OMG, I just opened this for the first time right now…this is the most hysterical thing I have EVER seen.
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Ok here ya go your very on DELUXE PB LTD Edition Spook no more Feather stick ™ Don’t worry about the $$$ I got’s connections… :winkgrin:
RAR is realizing that she has to play zone defense against Little Miss Thang, despite the facts that (a) she is considerably bigger than Little Miss Thang and (b) she is equal in number to Little Miss Thang and therefore should be able to play man-to-man (or woman-to-mini) defense against her.
But it seems that Little Miss Thang was a cutting horse in a former life, because she can dodge and weave with the best of them and is constantly trying to make a break for freedom. RAR takes this as a sign that LMT is feeling better :lol:
Speaking of feeling better… RAR is spending a considerable amount of time grousing about LMT’s prior owner, who revealed in conversation with RAR yesterday that she “just assumed” that LMT was insulin resistant and therefore didn’t bother testing her, but kept it under control by feeding her grass hay. Mind you, she did not tell me this in our pre-purchase conversation - EVEN WHEN I ASKED HER ABOUT CUSHING’S AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THE VET SAID HE DIDN’T THINK SHE HAD CUSHING’S AND IT WASN’T WORTH TESTING HER FOR IT BECAUSE THE TEST WAS EXPENSIVE. Nothing was said about not giving her peppermints or apples or carrots. Just - “feed her grass hay”. In fact, she didn’t even specifically say, “DON’T feed her any grain!”
When I picked up LMT from the woman who was brokering her, I was told that the owner had said to keep her on grass hay only, with no pasture, but the broker had let her have grass (pasture) and alfalfa with no apparent ill effects. So if I were J. Arthur Random Horse Owner who knew nothing about Cushing’s or IR, I might very well have brought this cute little fuzzy pony home and stuffed her full of apples and carrots and peppermints along with her grass hay - and maybe even let her out on pasture now & then. And wondered why she foundered. Or worse.
So… this is RAR thinking about LMT’s former owner, burning on a spit:
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My husband and I have a theory regarding numbers of children. With man-on-man, you have some hope of control. As soon as you’ve gone to Zone Defense, you’ve lost the game. We have two. :lol:[/QUOTE]
My theory also. Once you’re outnumbered, it’s all downhill 
Hey thanks HL - I’ll try it out and let you know… 
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I don’t do football. Can someone translate?
I mean, I read man-on-man, and I thought, well, that’s one way to not get pregnant.
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Working so far… bucking, leaping, pitching…but NO spooking :lol:
Yummie comes up with a plan…
Yummie: Ok, here’s what we’re going to do…Couch Critics, you’re going to sneak in hiding next to the feather selling guy. That way, if anyone can see your feathers they won’t think twice…now, dismount!
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The Couch Critics dismount and line up…
Couch Critics: Stop pushing!..Hey, I wanted to be first in line!..Why am I always last?..Amwrider, you’re about to knock me over with those dern tatongas!
RR: All right girls…shhhhhhhh!!! Quiet!!!
RNB: Me always quiet…quiet as church mouse!
Couch Critics: Church mouse???..You must be kidding!!..I hear mice all the time, running and chewing…There is no such thing as a quiet mouse…you
RR: QUIET!!!
Couch Critcis: (trying to whisper) Geeeze…Talk about a grump…Maybe she’s PMSing!!
The gang sneak behind the tent…checking both ways to make sure they haven’t been discovered…
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Couch Critics: (whispering) What did she say?..I can’t hear…Pass it back…
RNB: Majical Medicine Woman say “tippy toe-em”!!
RR: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
The gang starts to sneak in the tent…one by one!
I think of it more as applying to basketball - but I’m not a big “guy” sports fan, either.
man-on-man defense: You have 3 horses in a paddock with a hole in the fence, and 3 people to keep the horses in the paddock, so you can assign one person to each horse.
zone defense: You have those same 3 people and the same paddock with the same hole in the fence, but now you have 12 horses to keep in the paddock. So each person gets assigned an area to defend against trying-to-escape horses. Depending on the terrain and the agility of the 3 people, you might assign each person 60 degrees of arc to defend, or you might station one person really close to the hole and 2 farther out, giving each of them 90 degrees of arc to defend.
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Will the Couch Critics been seen? Can they stop Pony Boy?
Stay tuned…
Meanwhile outside, Yummie puts the rest of the plan in to motion…
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Yummie: Rowdy, you’re going to slip in with the other horses. No one will notice…you already have a pink feather.
Rowdy: Please…don’t remind me! Why can’t Kevin wear the pink feather? He’s already pink!!!
Kevin: Hey man…don’t come near me with that thing. You know how rumors start. I need to maintain my studly reputation around the farm!!!
Nurse Mare: Ummmm…I’m like a nurse and everything…like I can tell…and like Kevin, umm, you know, like you’re missing your two studly dangly things…you know…your Easter Eggs.
Kevin: WHAT??? You mean they’re gone??? #$%&*^$%# You know, I felt different, I was a little sore, I felt a little lighter in the hooves but I can’t see back there!!! Wait 'till I get back to the farm!!! I bet the goats had something to do with this!!!
Yummie: Ok, ok…everyone calm down!! Kevin, you can deal with the goats later, right now we have to get Rowdy past security!!
Rowdy: Alright…I’m ready!!!
Will Rowdy be able to fool Pony Boy?
Stay tuned…
I must share this with my husband. He will love your explaination in horsie terms. I’m not into basketball, but he is a tremendous sports fan (I go to the barn to avoid the hollering) and I try to relate where I can. He, however, still doesn’t understand the difference between a bay and a brown horse. He’s cute…
Mr. RAR informs me, cringing, that it is “man-to-man” or simply “man” defense, not “man-on-man” defense.
That’s sometimes referred to as the “San Francisco defense”… :eek:
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I don’t do football. Can someone translate?
I mean, I read man-on-man, and I thought, well, that’s one way to not get pregnant.[/QUOTE]
Man-on-Man is FOOTBALL?
I thought it was wrestling or something
:lol::lol::lol: Awwww…“tippy toe-em” sounds SO cute!!
These stories are great!!
