Horsey phrases with different meanings to "normal" people

[ArklePig]

I share a cob called Finbar, and my husband is called Fiachra. You can best believe I left work one winter Friday afternoon at 4 pm announcing 'I'd like to squeeze in a ride with Fiachra before it gets dark'. From the howls that ensued I thought I was going to need to resign on the spot.

 

[Keith_Beef]

I share a cob called Finbar, and my husband is called Fiachra. You can best believe I left work one winter Friday afternoon at 4 pm announcing 'I'd like to squeeze in a ride with Fiachra before it gets dark'. From the howls that ensued I thought I was going to need to resign on the spot.

Agg agg, smurp smurp, fnarr fnarr.

 

[MuddyMonster]

This is only made worse when your horse is called Brad or something else vaguely human!

Yep, my pony has a human man's name - it absolutely does not help ?

 

[little_critter]

in the olden days horses were described as "a gay ride"

I used to ride a pony called Gay

 

[little_critter]

Calling the saddler at work to arrange a fitting. Asking the saddler I’d she is able to bring a short girth because I only have a long one.
I could hear the guy in the corner sniggering at ‘girth’

 

[Keith_Beef]

I seem to remember somebody commenting in another thread that her announcement "I don't like coloureds" was liable to misinterpretation...

 

[ycbm]

There are a number of reactions if you try explaining that you have a horse which can't eat much grass. Horsemuggles always assume horses should be eating grass.
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[Keith_Beef]

There are a number of reactions of you try explaining that you have a horse which can't eat much grass. Horsemuggles always assume horses should be eating grass.
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Yep. I for one was surprised to learn that you can't just assume that a horse can live on grass, fresh air and water.

 

[Sossigpoker]

People at work gasped in horror when i said to a horsey colleague "some people don't like the coloureds, each to their own " or something.

Mental note to self - always use "coloured horses " when in civilised company !

 

[Lucky Snowball]

Our club just posted that for £10 you can get a bbq then have a jump!

 

[millikins]

Many moons ago, pre horse ownership, I was walking to the pub with a boyfriend when someone drove past in a horse and cart.
Me: "Ooh, I'd love to have a pony and trap."
Him: "It's alright, we'll be at the pub soon"

 

[littleshetland]

Off on a bit of a tangent here.....On a day trip to London a while back, we decided to call in to Harrods, where they have a tack shop. I'm not sure why because of massively inflated prices, but I decided to buy a couple of bits of grooming kit and a....long hock whip. I'll never forget standing on the tube train, clutching my whip, wishing the ground would swallow me up. I might as well have had 'Get it here' tattooed on my forehead.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Yes, it's a good job my work colleagues know that Dave is my pony!

I can imagine you saying " I had a lovely ride on Dave last night" hilarious ?

 

[Baywonder]

Another word of warning......don't Google 'Leather' on your work computer......... ??

 

[Mrs_P]

*standing with husband in tesco*

My phone beeps and it's one of the other liveries saying she was booking her horse an appointment with the bean lady and asking if I wanted to book my gelding in at the same time.

Me (as loud as ever) "ah yes that reminds me we need to make an appointment with the willy cleaning woman"

Husband.......

Me..........

Man behind us in the que who must have thought this was a genuine service he could book ???

 

[Starzaan]

*standing with husband in tesco*

My phone beeps and it's one of the other liveries saying she was booking her horse an appointment with the bean lady and asking if I wanted to book my gelding in at the same time.

Me (as loud as ever) "ah yes that reminds me we need to make an appointment with the willy cleaning woman"

Husband.......

Me..........

Man behind us in the que who must have thought this was a genuine service he could book ???

One of my horses has problems with his sheath and needs it cleaned weekly. I once went to the checkout at a large supermarket with a bag of ‘extra thick’ carrots and six tubes of KY Jelly.
Then I made it worse by saying ‘oh it’s not for me hahaha, it’s for my horse’.
??‍

 

[teapot]

I’ve done full riding kit with schooling whip (and spurs once after forgetting to take them off) on public transport many times - oh it’s so much fun ???‍

 

[caileag]

I was once a member of a local RS Adult Riding Club,

 

[AntiPuck]

My partner can't get his head around "napping" and how it isn't really about napping at all

 

[Lady Jane]

Fantastic thread, I'm having a good giggle.

A friend of mine was talking to a black man at work at the coffee machine, he asked her what colour her horse was, She got bit flustered as she has a coloured but manged to find the words black and white.

 

[Caol Ila]

"Coloured" really is taboo in the US - thanks to the way Jim Crow laws codified 'coloured' water fountains, schools, etc. - so I still cringe when using that word to describe a horse. I go with paint or pinto, which gets baffled looks from British people.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

"Coloured" really is taboo in the US - thanks to the way Jim Crow laws codified 'coloured' water fountains, schools, etc. - so I still cringe when using that word to describe a horse. I go with paint or pinto, which gets baffled looks from British people.

Come over to the Shetland pony side where we have Black's, Coloureds (any colour other than black) and Mini's ??

One day the PC brigade will make it change I expect.

 

[blitznbobs]

Just wondering how many people when told not to google something, immediately go and google it...

 

[Keith_Beef]

Just wondering how many people when told not to google something, immediately go and google it...

I confidently googled "leather"; I got a snippet from the Picky Weedia article about leather, followed by links to Tandy Leather, a map of the Paris region with various saddlery and equestrian shops marked on it, then links to various web sites discussing different colours, finishes, tools and techniques for leather working.

But I'm signed in to Google, it knows my search history and preferences.

 

[Barton Bounty]

This is too funny ?

 

[ycbm]

One of my horses has problems with his sheath and needs it cleaned weekly. I once went to the checkout at a large supermarket with a bag of ‘extra thick’ carrots and six tubes of KY Jelly.
Then I made it worse by saying ‘oh it’s not for me hahaha, it’s for my horse’.
??‍

https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/thank-you-to-a-kind-forum-member.764008/

 

[AntiPuck]

"Coloured" really is taboo in the US - thanks to the way Jim Crow laws codified 'coloured' water fountains, schools, etc. - so I still cringe when using that word to describe a horse. I go with paint or pinto, which gets baffled looks from British people.

I can't use that word for horses, either, and it makes me cringe inside whenever others do (although accept that it isn't an issue for most). Too many bad memories of having it shouted at me in the street as a kid, or otherwise used as an insult.

I grew up with people using skewbald, piebald, etc but seem to rarely hear that these days.

 

[Keith_Beef]

I can't use that word for horses, either, and it makes me cringe inside whenever others do. Too many bad memories of having it shouted at me in the street as a kid, or otherwise used as an insult.

I grew up with people using skewbald, piebald, etc but seem to rarely hear that these days.

I didn't grow up in a horsey family, but knew piebald and skewbald before I started infant school.

 

[eggs]

Slightly off tangent but many years ago I had a horse called Luke. I was getting married and one of my work colleagues gave me a wedding card addressed to me and Luke. She had often heard me talking about Luke but not my soon to be husband Peter.

 

[smolmaus]

I grew up with people using skewbald, piebald, etc but seem to rarely hear that these days.

Same. Depends who I'm talking to and the context but I will usually say patchy pony or brown and white or something else, it just feels weird.

I've only had one person call me up on not using the "correct term" but she was just a bit like that ?