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  • #21
    Originally posted by 2DogsFarm View Post
    Did you know horses can snigger?

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    • #22
      And as I am fighting a head cold, BR's list is sadly apt - except substitute uncontrollable sneezing and running nose for puking.
      I played the game just yesterday in fact. I didn't puke. I was pretty proud of myself. It's been 6 days now. Please God. Just kill me now.

      Another game I got to play yesterday was:

      How much emergency hay can you fit in your brand new car? And can you make it to the barn in all that snow? Really? AKA: Breaking in a New Vehicle

      To play: You need a brand new vehicle...preferably the first you've EVER had. Still smells like new car after just a month of ownership. You have to be REALLY REALLY proud of how, thus far, you've managed to keep horse stuff out of the vehicle except for when you actually need it (as opposed to the old car which typically carried an entire tack room, assorted shavings and hay)

      AND...your hay supplier has to chuck out on you so you must procure a few bales and transport them. Urgent.

      AND the drive to the barn has to be drifted over at least a foot and a half.

      SCORING:
      -points for fitting 4 bales in even though the math suggests 3 is the max. Stacking ingenuity...

      -points for not crying when you realize that your car will never be hay free again. Forevermore, there will be pokey bits of hay embedded in the carpet and seats. Your car is no longer a barn virgin and has become "A barn car".

      -points for realizing once stuck in the driveway up to the axles, that you bought 4WD and you even remember how to use it!

      -points for not crying again when you unload the hay and see the unGodly mess.

      -points for not crying again on Monday morning as you drive to work, put the window down a tad to have a smoke, and hay starts swirling around the cabin.

      A good horseman doesn't have to tell anyone...the horse already knows.

      Might be a reason, never an excuse...

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      • #23
        Originally posted by BuddyRoo View Post
        To play: You need a brand new vehicle...preferably the first you've EVER had. Still smells like new car after just a month of ownership. You have to be REALLY REALLY proud of how, thus far, you've managed to keep horse stuff out of the vehicle except for when you actually need it
        BR:

        In your Heart of Hearts did you ever really believe this car would not become a Barncar? The bolded line says it all. Ha!
        Resistance is Futile...
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        • #24
          Originally posted by 2DogsFarm View Post
          To the Indoor Museum, may I add an interactive display?
          Stacked Hay Relay
          They're just playing Jenga!

          LOL on the nose-wiping... I just realized my balance was finally improving yesterday when for the first time I wiped my nose mid-jump!
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          • #25
            Add to the indoor arena museum

            Ice sliding off the arena roof levades game.

            Rider has to guess which way the horse is going to go! Rider scores more pts if they go the same way.
            The cue card kid just held up an empty cue card. For a minute there I thought I had lost my sense of humor. --- Red Skelton

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            • #26
              BR, don't worry, it isn't formally a barn car until you have an indigenous fly population inside to match. My fly population shows up in about June and hangs around until about October. I won't say what they live on while in the car...

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              • #27
                Originally posted by Vesper Sparrow View Post
                BR, don't worry, it isn't formally a barn car until you have an indigenous fly population inside to match. My fly population shows up in about June and hangs around until about October. I won't say what they live on while in the car...


                I thought I was the only one! I waged a war against them this summer. Kept all my windows rolled up and never left a door open longer then it takes to enter/exit. I STILL had tons of flies throughout the summer! I'm anal about vaccuming my car and keeping it clean so I really have no idea how they are surviving in there but there seemed to be three new ones every day!

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                • #28
                  Originally posted by Vesper Sparrow View Post
                  Visiting the Indoor Arena Museum

                  This is more a cultural than a sporting activity, and is an antidote to the afore-mentioned Snow Slide Spook and Scoot.

                  Equipment required: snorty TB, bridle, saddle

                  It involves, before mounting up, strolling around the arena several times and stopping to look at all the new "exhibits" in the museum, which may include, but are not limited to:

                  Snow Inputs: any little rivulets of snow that have been blown into the arena through the cracks. Like all performance art, is most compelling when it is in the process of being created.

                  The Water Cycle: ice melting and dripping from the ceiling and then forming a frozen puddle; particularly arresting

                  The Ice Sculpture Cafe: smelling frozen manure balls provides a few moments of relaxation before going on to the next "exhibit"

                  New Installations: extra blankets, saddle pads (particularly scary) or other equipment that was not there before.

                  Jumps, Standards, etc.: philistine crowd-pleasing stuff that is usually of little interest

                  To enhance the experience (and provide an opportunity to warm up the muscles), the whole exercise can be done at a jog. This is particularly exciting because snorty TB has no idea why it is occurring, so results in even more snorty behaviour.


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                  • #29
                    Originally posted by WorthTheWait95 View Post


                    I thought I was the only one! I waged a war against them this summer. Kept all my windows rolled up and never left a door open longer then it takes to enter/exit. I STILL had tons of flies throughout the summer! I'm anal about vaccuming my car and keeping it clean so I really have no idea how they are surviving in there but there seemed to be three new ones every day!

                    What really got me was when I brought some in (I think they were hanging out in my purse, which had been in the car) into an art gallery that I was visiting for a friend's vernissage. The art gallery owner (the place was meticulously clean) looked around and said, "where did those flies come from?"
                    It was mortifying.

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                    • #30
                      Originally posted by Vesper Sparrow View Post
                      What really got me was when I brought some in (I think they were hanging out in my purse, which had been in the car) into an art gallery that I was visiting for a friend's vernissage. The art gallery owner (the place was meticulously clean) looked around and said, "where did those flies come from?"
                      It was mortifying.

                      I fully admit to claiming my air conditioner was broken when it was actually working fine in order to have an excuse to keep the windows rolled down when driving with friends in the hope some of them would fly out the window. I get tired of the nonhorsey set being weirded out by my personal fly colony!

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                      • #31
                        Originally posted by Mendin Fences View Post
                        Stealing horses and moving them around the property while convincing the 14yr old who left their stall open a crack that they ran away.
                        This really is the best one ever! Bonus points for using the hoofprints in the snow your own horse left as a clue to finding the "lost" horse. Degree of difficulty depends on how close the 14 year old comes to seeing you steal the horse and/or move it from hiding place to hiding place.
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                        • #32
                          Water bucket skating

                          Hauling two 3 gallon bucket of hot water to two very spoiled mini donks twice a day over ice covered or poorly plowed lawn/driveway w/o getting soaked

                          ahhh the joys of winter...barn sports are the worst

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