Thursday, August 8, 2013

What's In A Name

The picture below is from our recent Wyoming trip. It was taken as we headed out for a morning ride. From left to right, I'm riding Doc, my wife is on Rico, our daughter is mounted on Farva, and our son's horse is named Bob.



I'm a (retired!!!) college professor, so one of the many things I'm called is Doc. Since that was also my horse's name it led to a bit of confusion; some of it genuine, some of it manufactured.
Wrangler #1: "That Doc sure is an ornery SOB."
Wrangler #2: "I don't think he's that bad of a horse."
Wrangler #1: "I wasn't talking about the horse."

Wrangler #1: "Have you seen Doc?"
Wrangler #2: "I think he's on the porch having a beer."
Wrangler #1: "I wasn't talking about the horse."
This is what passes for witty repartee around the barn.

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4 comments:

  1. Old NFOAugust 8, 2013 at 5:45 PM

    LOL, so you're BOTH ornery drunks, right??? :-)

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  2. CenTexTimAugust 8, 2013 at 9:12 PM

    That's one way of looking at it...

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  3. ToejamAugust 9, 2013 at 12:38 AM

    Last time I was on a hourse (and only the 2nd time ever) was in Arizona in 2010.

    I was a bit nervous as I hefted my 200 70 year old pounds onto it's back.

    I believe the horse was as nervous as I was since it was snorting and dancing around.

    Naively I asked the "instructor" what the horse's name was.

    He siged and with a straight face replied: KILLER.

    I said in my sincerest tone: "I hope he doesn't live up to his name".

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  4. CenTexTimAugust 9, 2013 at 10:06 AM

    Usually they say "Widowmaker."

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