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Ok, I've just come back from a 2 hour hack and made the mistake of telling my boss (hates horses and is terrified of them) so far he's said/asked
'2 hours, on a horse, in the woods, without knee pads?' - cue very confused look from me at the mention of knee pads

Him: what happens if you get kicked?
Me: err... it hurts, it's generally a good idea to avoid it

anyone else got any similar reactions or is it just my boss?
 
haha! I've never had that before but I did have someone ask if I needed glasses after I referred to an ex horse of mine as a 'little green' :)
 
'Why dont you just let children ride foals?'

'Whats the point in mucking out, they dirty it a second later'(good point here :p)


:)
 
I used to keep Lucy on a yard with lots of race horses. Lots of people in the village asked me when Lucy was going to start racing. (She's a 13.2hh welsh pony)
I am also always being asked how big she will get when she's older. (She's atleast 20)
 
when in a new job... for a long time my new colleagues thought I had a son as I always wanted to head off after work to "put my boy to bed".
 
I don't understand people who think it's a good idea to suggest a child rides a foal... surely it's common sense?

LauraWheeler - I'd have probably said 'well she's doing the egg and spoon race next week' ... lol :)
 
I bought her a newmarket excersise rug to match the race horses and just smiled at them. I gave up trying to explain she wasn't a TB. Lucy has always wanted to be a race horse when she grows up though :p;):D:D:D
 
Ha ha - these are great. My friend thought that lungeing a horse meant the horse was doing leg lunges - like humans do in aerobics and warm-ups.
 
Rofl - my hubby, when I: bounced on my head, cracked my arm, bruised more parts of me than I knew existed, couldn't buy x because I'd paid a couple of hundred pounds on extra horse bits (dentis, farrier, back man, etc.) in a month

And he says "And you do this becuase...???"
 
9 times out of 10 I get asked "DO you race them then?" The fact that im nearly 6 foot and definitely built for comfort not speed seems to bypass people.
Nearly always followed by "You must be rich?" Im a nurse and i have horses of course I am LOL

Whilst recently looking for a new horse, the adverts caused much confusion in my office
"Good to box" Someone thought we held illegal horse fights.
Bombproof had another friend thinking the horse had been to war?!?!?!?

And after telling someone that I used to produce Coloureds I got a look like I was a member of the BNP.
 
Is it big, what breed is it, is it a 'stall' (stallion).
Hard to answer when you dont know if they know anything about horses without either boring them to death or confusing them. I say hes this big and raise my arm to about how high he is, say hes crossed with a racehorse as in a TB and say no hes not a stall hes a gelding thats when theyve had their bits cut off :D
 
hahah these are awesome!

I also had the bomb proof one, someone asking if it was some kind of bullet proof armour for horses :p


Also someone asked if the appaloosa i ride was a Dalmation. i just said yes... yes he is, a very big horse like one. :p
 
alainax said:
Also someone asked if the appaloosa i ride was a Dalmation. i just said yes... yes he is, a very big horse like one. :p
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I was about to mention that I still don't know how to respond to all the spotty comments.

'She looks like she's been painted!' 'Has she been snowed on?' etc.

And the confusion it causes if you ever dare mention feathers!

That said, highlights of past relationships have involved trying to explain the different gaits after a drink by 'cantering' down the road with exaggerated arm movements (on foot, not near the horse, obviously). They probably think we're more bonkers than they are...
 
My OH calls appaloosas 'dalmation ponies'.

He came along to a show I was grooming at and I was putting travel boots back on one when he looked at me and said 'Lauren, why the hell would a horse need to wear leg warmers to go in a horsebox??', he thinks a horse in any kind of hood looks like batman.

I had an accident at work afew months ago when a 17.3hh shirex decided to be a ****** and throw a hissy fit on his way to the field. He went up and my fingers went back. I ended up with a broken finger and my OH said 'well why did you let him do that?' as if I had the choice!!

My mum frequently asks if the horses are wearing 'blankets' in the bad weather.

OH also calls every shetland he sees a 'baby pony'

When we watch badders etc on tv I frequently have people say 'so.. is that what you do?' hahaha I WISH!
 
Non horsy friend observing a horse resting his hind foot whilst tied up "Oh look he is pointing his toe like an Irish Dancer - thats so clever, did you teach him? !!

Non horsey brother in law "Why would anyone want a £10,000 **** machine !!!:D He's right!
 
The disbelief by a work colleague that I had to ride on roads and couldn't actually just go in anyones field. This may be an underlying problem with disrespect to horses on roads I wonder.

How about over here in NZ where they call a trailer a float. Brings a whole new context by saying you're going to float your horse to somewhere!
 
I was hacking and a young lad asked me why my horse was wearing knee pads. With a bit of devilment I replied that I was taking him to the skate park and we were going skate boarding. He completely believed me. As he walked off I suddenly felt mean as if he told the story to anyone he would likely be teased like mad...
 
I ALWAYS get the 'so do you have to give horses fillings' or 'do you tell them to brush their teeth with a giant tooth brush?'. Like Louby I never know how much detail to go into! Normally they look astounded when you say 'well actually....' and then u get the blank look and they wander off as if I've just been let out of the funny farm!
 
I like this post.

I got a row the other day for washing some towels straight after b's 'numnums'. It was hard to keep a straight face. 'Have you been washing numnums? the towels are covered in hairs. it's not funny it's disgusting, stop laughing, you'll have to take his numnums to the laudrette in future'

OH is adept now at changing 'jackets'.

He also is good at picking out feet. although when i advised him to be careful of the triangle bit, he gave me a withering look and said, 'it's called a frog Fiona!'

Ooops, maybe he does listen now and again.
 
I took my niece with me to move a friends ( very bad travelling ) horse on the weekend - she is only 5 and now keeps telling everyone she helped me put a horse in a cage (trailer!)and when he banged to get out of the cage i just ignored him!
Im gonna have the rspca down if shes not careful!
 
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