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*stellar*

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Join Date: Jul. 25, 2002

Posts: 170

Location: Ontario
#101

Aug. 27, 2002, 08:23 PM

Stellar is one of my favourite songs from my favourite badn incubus!!!

*Fire all your guns at once, gentlemen. The Red Sox season starts tonight, and for the 86th consecutive spring there is little doubt in the Red Sox Nation that this is the year.*
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Bumpkin

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Join Date: Mar. 14, 2000

Posts: 17256

Location: WA. The Evergreen State Where The Horses Are Forever Green
#102

Aug. 27, 2002, 08:37 PM

Bumpkin

Bumpkin is a Pony from the Hobbit
Bumpkin:
One of the ponies belonging to Merry. Bumpkin was named such during the hobbits stay with Tom Bombadil. When the Prancing Pony Inn was raided, the ponies fled to Bombadil, who later sent them to Butterbur.

If You Look At My Profile

You will see me riding the real "BUMPKIN"
Her show name was Pantomine and her racing name was Fallacy's Hope (Pan Man x Miss Fallacy).

I prob should change my name to "Elliot" since he is my replacement for Bumpkin after pining for her for 20 years...but I have been Bumpkin on here forever it seems.

Here is part of the Poem in the Hobbit...

Tom Bombadil's songs

Hey! now! Come hoy now! Whither do you wander?
Up, down, near or far, here, there or yonder?
Sharp-ears, Wise-nose, Swish-tail and Bumpkin,
White-socks my little lad, and old Fatty Lumpkin?

[img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

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wnqs

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Join Date: Apr. 12, 2002

Posts: 240

Location: Calgary, Alberta!
#103

Aug. 27, 2002, 09:20 PM

Winged Neo-queen Serenity :P

-Helen [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with catsup.

-Helen

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with catsup.
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IdahoBetty

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Join Date: Jun. 28, 2002

Posts: 213

Location: Behind the Orange curtain...
#104

Aug. 27, 2002, 09:51 PM

He was caspar_stephen, or something like that, from name and place of birth (Caspar, Wyoming).

So...with being born in Idaho, plus the given first name of Betty (not Elizabeth or anything else) -

Therefore - IdahoBetty

(NOT I Da Ho Betty, as someone from the Ultimate Dressage BB once guessed! Just about made me pee my pants laughing!)

So, you can call me IdahoBetty, you can call me Betty, you can call me Ray, or you can call me forty-something - because of somewhat dated song reference!

BJ
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Bumpkin

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Location: WA. The Evergreen State Where The Horses Are Forever Green
#105

Aug. 27, 2002, 10:08 PM

Welcome, Idaho Betty [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

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IdahoBetty

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Join Date: Jun. 28, 2002

Posts: 213

Location: Behind the Orange curtain...
#106

Aug. 27, 2002, 10:36 PM

It's great to be not be quite so lurk-some anymore...
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Tackpud

Grand Prix

Join Date: Sep. 27, 2001

Posts: 3102

Location: Virginia
#107

Aug. 28, 2002, 05:28 AM

Tackpud - short for "Tack up Puddle and ride"!
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rhymeswithfizz

Grand Prix

Join Date: Sep. 21, 2001

Posts: 2901

Location: Parker, Colorado
#108

Aug. 28, 2002, 07:39 AM

rhymeswithfizz.... my name is Liz. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

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"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers

where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket?
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*SERAPH*

Working Hunter

Join Date: Nov. 7, 2001

Posts: 596
#109

Aug. 28, 2002, 11:15 AM

stands for my two favorite Thoroughbred race horses--Exterminator and Man O. War--hence EX O.
My horse is a giant chestnut with much Man O. War on top and bottom and he looks quite a lot like him but he's far more raw-boned like Old Bones (Exterminator) was.

"The world needs Dreamers and the world needs Doers;
But above all, the world needs Dreamer's who Do."
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Clarice

Training Level

Join Date: Mar. 24, 2002

Posts: 81

Location: ARKANSAS!
#110

Aug. 28, 2002, 11:22 AM

Mine doesn't have a thing to do with me. I just like the way this board greets me..."Hello, Clarice". Makes me think of creepy Hannibal. "Is this Clarice? Well hello, Clarice" [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img]

AQHA Clique!
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*Sunboom*

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Join Date: Jul. 3, 2002

Posts: 187

Location: Zone 2
#111

Aug. 29, 2002, 01:36 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by LuckyAugust:
Its became a personal joke but....

It involves a Ouija board and...well...getting lucky in August. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hahaha!!!I remember that.Mine is Sun-Sunny(my pony)Boom-Boomer(old pony)

Buzz if you read this we need to do something sometime,I haven't seen you in forever!!!

Caitlin*
Sun Salutation*

"Think of riding as a science, but love it as an art."~George Morris

.:*Caitlin*:.
.:*Sun Salutation*:.
.:*Qtip*:.
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Heineken

Grand Prix

Join Date: May. 17, 2002

Posts: 4470

Location: Olney
#112

Aug. 29, 2002, 01:46 PM

I USED to be hhytken, which is my first initial and last name but EVERYONE said it looked like "Heineken" so it is. I've never even HAD a beer though!

Aqha Clique

Can you stress-fracture your brain?
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beameup

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Join Date: Jan. 4, 2001

Posts: 1054

Location: Goshen, New York (cutest little hossie town in NY)
#113

Aug. 29, 2002, 02:21 PM

well, mine is pretty obvious. i'm an alien and sometimes get sooo tired of the way things are run down here on earth, so i just dial my communicator and ask my crew to.....

www.judyreenesinger.com
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Bumpkin

Schoolmaster

Join Date: Mar. 14, 2000

Posts: 17256

Location: WA. The Evergreen State Where The Horses Are Forever Green
#114

Feb. 3, 2003, 07:27 AM

Bumpkining up

"Proud Member Of The I Loff Starman Babies, Sunnieflax and Horse Boxes Cliques" Bora Da

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Impromptu

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Join Date: Jul. 6, 2002

Posts: 591

Location: S. Yorks, UK
#115

Feb. 3, 2003, 08:35 AM

Impromptu is the show name of the almighty bay blob

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Life is like a tornado watch, you can hunker down in the basement and wait for it to stop, or you can stand on the roof, letting the wind give you rockstar hair, yelling "I knew you were coming, thats why I didnt rake the leaves."
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No hugging dear. I'm British, we only show affection to dogs and horses.
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lillodawg

Training Level

Join Date: Nov. 6, 2001

Posts: 90

Location: Ballmer, Merlin
#116

Feb. 3, 2003, 09:01 AM

lillodawg

... is a take on my dog's name. She is a JRT/mini doxie mix, weighing oh ... about 9lbs. Her name is Lillo cuz she's a lil' ol' dawg.

I donâ€™t want to start any blasphemous rumors
But I think that girl's got a sick sense of humor.
- Depeche Mode

It\'s not the size of the dog in the fight. It\'s the size of the fight in the dog.
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everyequine

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Location: you can take the girl outta NY, but ya can't take NY outta the girl
#117

Feb. 3, 2003, 09:35 AM

ok I'll play too.......I am everyequine, because I love every equine.

to err is human, to whinny, Equine.

No, I am NOT a workaholic!! I've never touched a drop of workahol in my life!!

to err is human, to whinny, Equine.
Ebay-aholic! Carolina clique, BITS AND BARTER BOARD BUDDY
EYEGLASSES MISSIONS FOR ARMENIA-send me your old glasses!
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*!*KabelGirl*!*

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Join Date: Jan. 20, 2003

Posts: 714

Location: Tennessee!
#118

Feb. 3, 2003, 09:37 AM

mine is Sunkist, because that is my horse's show name...and Baby4 b/c when i made it she was only 4 years old...get it?? haha

*!*LiVe LiKe ThErEs No ToMOrRow~SiNg LiKe No OnEs LiStEnInG~LoVe LiKe YoUlL nEvEr GeT hUrT~aNd DaNcE LiKe No OnEs WaTcHiNg*!*

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lilblackhorse

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Posts: 6413

Location: PNW
#119

Feb. 3, 2003, 09:53 AM

Oh Betty, betty betty....see, you shouldn't have put that little bit in there about "I-Da-Ho"...see,now I will look at you and think that now .

Being from Idaho most recently (folks are still there), I had never really said it with that intonation and "accent"--lord, now you've got me about to pee in my pants. Too funny.

Like Drifting Cloud, there are those who will always bring a smile to my face whenever I see their posts. Welcome to the club

Elippses Users Clique........
Co-Founder Occularly Challenged Equine Support Group

Ellipses users clique ...
TGFPT,HYOOTGP
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Instant Karma

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Location: Cascade, MD
#120

Feb. 3, 2003, 10:49 AM

Well I love both types of horsepower, the horsepower with hooves and the horsepower with wheels! I have a WS6 that I drag race (at the track mind you, NO street racing), that currently dynos 415 rear wheel horsepower... add on one horsepower of the hooved kind and voila, 416 Horsepower

Erin and Instant Karma
"Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what IS that thing?!"
~Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
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Erin and
Instant Karma "Sunny", ShineDown "Liam"

"You can't control the wind, but you can adjust the sails."
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