Things in the horsey world that could be misinterpreted...

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MizElz

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I am about to embark upon a study of terminology/conditions/symptoms within the horsey world that may be misinterpreted by non-horsey folk. If anyone can add suggestions here, I would be most grateful!
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Examples include things like a 'double bridle' - I was once asked how and why a horse had to wear two bridles at once! And laminitis - a school friend of mine once looked at a pic of a laminitic pony and said 'oh, sweet, someone's taught him to do the splits!'
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And a friend of my brothers picked up a snaffle and said, 'hey cool! you horsey people use handcuffs!!'

If you get the idea....

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Once, while popping round the supermarket after the horses, I was approached by two old-dears: 'What's wrong with your legs dear?', asked the first. I looked down at my legs wondering what on earth they were on about. The second then asked, 'Are those calipers terribly uncomfortable?'

Those being my chaps....
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Having a conversation about grass sickness once, a non horsey friend said yeah i'd get sick of grass too if I had to eat it everyday!!
 
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Lunge whips..................
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Any whips!

OH goes all funny in Tacks shops, all the racks of shinny bits, funny mask looking things, tall leather boots and especially the whips!!

Ooh err missus
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i am helping the company i work for to market a product we make (the business focuses on piglet feeds, but is branching out as the uk pig industry declines), and was asked to do a leaflet highlighting the benefits of this product. here are a few that came up...

'fizzy' - do they start to bubble....
'heating' - you don't need to cook it, we do that for them...
'topline' - isn't it just horse shaped...
'presence' - surely the horse is there or not....
'he'll go all day'... greeted with 'whahey!!' from the lads...
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and it goes on....
 
The classic phrase we all know and use

"can't stay long, have to go and do the horses"

You would be surprised how many people raise an eyebrow or two at 'doing the horses'
 
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The classic phrase we all know and use

"can't stay long, have to go and do the horses"

You would be surprised how many people raise an eyebrow or two at 'doing the horses'

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"I'm just popping home to ride Nigel..."
 
Stud mix always raises eyebrows.

OH's work delivery driver mentioned to OH the other day that all the horses he sees in fields now it's winter have their 'lagging' on!
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Was in my mils house with hubbie, mil was filling dishwasher and fil was talking to my hubbie .....I then said to hubbie ....

"Right Im going out to ride Charlie (cob I had on loan for awhile ) .....















































You might think there was nothing to it ..... Problem was My fil is also called Charlie once I realised I went a nice shade of red and proceeded to the back door .
 
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