I fell off a horse yesterday...ask me anything!

[GOPFighter]

I had no business being on the beast anyway, so I got what I deserved.

My wife had scheduled a nice weekend of horseback riding, bike riding, kayaking, and (of course) shopping with her old college roommates for this weekend, but one by one they canceled. My wife was so disappointed that I stupidly agreed to go horseback riding with her yesterday morning.

I haven't been on a horse in years, and I've never ridden one on a long hilly trail. I happened to get a horse that had an attitude and when another horse tried to pass, my horse took off running, ignored my jerks on the reins and my orders to slow down. Pretty soon I found myself going sideways in the saddle and BOOM, there I was on the ground, rolling over and over.

Damn horse. And YES, I'M REALLY DAMNED SORE TODAY. Yes, ask me anything, but don't expect a civil answer. Grrrrr.

[skooooo]

1. Ouch!!

Sounds to me like your wife is out to kill you. I'd watch her a little more carefully!

[GOPFighter]

3. Well, she looked concerned...

...after she stopped laughing.

We're going bike riding today. Maybe I should make her ride in front of me, huh?

[skooooo]

6. They always look "concerned", don't they....?

...what is skydiving next??

[Lars39]

2. I understand.

My one day experience with a horse was a nightmare. I was a teen at a friend's house. She decided to teach me how to ride a horse. In one afternoon the horse threw me off face first(slid on my face), stepped fully on the top of one foot, and tried to scrape me off on the side of the barn, barely missing the raw edge of the tin roof. I was sore overall for a week. The foot took longer to heal. Turned every shade known to mankind. I renamed that horse 'Glue'.

[woofless]

5. Glue is good.

I call all of them ALPO. To their faces. So there.

[madrchsod]

4. ok george

we know you`re not "gopfighter" but george bush confessing that you still are afraid of horses but were forced to ride one to prove you really are a cowboy...
my wife wants to go horseback riding but i put her off by telling her it costs alot and there`s no place close to ride around here...been successful so far...

[GOPFighter]

7. Dang!

Call me stupid, call me a schmuck, tell me I'm a klutz, but don't call me George. Now I'm REALLY sore!

:evilgrin:

[quispquake]

8. As a moderator...

I probably should say something, but quite honestly, George is the first thing that came to my mind too!!!

[LWolf]

9. I am so sorry.

My question: Why?????

Spend time in a hot tub or hot bath, and ponder this # 1 rule for successful horseback riding:

1. If you don't ride regularly, don't have many, many hours in the saddle, and are riding a horse you don't know, DO NOT GO OUT CLIMBING HILLS! Stay in an arena with the owner of the horse nearby to offer advice. Or take an official guided ride on a "professional" that knows to stay in line on the trail.


There are many others, but start with that one!

I went for a ride myself yesterday morning; but then, I do that almost every Saturday morning. On my horse, who I've known from her birth. I rode with 6 other people and 7 other horses; all people riding their own horses, with one green rider, and one green horse. And one horse ponied along with no rider because she is too fat and needs the exercise. We climbed up and down and meandered the fire roads. Nobody fell off, although we had to surround the green horse to keep him calm and moving the right direction a few times.

[thebaghwan]

10. OK, what the f**k you doing on the back of a really dumb animal?

n/t