You know you've been around horses too long when............

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

OK, went into town today, they're digging up in the main street and there's total chaos everywhere, i.e. orange tape, warning signs, bollards, men making noise, scary machines etc etc, you name it.

So I had to walk past a lot of it to get to my destination and as I was going past, I found myself saying words to the effect of "good boy, steady lad, that's it, nice & easy" - to the total bemusement of other people in the vicinity who obviously (and they were probably right) thought I was a total head case.

Only.......... I wasn't riding!!! I was on foot!

OK so know threads like this have been done zillions of times before......... but am I the only one who does stoopid stuff like this???

Anyone else?

 

[FestiveFuzz]

I always find myself trying to keep my leg on when I drive the car past scary things. Thankfully she's not the spooky type! I'm also the type to lean forward when driving uphill/over speed bumps.

 

[Kungfoo-hamster]

I always find myself trying to keep my leg on when I drive the car past scary things. Thankfully she's not the spooky type! I'm also the type to lean forward when driving uphill/over speed bumps.

This

 

[Cheshire Chestnut]

I found myself 'clucking' at the trolly in Asda! ha! Crazy woman.

 

[FestiveFuzz]

Oh yeah I also hip bump things (cat/hubby/friend's kids) and ask them to move over

 

[Amy&]

I told a colleague 'I see you've had a clip!' when they came in with a haircut, they look bemused but I made matters worse by saying 'yes, i'm going to have to do my lot this weekend too'.
My (non-horsey) OH was moaning that he'd hurt his wrist, I got a bit fed up of his whining and said 'well just have some bute and shut up'

Brain is permanently stuck on horse mode.

 

[CrazyCobLady]

This is hilarious!

 

[Crugeran Celt]

Oh yeah I also hip bump things (cat/hubby/friend's kids) and ask them to move over

I did this to my very non horsey mother who gave me the dreaded stare and asked me not to be so rude!! I did explain but she was not impressed.:biggrin3:

 

[Ashgrove]

When I'm out with the kids when we stop at the road side before crossing I tell them to stand, when the road is clear/the green man comes on I tell them to walk on

 

[Lolo]

I 'see strides' everywhere. I'm so used to casually striding out distances I do it automatically between pavements and things. My friends all think I'm weird for my purposeful walk across the road... And mildly confused how accurately I can stride out in 1m/ 3' intervals...

 

[Shutterbug]

I am always very conscious of my position as I'm driving over speed bumps

 

[treacle_beastie]

Ha yes I see strides on the motorway chevrons..also jump over speedbumps! Frequently tell my husband to walk on in the supermarket.

 

[CrazyCobLady]

I have a habit of looking out of a car window and galloping the fields and jumping the walls..
Totally weird!

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

When grooming my Newfoundlands I have a habit of trying to get them to pick up their feet horse style....at least they are pony sized so it's an honest mistake

 

[Janah]

You go to the garage with a slow puncture in the car and tell them it's the off hind!

 

[Karran]

Apparently I try to half halt the OH if I feel he's walking Ahead of me. I do the 'over and prod' thing as well as clucking him on.
He gets really cross over it!

 

[LittleRooketRider]

I 'see strides' everywhere. I'm so used to casually striding out distances I do it automatically between pavements and things. My friends all think I'm weird for my purposeful walk across the road... And mildly confused how accurately I can stride out in 1m/ 3' intervals...

guilty...i further confuse very non-horsey friends at school by muttering things such as "either short two or long one"

 

[Lolo]

Also, when I walk about I tend to 'carry my hands'. A relic from the days when I actually tried with my riding and knew I carried my hands too low, so practiced carrying them at the right level everywhere. And now I can't stop...

 

[Hippona]

I tell daughter to "walk on" in the supermarket...didn't even realize I was doing it until she glared at me...

Always used to tap the kids legs when they were little and tell them to"pick up" so I could do their shoes...

There's probably loads more that I don't even realize I'm doing..

 

[LaurenNutini]

I have a habit of looking out of a car window and galloping the fields and jumping the walls..
Totally weird!

I do this too! I find myself doing it then think... Wait what am I doing?! Also 'jump' over road markings when in the car!

 

[NellRosk]

..I think it's perfectly acceptable to go into morrisons covered in hay/ shavings/ straw/ poo/ mud. Once in the queue a little girl said 'mummy why does that lady smell' I was looking round thinking who is she on about?! Then realised it was me

 

[Goldenstar]

My OH was appalled when he caught me giving the steering wheel a pat and saying good girl when I pulled away from a steep junction smoothly in my lorry .

And people looking out you out shopping and you look down and Oh yeh not good.

 

[glamourpuss]

I only realised when my eldest boy whined about the 'weird way' I hold his hand that I did it differently to everyone else.
I hold hands hooking my little finger over the outside of the other persons hand....in effect passing their hand between my 4th & 5th finger like a giant rein!

 

[Rouletterose]

Chatting to a good friend the other day and she was saying how her daughter now just into a teenager was growing up so quickly and getting moody, and I asked "oh she's probably starting to have her season soon"? still didn't realise what I'd said while friend had collapsed in a heap laughing.

 

[khalswitz]

I always find myself trying to keep my leg on when I drive the car past scary things. Thankfully she's not the spooky type! I'm also the type to lean forward when driving uphill/over speed bumps.

This. I tell her she's a good girl when she gets to the top of steep slopes as well, or when it's icy and the footing's not good.

 

[Silvermiyazawa]

I have a habit of looking out of a car window and galloping the fields and jumping the walls..
Totally weird!

Yup, have done this ever since the school bus!

Last week I was on a coach trip with a colleague. When we got on the motorway I turned to her and said "this bus isn't very forward going". I didn't even notice it was an odd thing to say until she pointed it out (she has ridden in the past).

 

[khalswitz]

A good one I said last month was when my Dad turned round and said he'd be late for tea. My response was "Oh, yeah, you're getting your teeth done today." Dad then felt the need to remind me that I'm the one who needs a gag...

 

[Silvermiyazawa]

..I think it's perfectly acceptable to go into morrisons covered in hay/ shavings/ straw/ poo/ mud. Once in the queue a little girl said 'mummy why does that lady smell' I was looking round thinking who is she on about?! Then realised it was me

OT but I once took an injured hedgehog to the vet. As I waited in the surgery I looked around to see who had the stinky pet, then realised it was me!

 

[Goldenstar]

Yup, have done this ever since the school bus!

Last week I was on a coach trip with a colleague. When we got on the motorway I turned to her and said "this bus isn't very forward going". I didn't even notice it was an odd thing to say until she pointed it out (she has ridden in the past).

Yes I have done that since school train journeys are best for it.

 

[Tern]

When you start cantering in the house instead of walking or running...