Barechested Putin on a Horse

[dizzywriter]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/04/putin-shirtless-in-siberia/2#comments

Not sure what to make of this, but it is HR.

[SarahandSam]

:eek::eek::eek:

[Cindyg]

I liked the horse; but, like one of the commenters said, he needed to be putin on a shirt!

[citydog]

Oh, Vladimir, you're trying *way* too hard. :rolleyes:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/aug/04/vladimir-putin-russia-holiday

[Sebastian]

When did SIBERIA become a vacation destination???

Seb :eek:

[enjoytheride]

It appears that the cold weather and lack of vegitation has affected the growth and size of Sibera's horses. That or someone needs a better breeding program and some nicer hay.

[ASB Stars]

Be still my cold (war) heart! :lol:

[BeastieSlave]

He certainly doesn't look as buff as he did on his fishing vacation :lol: http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/putin-fishing-doll.html

[sublimequine]

The first thing I thought was I don't think those boots are safe for riding in. :lol::lol::lol:

[TheHorseProblem]

I like that his heels are down and he has taken a soft feel of the horse's mouth.

[cnvh]

Yeah, umm, at least his heels are down. :)

[Huntertwo]

I dunno, for a 56 year old man, he looks pretty good to me... ;)

[Hunter Mom]

Think how much grief Obama got - before becoming president - about playing basketball shirtless in Hawaii.

That said, I'd rather see either of them shirtless than what I saw at the gas station earlier. (Some men N-E-E-D to wear belts!!! 'Nuff said!) Now, off to bleach my eyeballs...

[TheHorseProblem]

On BBC radio this morning, they referred to him as a "gay icon.":eek::eek::eek:

[TheHorseProblem]

Now here's some world leader equitation for you!

http://blackliberal.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/ronald-reagan.jpg

[Sue from Auckland]

I'd REALLY like to see a close-up of the bridle and just how the bit is attached

[Huntertwo]

Now here's some world leader equitation for you!

http://blackliberal.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/ronald-reagan.jpg


LOVED President Reagan!!! :) No one will ever come close to him. :(

[Equibrit]

Putin looks about a 44B.

[eponacowgirl]

I'd REALLY like to see a close-up of the bridle and just how the bit is attached

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/aug/04/vladimir-putin-russia-holiday?picture=351207729

[dizzywriter]

My original thought was that he looked not bad, as a rider. But then I remembered a friend of mine in the FSU who was a big time TV star. He got me involved in the barn I was at for a long time but it was a social thing and he was scared $$itless of horses. Along came some magazine that wanted to do pics of him doing his "hobby" and they came up with riding. So friend was mounted (probably with a good bit of liquid courage involved), positioned and probably held together with duct tape to make him look right.

[dizzywriter]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/aug/04/vladimir-putin-russia-holiday?picture=351207729

He's sagging big time. Middle aged moobs. But knowing how so many men look in that part of the world, not bad -- even though I'm the 180 degree opposite of a putim-back-in-your-shirt supporter.

If the Russkie security goons are combing the net for comments, they are sure to think that all of ours are directed centrally from the White House. What a lame bunch. But it's for domestic consumption.

[dizzywriter]

When did SIBERIA become a vacation destination???

Seb :eek:

Siberia is the Russian equivalent of Alaska. Nature is beautiful, but you wouldn't want to be jailed there.

[dizzywriter]

It appears that the cold weather and lack of vegitation has affected the growth and size of Sibera's horses. That or someone needs a better breeding program and some nicer hay.

I have no ideological stake in this, but horses from tough climes are smaller than your average warmblood.

And Putin's a midget anyway. He'd look fine on a shetland.

[dizzywriter]

Be still my cold (war) heart! :lol:\

Brilliant.

[Foxtrot's]

The ex-head of the KGB gives me the creeps.

[Beasmom]

Me too!

[BeastieSlave]

I always loved to see pictures of Reagan riding :)

When this thread first started I thought back to Reagan's riding and I just had to wonder at how these guys can/could feel comfortable riding without helmets. I know Reagan fancied himself a sort of refined cowboy, and I'm sure Putin is a macho guy, but how can they justify not taking such a simple safety precaution as wearing a helmet?

[strawberry roan]

I saw that Putin stuff on the news last night and thought well, that's different! :lol::lol:

[Frank B]

Unfortunately, the Rooski Bear rides again! I'm surprised he doesn't have a hammer and sickle tatooed across those man-boobs!

BTW, Comrade Putin does look better w/o a shirt than the Gubernator! But Reagan looked much, much better on a horse. And governed better than both of them, to boot!

[TheHorseProblem]

I always loved to see pictures of Reagan riding :)

When this thread first started I thought back to Reagan's riding and I just had to wonder at how these guys can/could feel comfortable riding without helmets. I know Reagan fancied himself a sort of refined cowboy, and I'm sure Putin is a macho guy, but how can they justify not taking such a simple safety precaution as wearing a helmet?

Me too, and I'm a Democrat!

But about the helmet, remember Gov. Dukakis and the fatal riding in a tank wearing a helmet picture? There you go.

[Guin]

There is a good closeup of the horse's head and bridle in the little slide show here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8185524.stm

It's really a nice-looking horse. I believe Putin does in fact know how to ride; he was an officer in the army and I think the Russians do a lot of riding in the military. I have no comment on his politics or governing skills.

[mp]

I know Reagan fancied himself a sort of refined cowboy

Reagan actually rode in jods and a cc saddle more than he did in western gear. It was when he ran for governor that he westernized his image on the advice of his campaign people. They thought the jods and tall boots made him look elitist. He also rode and loved Arabians, and everyone knows no respectable cowboy would be caught dead on one of them damned Ay-rabs. ;)

But he was a horseman and he loved to ride.

Reagan riding pics (http://www.wiwfarm.com/reagan.html)

Putin exudes all the warmth and charm of a snake. He's creepy, with or without his shirt, on or off a horse.

[Woodland]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/04/putin-shirtless-in-siberia/2#comments

Not sure what to make of this, but it is HR.


Never ever thought I'd say this but....YUMMY!!!!!

[bort84]

I'd REALLY like to see a close-up of the bridle and just how the bit is attached

This is a closer pic (and I can actually go to this site without being blocked at work if anyone else is having that problem):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/04/putins-outdoor-adventure_n_251288.html?slidenumber=2#slide_image

This website says there are rumors this was more than just a casual vacation with snapshots and that it was likely a planned shoot to show Russians just how "manly" their former president still is... Hahaha. That's kind of what it looks like to me = ) Weeird.

[SarahandSam]

I am about as liberal as they come, and enjoying the fruits of "trickle down" economics here in Buffalo, but I do have a soft spot for Reagan just because of his horsemanship. (:

[Beasmom]

About Reagan and helmets -- I think that photo of Reagan jumping was taken back when he was governor, and folks just didn't think so much about helmets and safety then. The jump is obviously not very big. Probably it was a photo op for the Governor, obviously not a PSA for helmet safety.

I still love Ronald Reagan. Wish someone like him would come along...

Sigh.

Putin holds up pretty well for a 50-something, but I can't get over the fact that he's a stone cold killer. It's OK for him to ride without a helmet, IMO.

[sisu27]

When did SIBERIA become a vacation destination???

Seb :eek:

Would be for me! Beats the hell out of some resort in Mexico (yuck!!).

[katarine]

doesn't look too bad for 56, gravity happens, folks. And the scenery? wow!

[Arizona DQ]

LOVED President Reagan!!! :) No one will ever come close to him. :(


:D Both on a off a horse.....:cool:

[Arizona DQ]

I always loved to see pictures of Reagan riding :)

When this thread first started I thought back to Reagan's riding and I just had to wonder at how these guys can/could feel comfortable riding without helmets. I know Reagan fancied himself a sort of refined cowboy, and I'm sure Putin is a macho guy, but how can they justify not taking such a simple safety precaution as wearing a helmet?

Well, if Putin were to fall off, the KGB would shoot the horse! :no:

[boston's mom]

Well he better watch that bald spot or he will get a sun burn and peel....

[Sakura]

Putin looks about a 44B.
:lol::lol::lol:

[EponaRoan]

I've seen worse (much worse and younger) right here on my own stomping grounds. :lol:

[mp]

Well, if Putin were to fall off, the KGB would shoot the horse! :no:

More likely they'd poisin it. :(

Seriously, what did George Bush see when he looked in Putin's eyes, found him truthful and got a "sense of his soul"? I have a hard time looking at Putin's eyes in photos. I'd be afraid of turning to stone if I looked into them in person. He makes my skin crawl.

[Huntertwo]

Reagan actually rode in jods and a cc saddle more than he did in western gear. It was when he ran for governor that he westernized his image on the advice of his campaign people. They thought the jods and tall boots made him look elitist. He also rode and loved Arabians, and everyone knows no respectable cowboy would be caught dead on one of them damned Ay-rabs. ;)

But he was a horseman and he loved to ride.

Reagan riding pics (http://www.wiwfarm.com/reagan.html)

Putin exudes all the warmth and charm of a snake. He's creepy, with or without his shirt, on or off a horse.

What a beautiful tribute to President Reagan. I always read that the Secret Service had a had time keeping up with him. :)

[Huntertwo]

doesn't look too bad for 56, gravity happens, folks. And the scenery? wow!

Yeah for his age, I think he looks rather fit and yummy..;)

I've seem lots of guys way younger than him, who looked, well.. :eek: ewww

[arabhorse2]

I have a hard time looking at Putin's eyes in photos. I'd be afraid of turning to stone if I looked into them in person. He makes my skin crawl.

I'm with you, mp. The guy gives me a serious case of the creeps!

[Woodland]

doesn't look too bad for 56, gravity happens, folks. And the scenery? wow!

Yep sadly it's even happened too me :cry:

Are we discussing politics, a fairly fit middle aged man, or horses here :confused:

[edit]

Personally if we are discussing a rather ruggedly well preserved middle aged bald man on a pretty cute horse I score him a 8.5 - i just went to my HS reunion with people his age - none of them would have gone shirtless :lol:

[arabhorse2]

Back to horses, please. Let's save the political cat fights for OT day, m'kay? :cool:

Putin looks like he knows what he's doing, but I don't get why he's not wearing a shirt while riding. He could have gotten some serious road rash if that horse bolted out from under him.

Which is one of the reasons I never wear no-sleeve tops when I ride.

[LostFarmer]

I've seen worse (much worse and younger) right here on my own stomping grounds. :lol:

Me too! Every time I look in the mirror. :D

[see u at x]

Seriously, kids.... :rolleyes: I look forward to seeing each and every one of you dissenters running for office in 2012 since you'll OBVIOUSLY do a MUCH better job in office, right?

Anyhoo, to keep this somewhat horse related, although Putin may be kinda creepy, and the photos look rather contrived and as though he's trying to pose solo for some sappy romance novel, he looks pretty darned good for his age. The last guy I dated is 3 years younger than him and doesn't look nearly as good with his shirt off. Heck, I have no desire to visit Siberia, really, but I'd go if it meant I could ride a cute pony like that...

[Woodland]

[edit]


My apologies for a political inject. I do not care for the politics of Putin or Obama or McCain or RayGun. I do however like the horse in the picture and I truly admire a man of Putin's age looking as good as he does shirtless. Politics aside for a middle aged man I doff my Charles Owen's to him :cool:

[cloudyandcallie]

LOVED President Reagan!!! :) No one will ever come close to him. :(

Reagan used to ride in jodphur breeches and a Hermes english saddle, but was told he should look more "masculine." So Hermes made him a saddle that looked more western, I've read from some websites where similar Hermes saddles were for sale. (No personal knowledge here, just what I've read on websites.)

Oh wait, I skipped some pages. Has this evolved, devolved, into a political fight? Let me interject my favorites, the Clintons, who when they went to Martha' Vineyard while in the White House rode those nice elderly trail horses.

[JSwan]

Putin looks a heck of a lot better on that horse than your average American tourist does. Just sayin'.



mp - the photos of Reagen were lovely. I especially like the one of him with QEII. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.




Disclaimer- this was an apolitical post.

[Arizona DQ]

What a beautiful tribute to President Reagan. I always read that the Secret Service had a had time keeping up with him. :)

There is a book writen by one of the Secret Service members assigned to Reagan. This man was a horseman himself and gives some great insight into Reagan the horseman as well as the various challenges he had while protecting him. Very good book, but I cannot recall the name.:no:

[Mozart]

Okay fellow Canucks.

Stephen Harper shirtless on a horse. Discuss. :winkgrin:

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.maxpower.ca/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/harper_cowboy.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.maxpower.ca/meet-stephen-harper-canadas-new-prime-minister/2006/01/23/&usg=__TYZzZS0NjJff6NKID7H2Zb9V_GU=&h=418&w=348&sz=11&hl=en&start=9&tbnid=Gv0f4RzQcq9qYM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstephen%2Bharper%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

[beesknees]

Okay fellow Canucks.

Stephen Harper shirtless on a horse. Discuss. :winkgrin:

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.maxpower.ca/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/harper_cowboy.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.maxpower.ca/meet-stephen-harper-canadas-new-prime-minister/2006/01/23/&usg=__TYZzZS0NjJff6NKID7H2Zb9V_GU=&h=418&w=348&sz=11&hl=en&start=9&tbnid=Gv0f4RzQcq9qYM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstephen%2Bharper%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

Oh thank god you were lying! :lol::lol::lol:

[Mozart]

Oh thank god you were lying! :lol::lol::lol:

I just didn't have it in me to google for a bare chested picture of Stephen Harper. If one even exists. :eek:

[TheHorseProblem]

Okay, adding fuel to the fire here, but it's just too tempting.

This is the only known picture of George W. Bush on a horse.

http://www.geocities.com/nostalgicaboutmyfuture/HS376-A.jpg

[Moderator 1]

Let's keep the political commentary saved for Off Topic Day and preserve this thread for the discussion of world leaders on horseback... ;)

We've removed some posts to help.

Thanks!
Mod 1

[MILOUTE55]

I'm afraid this has been photoshopped...but funny still...

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2008/12/15-monkeyonahorse.jpg

[TheHorseProblem]

Okay, he's not bare chested, but I'm on a roll here.

http://tinyurl.com/mpblr3

[TheHorseProblem]

I'm afraid this has been photoshopped...but funny still... who can name this President? :D

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2008/12/15-monkeyonahorse.jpg

I give. Who is it?

[MILOUTE55]

Okay, he's not bare chested, but I'm on a roll here.

http://tinyurl.com/mpblr3

:D

What a tourist!
But trust me, he looks better on a horse... he's like half the size of his wife Carla (even with his special shoes that make him taller) :lol:

[JSwan]

This is the only known picture of George W. Bush on a horse.

http://www.geocities.com/nostalgicaboutmyfuture/HS376-A.jpg

Hey - that looks just like my dad's pony!

Could it be? Could it be the SAME pony? Seems every kid back then had the SAME pony!

Ever notice that? :winkgrin:

[TheHorseProblem]

Hey - that looks just like my dad's pony!

Could it be? Could it be the SAME pony? Seems every kid back then had the SAME pony!

Ever notice that? :winkgrin:

FORGET THE DAD!!!!!!!

I have a picture of ME on that pony.

[JSwan]

FORGET THE DAD!!!!!!!

I have a picture of ME on that pony.


I knew it! :lol: That is one well-traveled and long-lived pony!

[Huntertwo]

I knew it! :lol: That is one well-traveled and long-lived pony!

Just hold on - I HAVE that pony...:yes:

[Sakura]

I'm afraid this has been photoshopped...but funny still... who can name this President? :D

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2008/12/15-monkeyonahorse.jpg

Obama? The hunch gave it away.

[tkhawk]

Well we can't miss our dear leader , whose birth was heralded by a sparrow and marked by a double rainbow and a new star or some such!:lol:
I think the horse looks real good though.


http://www.dailynk.com/efile/2005/11/21/DNKF00000384.jpg

[Beasmom]

Dayum! Is that one of those stuffed horses at some roadside attraction? Or maybe Dear Leader stole the Lone Ranger's Silver??

Wish there was more to the pic!!!

[tkhawk]

:lol::lol:
Apparantely Dear leader was an avid rider and hunter. Rumour has it that he once had a bad fall off a horse and had to be on painkillers a few months. So he had his staff injected with painkillers too-he was afraid of getting addicted and so thought if he was, he wanted his whole group to be addicted with him!!!:confused::lol:

[Foxtrot's]

I thought the kid riding a pony bareback behind Putin looked quite natural and at ease.

[Roan]

I dunno, for a 56 year old man, he looks pretty good to me... ;)

:yes:

Eileen

[Equibrit]

I'm afraid this has been photoshopped...but funny still... who can name this President? :D

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2008/12/15-monkeyonahorse.jpg


Sarkozy.

[Equibrit]

Okay, adding fuel to the fire here, but it's just too tempting.

This is the only known picture of George W. Bush on a horse.

http://www.geocities.com/nostalgicaboutmyfuture/HS376-A.jpg

George Bush the Texan is 'scared of horses'

By Alex Spillius in Washington
Published: 12:01AM BST 21 Sep 2007


President Bush may like to be seen as a swaggering tough guy with a penchant for manly outdoor pursuits, but in a new book one of his closest allies has said he is afraid of horses.

Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, derided his political friend as a "windshield cowboy" – a cowboy who prefers to drive – and "the cockiest guy I have ever met in my life".

He recalled a meeting in Mexico shortly after both men had been elected when Mr Fox offered Mr Bush a ride on a "big palomino" horse.

Mr Fox, who left office in December, recalled Mr Bush "backing away" from the animal.
''A horse lover can always tell when others don't share our passion," he said, according to the Washington Post.
Mr Bush has spoken of his fondness for shooting doves and cutting brush on his Crawford ranch in Texas, which he bought in 1999.
The property reportedly has no horses and only five cattle.
Mr Fox is the latest old friend to turn on Mr Bush as the US president faces a lonely final 18 months in office, derided for failures in Iraq and at home.
Donald Rumsfeld, his defence secretary until last November, asked recently if he missed the president, said flatly: "No."
Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, has attacked the Bush administration's economic policy at length in a new autobiography, accusing the Republican president of poor fiscal discipline and betraying the party's basic principles of low spending.
Asked for his reaction to criticism from former aides, the president replied: "My feelings are not hurt."

[Frank B]

Did that blogcdn site trip anyone else's security software? My Internet Security is set pretty high.

[Frank B]

...I have a hard time looking at Putin's eyes in photos. I'd be afraid of turning to stone if I looked into them in person. He makes my skin crawl.

You mean like this? (http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IMAGES/CARTOONS/toon070809.gif)

[beesknees]

Well we can't miss our dear leader , whose birth was heralded by a sparrow and marked by a double rainbow and a new star or some such!:lol:
I think the horse looks real good though.


http://www.dailynk.com/efile/2005/11/21/DNKF00000384.jpg

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[sisu27]

Okay fellow Canucks.

Stephen Harper shirtless on a horse. Discuss. :winkgrin:

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.maxpower.ca/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/harper_cowboy.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.maxpower.ca/meet-stephen-harper-canadas-new-prime-minister/2006/01/23/&usg=__TYZzZS0NjJff6NKID7H2Zb9V_GU=&h=418&w=348&sz=11&hl=en&start=9&tbnid=Gv0f4RzQcq9qYM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstephen%2Bharper%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

What a colossal DB that man is.

Have we ever had a horsey PM??

[mp]

There is a book writen by one of the Secret Service members assigned to Reagan. This man was a horseman himself and gives some great insight into Reagan the horseman as well as the various challenges he had while protecting him. Very good book, but I cannot recall the name.:no:

Riding With Reagan by John Barrietta

Good read.

[mp]

You mean like this? (http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IMAGES/CARTOONS/toon070809.gif)

Yeah, something like that. :lol:

Or as John McCain said -- "I looked into Putin's eyes and saw three letters -- K, G and B."

[Mozart]

What a colossal DB that man is.

Have we ever had a horsey PM??

Not that I recall. A few horse's backsides, certainly. There is a humerous history book by Will Ferguson called "Bastards and Boneheads" wherein he reviews the careers of every Prime Minister and makes a case for them being either a bastard or a bonehead. Some of the stuff those early PM's
got away with in the pre-media age was pretty amazing.

Not a politician, but the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Chief Justice Brian Dickson, was a rider. I read somewhere that he kept a horse at a stable near Ottawa and rode every morning before court. He was an amputee as well. (Leg. War related I think but I might be wrong on that).

[TheHorseProblem]

You mean like this? (http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IMAGES/CARTOONS/toon070809.gif)

:lol::lol::lol:

[TheHorseProblem]

Did that blogcdn site trip anyone else's security software? My Internet Security is set pretty high.

No, but it did raise my hackles as being blatantly racist.

Not funny. :no::no::no:

[sisu27]

No, but it did raise my hackles as being blatantly racist.

Not funny. :no::no::no:

I must be missing something.....I get a picture of a monkey on a horse.

[Sebastian]

I must be missing something.....I get a picture of a monkey on a horse.

The picture itself is not racist...but several "comments" regarding it are.

Seb :)

[MILOUTE55]

The picture itself is not racist...but several "comments" regarding it are.

Seb :)

exactly!

I posted it as a joke :yes:

[TheHorseProblem]

[edit]

MILOUTE55, I challenged you directly after you posted the link to the monkey riding a horse, with the question, "Who can name this president?"

I said, I give. Who is it? You read my reply, I'm sure, but didn't respond.

So I'm asking you again. What exactly was your intention in posting that? Which president is it supposed to represent?

[Sakura]

i'm glad to see you're the only one laughing at your racist jokes...

:lol: I'm laughing at you calling me a racist... I'm sure my black brother in law (yes, black... he refuses to be called African American... maybe he's racist), Vietnamese aunt, and Bolivian father in law would be laughing at you too :lol:... but then again... they are not as hypersensitive as you seem to be :rolleyes:.

[MILOUTE55]

MILOUTE55, I challenged you directly after you posted the link to the monkey riding a horse, with the question, "Who can name this president?"

I said, I give. Who is it? You read my reply, I'm sure, but didn't respond.

So I'm asking you again. What exactly was your intention in posting that? Which president is it supposed to represent?

nobody in particular... it was just a joke to "lighten up" the atmosphere after everybody got told by the mods to stop discussing politics.... in fact I did type "president riding horse" in google and for some reason this picture came up.... I guess the monkey's name is "President" or something.
I just thought it was a funny picture and it could make people smile to find a monkey on a picture while they were expecting a president... nothing more. It really was, and still is, no big deal!

[JSwan]

I just thought it was a funny picture and it could make people smile to find a monkey on a picture while they were expecting a president... nothing more. It really was, and still is, no big deal!

I thought it was funny.

But I think anything that has a monkey in it is funny. :lol:

[MILOUTE55]

I thought it was funny.


that's the only kind of reaction I was expecting

thanks :)

[MILOUTE55]

I give. Who is it?

I've updated the sentence so there is no question anymore... happy?

[rcloisonne]

Originally Posted by MILOUTE55
I'm afraid this has been photoshopped...but funny still... who can name this President?

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque....eyonahorse.jpg
That's no President. It's Mine That Bird's next jockey. ;)

[sidepasser]

I think any MAN on a horse is nice, seems mostly I see women riding. For his age, he looks darned good, you oughta come to GA..butt cracks and beer guts..ugh...

I see a man doing manly things in a manly way..quite refreshing from the froo froo Metros and EMOs I see. Of course I am older and perhaps appreciate a manly man more. They are getting scarce for us widows who are 50. I did think he had a good seat and hands..I imagine he is shorter than I am though and already taken like so many manly men out there.

You just have to be in my boots..a man that age riding a horse! Whoopee! Sure he is aging, but let me tell you young chickies something, you too will age, and one day you will wake up and say "where did it all go?" Pay attention now: This is important - LOOK DOWN!

[dizzywriter]

I think any MAN on a horse is nice, seems mostly I see women riding. For his age, he looks darned good, you oughta come to GA..butt cracks and beer guts..ugh...

I see a man doing manly things in a manly way..quite refreshing from the froo froo Metros and EMOs I see. Of course I am older and perhaps appreciate a manly man more. They are getting scarce for us widows who are 50. I did think he had a good seat and hands..I imagine he is shorter than I am though and already taken like so many manly men out there.

You just have to be in my boots..a man that age riding a horse! Whoopee! Sure he is aging, but let me tell you young chickies something, you too will age, and one day you will wake up and say "where did it all go?" Pay attention now: This is important - LOOK DOWN!

As one approaching her five-uh-oh birthday next week, I won't be dating myself by saying this entire post reminded me of those Irish Spring commercials.

But sidepasser, don't limit yourself to men your age. Mr DZ is a bit younger than me, as manly man as they get, horsie but not a rider and an excellent cook (and other things), too. They are out there.

I just don't get the look down part. At what? My boobs?

[Beasmom]

I didn't get that, either...

[Paragon]

Jesus Christ, children. It's like fricking monkeys with goddamned typewriters on this message board sometimes. Every few months, someone makes another thread inappropriately political.

You all exhaust me entirely.

[TheHorseProblem]

I just don't get the look down part. At what? My boobs?

I think that's what sidepasser meant. Boobs and everything else that falls to gravity.

[LostFarmer]

Jesus Christ, children. It's like fricking monkeys with goddamned typewriters on this message board sometimes. Every few months, someone makes another thread inappropriately political.

You all exhaust me entirely.

Where is the cheering clapping icon. I am sick of the whole PC movement. :(

[LostFarmer]

I think that's what sidepasser meant. Boobs and everything else that falls to gravity.

I can promise that he looks better bare chested and on a horse than Hillary would. :eek: Where is that brain bleach. Or maybe Margret Thacher.

[MILOUTE55]

Jesus Christ, children. It's like fricking monkeys with goddamned typewriters on this message board sometimes. Every few months, someone makes another thread inappropriately political.

You all exhaust me entirely.

umh umh.... if you're that exhausted, why don't you choose to NOT post and do something more exciting?

As much as we may disagree on this discussion, at least we are discussing!

[EponaRoan]

So. Imagine my amusement when bare-chested Putin and his (neighing!) horse made a guest appearance on The Soup (E!) tonight. :lol::lol::lol: It's during the first minute or so while Joel is discussing Paula's departure from American Idol. There are also other horses and mentions of horses throughout the show.

[nightsong]

Reagan actually rode in jods and a cc saddle

Uh, no, he rode in breeches and forward seat saddles. Close contact saddles weren't even invented.

[Moderator 1]

We understand that it can be difficult to separate our political opinions from our comments, particularly when political figures are the topic, but this is a horse board, so we're not going to devote resources to moderating non-horse-related topics/issues.

Everyone's had ample opportunity to "admire" Putin, et al, so we've extracted a few posts and are closing the thread.

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