My first pony would do this, then pluck the fence like a guitar string if it wasn’t on. 
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I had this happen once, but way worse. One bill was somewhere around $200 and the other was $2,000. My dumb self accidentally put them in the wrong envelopes. 
Thankfully, I was able to get refunded by the one I overpaid and got it straightened out. Phew I never felt so dumb, though, and have never made the same mistake since! Now, just in case, I like to only open one bill and write one check at a time so they can’t get put in the wrong envelopes. Plus, I double check before sealing!
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Ugh, I did this on a stove several years ago (still have no idea exactly how I managed to do it) and it hurt so much I was fighting back tears. My foot started turning black and blue and it turned out I split the bone in that toe down the middle. 
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That sounds like it hurt a lot! I fractured my toe by accidentally kicking a bed a few years ago. That one hurt a ton.
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It did! Ouch, that sounds bad as well!
Yep, this is how young chestnutmarebeware found out that banks really don’t care HOW a check is made out. They’ll deposit it in whatever account the depositor wants.
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I haven’t posted in ages. But I have to share this.
A few nights ago I was invited to attend an event with someone who was trying to impress me. I know this because he asked my family in advance if I was single (I’m a widow) and he made a number of comments early on that made it clear he was interested.
Anyway, he has a few horses and I mentioned that my daughter and I own horses as well, and that she showed hunters as a junior. So he told me that his daughter brought back a Huskaverian from Europe.
A Huskaverian. Really.
I assumed he had been drinking too much and meant a Husqvarna sewing machine. But then he said the Huskaverian was 22 hands. So maybe it just moved like a sewing machine.
Also, 22 hands would be more than the world record horse if I remember correctly. He said she won the National Championship with it in the US. Gotta look that one up for sure. 
Sigh. He’s not getting a date, but that wouldn’t have happened regardless. Maybe I’ll buy him a book of breeds.
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Oy, ouch… Good luck with that one!
Well, it might have been a Husquvarna lawn tractor. Or chainsaw.
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Well I have learned something now. I thought banks were more careful…
Well, bless his heart for trying. But still, dude…a leetle more research, hey?
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Isn’t it funny that horse people can sniff out someone lying about what they know in about… 2 sentences?
Key words: Stallion, mustang, experienced…
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Unless!
I received a cheque from an insurance company and deposited it at the ATM. A couple of weeks later I got the cheque back in the mail with a letter stating the name didn’t match that of the account holder. When I took the cheque into the bank they agreed that it should have been accepted BUT…
… because the machine had rejected the cheque I would have to get a replacement from the insurance company because the system would “recognize” the rejected cheque and reject it as a previously rejected cheque. No, there was no way for the human to override the machine and deposit that cheque.
AND it happens regularly, especially if there is a cheque made out to one of the holders of a shared bank account instead of both.
The kicker? I have one of those last names that everyone knows how to spell… differently. I have never had a misspelled cheque get rejected. The insurance company spelled my name correctly!!!
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I do the same thing at least once a winter. I had a whole saddle fitting wearing my knit winter cap. I must have tried 5 saddles. Get off after the last one before I realized it. I said something to the fitter and she had noticed but hadn’t said anything. She knows I normally wear a helmet.
It’s me again. In a desperate attempt to bathe my horse without heat stroking out, I tried to get it done right before a thunderstorm rolled in. 1. I didn’t get it done before the storm came though. 2. Lightning spooks everyone. 3. My horse is now covered in soap and hanging out in the run in while I hide inside.
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Well, you’ve heard of a rainwater rinse? It supposed to do wonders for your hair. Maybe he will rinse off that way?
But I’m the dope hanging out in the lightning - outside. One of these days…brrzappp
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The storm rolled out quickly and I was able to finish bathing him. The rain did rinse most of the soap off but he still had some suds in his mane and tail!
The lightning strike that spooked us hit a transformer down the road from us knocking power out for some neighbors.
I was concerned that horse might be wary of bath part two after the lightning spook as he’s very sensitive. But he was a good boy. I also discovered my oldie will volunteer to get a shower. I thought that was cute!
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My “washrack” is taking the hose outside the barn to the graveled drylot in front.
If I’m hosing one off, the other 2 will line up for their turn.
I call it The Carwash 
@RedHorses To add to the Bank Dumb:
I just closed on a loan that included 2 payoffs to accounts I owed.
Closed last Tuesday, called Thursday to advise one company PIF s/b received. Nope 
So I visit the bank & am told they do payoffs by mail 
Yup, no handydandy EFT, cashiers checks sent via snail mail 
Why?
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My wash rack is similar to yours! Though I have an easy side and a west side. I use whichever side has the most shade lol. I have room in the barn to have a wash rack inside, but so far haven’t advanced that project 
My favorite is when lenders payoff their OWN loans by mailing themselves a check. It’s pretty common and boggles the mind.
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Bingo!
One of the payoffs was the VISA issued to me by this bank as a perk when I refi’d with them over 10yrs ago. Low limit, but it had a 6% interest rate, which had crept up to 9%.
My 2¢ says they wanted to get rid of cardholders with that low interest 
But yeah, they mailed themselves a check 
My “washrack” could face East, West or (usually) South. Depends on how far the 75’ hose reaches 
