The funny thing is I was discussing the last thread with a friend of mine who is a horsey person and I said, "Geez, is it really so common that horse owners - people who actually own actual freaking horses - so commonly try to walk up to a whole 'nother horse and say 'Hi there, you are my horse?'"
I just couldn't imagine doing that with any animal that you actually own. So I had to ask her, "Is that a thing?"
She just sighed and said, "Oh yes, it's totally a thing" and told me stories of times people tried to lead off her prize-winning horses instead of their presumably not-so-fancy equines (or even fancy ones - in one case the person's actual horse was worth almost double the one they were trying to claim.)
It boggles my mind that people are so blind when it comes to this giant, possibly touchy, extraordinarily powerful (and often, powerfully intelligent) animal that they plan to ride, potentially risking life and limb. (Forget about the duty to, you know, nurture and love the horse, because clearly some folks can't be bovvered wit dat.) I can much more easily see someone saying "That's my silver Ford Mustang. No wait, that's my silver Ford Mustang." Maybe it's time to start genetically engineering horses to be key-operated.
I just couldn't imagine doing that with any animal that you actually own. So I had to ask her, "Is that a thing?"
She just sighed and said, "Oh yes, it's totally a thing" and told me stories of times people tried to lead off her prize-winning horses instead of their presumably not-so-fancy equines (or even fancy ones - in one case the person's actual horse was worth almost double the one they were trying to claim.)
It boggles my mind that people are so blind when it comes to this giant, possibly touchy, extraordinarily powerful (and often, powerfully intelligent) animal that they plan to ride, potentially risking life and limb. (Forget about the duty to, you know, nurture and love the horse, because clearly some folks can't be bovvered wit dat.) I can much more easily see someone saying "That's my silver Ford Mustang. No wait, that's my silver Ford Mustang." Maybe it's time to start genetically engineering horses to be key-operated.
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