Please tell me I’m not the only muppet who does stuff like this…

[dorsetladette]

Not horse related. I got on the wrong side of my car to go to work one morning last week. I dont have a driver! The neighbours were out on the drive so tried styling it out by rummaging through my glove box for a minute before getting out.

 

[SussexbytheXmasTree]

This morning I was plaiting for a show and I couldn’t find my bumbag with combs etc. in it. I had everyone looking for a comb I could borrow. Just as I finished I saw it hanging on the stable door hook just next to the head of horse that I’d been plaiting. ??‍ I’d looked there so I don’t know how I didn’t see it.

 

[Winters100]

Not recent, but it is etched in my memory. When I was 16 I went to a boys school which took a token handful of girls in the sixth form. There was around 800 boys and only 15 girls. I had been drying some bras on my chair in the dorm, and somehow one got attached to the back of my sweater. I confidently walked through the school and into the dining hall before one of the masters removed it for me. I don't think I will ever forget how I wanted the ground to open up!

 

[Sealine]

Put my riding tights on one morning and went out for a long hack with a friend. When I got back I felt something odd in my riding tights. Put my hand down the back of my leg inside my tights and pulled out the knickers I’d worn wearing them the day before ?‍

 

[smolmaus]

I forgot to put a hat on the second time I (or anyone) ever sat on Sadie and my friend holding her for me didn't notice either until I was already up and walking off. A lifelong vow of silence was sworn that day after a speedy dismount (here doesn't count) ?

 

[Peglo]

I bought my horse unseen from Italy. I gave her 2 weeks to settle in and the first time I got on a totally unknown new horse (that could’ve done anything under saddle) I didn’t put my hat on!! Idiot!

 

[Cherryblossom]

Years ago, I realised halfway through my pony club B test that one rein was attached to the middle ring of my 3 ring gag (yes, it was the 90s!) and the other to the snaffle ring! I spent the rest of the rest trying to work out whether it was better to say nothing or ‘be a good horsewoman’ and fix my mistake. I said nothing, and passed!

 

[Sealine]

Not horse related. I got on the wrong side of my car to go to work one morning last week. I dont have a driver! The neighbours were out on the drive so tried styling it out by rummaging through my glove box for a minute before getting out.

You've reminded me of this scene from Absolutely Fabulous

 

[KJ94]

Haven’t forgotten my hat yet but has been a few occasions on an early morning hack I look down and notice I’ve completely forgot to do the noseband/throat latch up ?‍ Not even sure how that’s forgotten!

 

[Annagain]

I have a trailer tie in the trailer so I lead them on, clip them onto the tie, the unclip the leadrope and hook it on the front of the trailer (inside) then do the reverse to get them off. I clipped the leadrope on Charlie once, started to lead him off and he suddenly swung his bum round (not sure how he got it through the ramp opening as he was only half out) threw his head in the air and got quite agitated. After a second or two of complete confusion I realised he was still attached to the trailer tie. I hadn't unclipped it. He had no option other than swing his bum and lift his head!

I also took Wiggy and Oscar in the trailer together for the first time a couple of weeks ago, just a 20 minute drive to the forestry for a hack. Wiggy's very good at loading himself so I let him on, do the breaching bar and ramp up then go round the front to clip him in. When we got to the forestry I took the front ramp down, went to unclip Wiggy and realised I'd never clipped him in. He was just standing there with his leadrope over his neck. Luckily although they don't share a field they have hacked out together lots and neither is aggressive so we didn't have any fighting and it meant he could reach his haynet much more easily so he was happy!

 

[Alibear]

I've got so much form for this going back to my 20s that friends I ride with do pre-ride checks on me. Switching to Western hasn't helped either.
Thankfully we're now all of an age where we all appreciate the pre-ride checks, so I don't feel quite so singled out.
I'm also very grateful that, over the years, my horses have tolerated my failures very well.

 

[Ratface]

I’ve got half way around a ride with no hat, not even a woolly one.

I admit to jumping on the same horse bareback, in a head collar, no hat, to ride him down the road to a field. Why did I think that was okay?!

When I was 11 years old, I did that on a regular basis, on the grass verges, jumping the drains on the way!
In my defence, it was 1956, and health and safety precautions were extremely rudimentary.
Fortunately, I never came to any harm.

 

[Nasicus]

I couldn't figure out how to get on board the other day, until I finally realized the stirrups and leathers were absent from the saddle and were sat in the tack room. Dragged pony over to the tack room, re-attached them then climbed on board and was confused as to why my stirrups were so long. I took my foot out of one, and it promptly disappeared and I was absolutely baffled as to where it went, scanning the floor from up on high thinking it had somehow dropped off. Wasn't until I clambered off that I saw that the stirrup was still there, it was just obscured by the panel because I'd somehow managed to attach them under the panels to stirrup bars I didn't know even existed on the saddle until that moment.

Felt a bit daft after that one.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

Was schooling with a friend's daughter and after about 10 minutes, I thought something was off, you know when something just looks off-neither of us were wearing hats.

 

[cauda equina]

Can I add some kitchen-related muppetry?
Making a stir fry today I sloshed in a generous amount of gravy browning, thinking it was soy sauce

 

[EngageDressage]

I've got so much form for this going back to my 20s that friends I ride with do pre-ride checks on me. Switching to Western hasn't helped either.
Thankfully we're now all of an age where we all appreciate the pre-ride checks, so I don't feel quite so singled out.
I'm also very grateful that, over the years, my horses have tolerated my failures very well.

This is what I need, someone else to check I’m adulting properly! ?

 

[smolmaus]

Can I add some kitchen-related muppetry?
Making a stir fry today I sloshed in a generous amount of gravy browning, thinking it was soy sauce

Kitchen muppetry?? Typing this with one thumb after I tried to cut the other one off on Sunday morning.

 

[cauda equina]

Kitchen muppetry?? Typing this with one thumb after I tried to cut the other one off on Sunday morning.

That's a lot more serious than having to eat a dark brown dinner!
I hope it heals quickly and well

 

[Pippity]

I've regularly done the riding in a baseball cap/woolly hat instead of a riding hat. My instructor now checks before I get on, but I'm on my own the rest of the time!

I think my absolute best was forgetting to put the girth on. Still not sure how the saddle stayed in place while I mounted, but I suppose that's the benefit of horses who actually have withers and aren't shaped like a barrel. I spent several minutes worrying why my usually extremely forward share horse was suddenly reluctant to move until somebody pointed out the issue. They very kindly put my girth on for me, because I have no idea how I'd have got off otherwise! The horse was 17hh, and not the sort to tolerate a rider and (extremely expensive) saddle landing next to him with a thud.

 

[Carmen6]

I drove home from the yard ( 35mins) and something fell off the roof when I stopped, it was my whip. How it had stayed up there through going round roundabouts and turning corners I’ll never know

I drove 3 miles with my phone / wallet on the roof of my car.

Some days I don't understand how I'm allowed out by myself.

 

[smolmaus]

That's a lot more serious than having to eat a dark brown dinner!
I hope it heals quickly and well

The flesh flap has already mostly reattached itself! If I could just stop whacking it off stuff....

 

[Winters100]

Not recent, but it is etched in my memory. When I was 16 I went to a boys school which took a token handful of girls in the sixth form. There was around 800 boys and only 15 girls. I had been drying some bras on my chair in the dorm, and somehow one got attached to the back of my sweater. I confidently walked through the school and into the dining hall before one of the masters removed it for me. I don't think I will ever forget how I wanted the ground to open up!

And just to add that when I told my parents they both said that it was nothing, and that in a few years I would not even remember it. It is 35 years, and yes I remember!!! Especially the months of boys snapping my bra strap for months after, to "check if you remembered your bra".

 

[scats]

I managed to punch myself in the eyeball this evening while putting my riding hat on. I have no idea how it happened, but my god it hurt!