Why do people want to own cobs?

[Shilasdair]

For anyone out there saying 'you probably stick to cobs because you can't handle a tb or wb' 'their just fat, lazy and fluffy' I'm convinced they've never ridden a cob, they are so much stronger then bigger horses I swear! Why do you think gypsy's bread them like that! To be strong!

Lol thank you and enjoy. Very welcome to look for one for me 15hh+

Get off my thread, cob-loving heathens.

 

[lj0429]

Get off my thread, cob-loving heathens.

I ment to put this on the one that was telling me about their lovely cob

 

[Auslander]

Giving this legendary thread a bump, in honour of it's instigator. RIP Shils - you were one of a kind

 

[meleeka]

Giving this legendary thread a bump, in honour of its instigator. RIP Shils - you were one of a kind

This is the thread I think of when I see her name. It’s certainly caused some laughs over the years.

 

[SEL]

I thought of this thread earlier today - before I saw the awful news - when my cob nearly fell over his nose trying to eat grass coming down the lorry ramp

Typical cob

 

[Fjord]

When I first saw this thread I was so confused. It's what I think of when I see Shils name.

 

[poiuytrewq]

It’s her legacy!

 

[SilverLinings]

I wonder if she has now found the ultimate mystical answer to her original question - why do people want to own cobs? Maybe she now has divine insight and knows why cobs are cobs. Hopefully they are attending to her every need in the afterlife as slaves of the immortal Shils

 

[poiuytrewq]

I wonder if she has now found the ultimate mystical answer to her original question - why do people want to own cobs? Maybe she now has divine insight and knows why cobs are cobs. Hopefully they are attending to her every need in the afterlife as slaves of the immortal Shils

Hope she’s looking after mine! No one better for the job

 

[Red-1]

I love this thread, genius.

From one who would never have considered a cob when it first came out, but then I got older and... bought one for myself! As did Shils, I recollect!

 

[Midlifecrisis]

What’s breaking my heart is we never know til after we die how many lives we touch and make a difference to…I loved reading this thread.

 

[Pinkvboots]

Hairier than bigfoot that's just a classic

I didn't realise that she changed her log in name I posted on her cancer thread quite a bit never knowing

 

[Highmileagecob]

Truly a special sense of humour. She will be missed.

 

[SEL]

Umm Shils - from your lofty position on a fluffy cloud could you please supervise my little cobs and tell them the minute my back is turned is not the time to hop the fence into the rested field. They are plenty fat enough.

And give big M a hug for me while you're there xx

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

It's a brilliant thread, and also what I think of when I see her username. I never had much interaction with Shils, but she definitely made a difference to my life in that she put a smile on my face during difficult days with her posts on here. Like another poster has said, it's funny that people never know their reach, and often it only is really seen once they have passed. It's terribly sad, but I'm sure she's up there chatting about us with the forums' cobs and other four legged friends!

 

[Annagain]

I've just re-read the first few pages and the number of people who thought this was serious and were monumentally offended and argumentative is hilarious. I seem to remember a few dotted through the thread as well. She kept us entertained for 13 years and counting with this. There's also a few names I haven't see for a long time. Ahh the past.

 

[ihatework]

One of the best threads ever from what I am sure will be a greatly missed lady.

It’s not going to convince me to buy a cob in her memory though

 

[Goldenstar]

One of the best threads ever from what I am sure will be a greatly missed lady.

It’s not going to convince me to buy a cob in her memory though

Oh you can have mine he’s perfect if you want some fences breaking .

 

[CanteringCarrot]

I love this thread. Shils will be soo missed.


There are many cobs at my current yard, and they're all fat, hairy, and nosey. YO owns them all, and honestly, it should've been a red flag and I probably should've turned around and drove back down the drive when I saw the first one. My poor youngster is probably not going to turn out right because he lives in a field with mostly cobs. Doomed.

 

[Petalpoos]

 

[albeg]

I love this thread. Shils will be soo missed.


There are many cobs at my current yard, and they're all fat, hairy, and nosey. YO owns them all, and honestly, it should've been a red flag and I probably should've turned around and drove back down the drive when I saw the first one. My poor youngster is probably not going to turn out right because he lives in a field with mostly cobs. Doomed.

And that's assuming he doesn't get mistaken for food or trampled by dinner plate feet...

 

[SEL]

I love this thread. Shils will be soo missed.


There are many cobs at my current yard, and they're all fat, hairy, and nosey. YO owns them all, and honestly, it should've been a red flag and I probably should've turned around and drove back down the drive when I saw the first one. My poor youngster is probably not going to turn out right because he lives in a field with mostly cobs. Doomed.

He'll learn how to eat well that's for certain. A good cob has a good appetite

 

[Backtoblack]

Rest in peace Shils

 

[splashgirl45]

This was a great thread and kept me amused for ages, well done Shils we are still enjoying it

 

[SilverLinings]

One of the best threads ever from what I am sure will be a greatly missed lady.

It’s not going to convince me to buy a cob in her memory though

Maybe we should all use one of those animal sanctuary animal adoption programmes and adopt a cob in Shils' name? I'm sure she'd really appreciate the irony such a kind and thoughtful gesture...

 

[meggymoo]

I've just re-read the first few pages and the number of people who thought this was serious and were monumentally offended and argumentative is hilarious. I seem to remember a few dotted through the thread as well. She kept us entertained for 13 years and counting with this. There's also a few names I haven't see for a long time. Ahh the past.

I too have been rereading this from the beginning. I’ve got up to about post #1200 or thereabouts. Obviously too much time on my hands. Even after so many posts pointing out it was tongue in cheek, still there was such offence. And in spouting their vitriol, posters were doing exactly the same as what they were complaining about.
Reading some of the comments from 2010, I do wonder if that had been today it would have been yet another of those all too common threads that magically disappear over night.
Yes, so many names from the past, many that perhaps have just gone on to other things and a couple of others that iirc are sadly no longer with us.
I wonder if 13 years is the longest running thread ever.

 

[Surbie]

I love this thread.

I hacked out with a friend last night, trundling along behind their fancy warmblood. Fancy WB spooked at a leaf, reared over a puddle, decked its rider under the motorway bridge and attempted to leg it. Cobbus made a half-hearted attempt at legging it, realised there was free food in the verges and stopped. I used his enormous bottom to stop the WB going past. WB also knows a cob is fantastic at finding food & stayed with him while its rider got up off the floor. Useful hairy beastie!

RIP Shils.