Email me please, if you would like his real name for the article. 
In the front, just above where your nose comes out, there are little knife-like bits of bone that grow inwards.
They are VERY good at slicing your olfactory nerves when you land on the back of your head, especially without a helmet. It took two years for the sense of smell to return in my fat head, then a lot of it was connecting to the wrong points, and now I can only smell through my right nostril. Blech.
I am sending a big kiss to Mr. Bumpkin for posting this!
AAAAAAnnnnnnnnnndddddddddddd the silence is broken by the low gentle rumbling of a sound unfamiliar to mankind. “IT” starts slowly and builds and builds and builds until you have to cover you ears to protect yourself. “IT” reachs unbelieveable magnitudes of loudness. “IT” turns society mothers into screaming, scratching she cats… “IT” turns fathers into wallet grabbing fellows trying to out bribe each other… “IT” turns normal children in to shrieking, crying puddles of emotion…“IT” turns trainers into sobbing, groveling babies afraid their juniors won’t get to the ring. 
Unknown to mankind anywhere else on earth !!! IT" has become so loud that every human being within miles clutches their heads and dives under anything large enough to sheild them…
WHAT IN HEAVEN’S NAME CAN IT BE …???
OH NO! 
“IT” is the sound of 2000 children and their parents running at break neck speed on Indio opening day to the vendor area!!! Someone said there are helmets…lots of helmets…
Can you just see it now !!!
bumpkining
V. .V
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Bumping it up after a BUMP on my approved-helmet-clad head just a couple days ago… See also the thread on Off Course…
Approved helmet: Every ride; every time.
skinflint-maybe you should start a new thread with your question. This is an old thread that most people have read already.
Since hifi decided to bump up all the GPA threads for some reason, I will bump up this thread, as it is actually very worth reading, or re-reading…
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> “Maybe we can get him to design a helmet that would be approved and yet fashionable.” <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Oh yes, please! Maybe one we can accessorize?
I love the scientific explanation. Your husband expresses himself very well in such matters. It appears we married the same type of man. 
“Friends don’t let friends eat fish tacos.”
I kinda like “Mr. Bumpkin” as his pen name.
I see trees of green, red roses too. I watch 'em bloom for me and for you. And I think to myself … what a wonderful world. Yes, what a wonderful world." – Louie Armstrong.
For those who are interested, visit the Snell Memorial Foundation web site at www.smf.org for very good information on why helmets should be replaced every five years, as well as their new standard and lots of other stuff.
A lot of tack stores simply don’t have a wide enough variety of brands and styles of approved helmets. I went to more than one tack store in search of a helmet that fit (including Mary’s Tack in Del Mar)…no luck. It isn’t easy to find one that fits, but you can do it. I had to order 4 helmets from Dover and return 3. The Troxel Exeter fit me quite well since it is adjustable on the inside (there is a velcro strap in there, not padding that you add). Finding one that fits can be done, but it takes a lot more work than just driving to the local tack store. I would suggest ordering several from Dover, and returning the ones that don’t fit. BTW, the Exeter has been out for over a year now, and I have yet to see it in a tack store…nor have I seen several helmets that Dover carries at the store.
visit www.victorianfarms.com
Upupa epops
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The ancient Greeks did not write obituaries. They only wanted to know if you had a passion.
I wear an approved but I agree with the fitting woes. I had one that fit great in the store and at a full gallop bobbled on my head. That just won’t work!!!
Just curious, why don’t they size the new approved helmets like they did the old ones? The whole small, medium, large thing is useless.
I think its interesting that my husband rides a race bike and his helmet, an XL, has a cradle as part of the harness that locks down to fit the hat to the head. Curoius why they can’t do this with a riding helmet. His bike can go at least as fast as my horse and I know his helmet is staying on!!!
Does anyone else get this picture of a person falling directly on thier head? As if Someone From Above dropped them straight down. Of course, they’re dressed in the latest hunter fashions, not a stitch out of place so there’s not much ruffling.
I sent this around to horsiefriends who don’t visit the bb (in the form of a forward, with credit to Mr Bumpkin, of course ). Y’all should do the same!
-Anne, the owner of a PrettyFilly and a WildArabianStallion-
“Change is inevitable…except from a vending machine.”
Hehe
I just printed Mr. Bumpkin’s Helmet Theory for the barn today. The barn director was talking about getting a new helmet, but that she loved her unapproved because it fit sooooo well. So I pulled up COTH and did a search and hit print.
It is now posted on the riding/lesson board for all too read
“No time to marry, no time to settle down. I’m a young woman and I ain’t done runnin’ around.” - Bessie Smith
If you-all recall, at least one report of Princess Di’s accident described cause of death as EXACTLY what Mr. Bumpkin described.
I think your right
Mr Bumpkin does have a certain “ring” of intelligence, and knowledge to it!!!
Great discription Coreene, my head still feels like it did “Hammer Time” about 3 am in the morning 
Kestrel we need to really think about doing this helmet try on seminar.
Janice at Gift Horse and I discussed it again last week.
I bought my Troxel Exeter at our local “feed store.” Their fitting room is the bathroom, and they only had Troxels, but they did have a good assortment for me to try on.
The ATH and GPA are sized. The reason most brands don’t is that each size must go through the certifying to be approved, and thus it gets quite expensive. (Correct me if I’m wrong on that point.)
The Troxel Exter is a show helmet that does have the cradle in it now, and a number of the trail ones also have the adjustable head harness bit. My Troxel Dakota Sport has it. I agree, it makes the difference in keeping it on your head!
–Therese
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