novices on treks and you got to have a good sense of humour for that!! although the lady who i told to duck under a low branch in the stream who didn't and grabbed it instead didn't find it half as funny as i did when the pony just walked straight out from underneath her and she was left hanging i had to apologise for my fit of the giggles but it still makes me chuckle 20 years later

 

[Jesstickle]

I know I do and I know I caught it form my (horsey) mother. She still laughs at me now!! Mean old bat

I actually prefer that to my OH who is genuinely concerned when I fall off or get trampled. His worry makes me feel terribly guilty!

 

[tonitot]

I always laugh my boss thought it was hilarious when I was hanging off the side of my galloping horse up the gallops one day, he laughs at everyone who falls off and when horses are naughty.
I once fell off and landed on my head, I have it on video but I'm scared to post it incase I get slated it's funny though

 

[tonitot]

Was meant to put not

 

[hobo]

AD I had to watch the video 3 times before I saw what happen Yes it is funny!

 

[I*HM]

I'm terrible for laughing at things that "aren't funny".
A classic was at PC camp a few years ago, we swapped mounts and one of the girls (5'9") got a 13.2hh connie. Pony bolted with the girl slowly sliding off (she had no contact at the time) she landed and rolled down the hill. I nearly wet myself but only one other person laughed, the rest were shocked It was even funnier though when she got back up on him and he did the same thing again, only this time she bailed out.

And twice I have fallen off from laughing too much, once when jumping an ex polo pony who hadn't done much jumping. We jumped a baby three stride double (40cm). He jumped the first one like it was 5 foot and it felt like all his legs left the ground at once, I managed to sit it well but I laughed so hard that after the second jump (where he did the same again) I practically rolled off him in tears of laughter. Everyone thought I had gone mental.


I'm also blessed p) with quite a black sense of humour, and also laugh at things that really aren't funny. Was watching Nicolas Nickleby with friends, when Smike was on his death bed everyone else had tears welling up, I fall of my chair with laughter. Honestly the face he made when he died was priceless

Though I have one truly shocking story that shouldn't be told as it's quite shameful but it involved a funeral, an upset friend and her accidentally blowing her nose and wiping her eyes with a sanitary towel...

 

[Bridie&theMinis]

Only some horsey bloopers, I'm usually worried someone or the horse is hurt.
I do find some things like that funny such as this, which has had me cackling for a couple of days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDw8ZfYQfcU&feature=search

Brilliant video - made me laugh out loud!

I def do the innapropriate laughing but I think its a weird expression of being upset / embarassed rather than being straight out mean (which is exactly how it looks)

 

[jodie3]

AD I had to watch the video 3 times before I saw what happen Yes it is funny!

Glad I'm not the only one! Once I realised what had happened did make me laugh though.

 

[Bobby Boy]

My daughter fell off her pony and naughty pony trod on her glasses which she then couldn't find as she is as blind as a bat so she crawled round in the arena on her hands and knees dragging the pony with her looking for them, me I was rolling with laughter in the middle, opps

 

[Worried1]

We were looking for a horse once and went to a well known producers yard to try 'safe and sensible' horse for me. Mr worried got on and was riding the horse around the arena in walk when a huge gust of wind lifted the polyjumps he was walking past up in the air where they crashed over.
The horse whipped round deposited him on the ground all in the blink of an eye!
He was inly winded but was doing the winded breath thing and I Couldn't talk as I was crying with laughter! The seller was mortified and was trying to help him up and both my sister who is also a paramedic, joined Mr Worried in the floor as we were in hysterics!
He re-mounted and we carried on cackling for the rest of day, he still moans about my lack of sympathy to this day!

 

[leah_x]

I think the best one for me is when I told my partner who was riding my horse wanted to jump. (My horse can be a right sod for this!) So I told him, if you carry a whip - he will jump. If you don't - he'll refuse. Simple. But boyfriend says no no no he'll be fine I won't need a whip. So off he goes cantering towards a TINY cross pole (my horse is 16.2 so would step over it), horse slams on the brakes and the boyfriend goes flying. All caught on camera. The only time I stopped laughing was to say I told you so!

And where I work, we have a lot of cheeky ponies, and as embarrassing as it is, they p**s off with everyone. My first day at work and tiny pony runs away, to which a young lad who thought he was the big I AM, was ahead of us and shouts "don't worry I'll grab her" grabs hold of the lead rope and cheeky pony drags him half way down the stoney track - served him right!