We Can Caption Photos Too

If you don't recognize this fascinating character, you must have just joined us. Read this and it will all make sense.

More Bunny Hops

Courtesy of the greatest news source in all equestrianism, Phelps Sports, here's George Morris with the reins leash at Falsterbo:

Photo by the fabulous Erin Cowgill

Everyone loves rabbits:

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

 

Even lazy ones:

Try as we may we cannot find the origin of this one

Dog Party!!!

A reader sent this fantastic video which really puts a smile on your face.

And Now For Something Completely Different...

Bunny showjumping, from the Barnmice site:

Racehorses Should Not Have Stupid Names

Or you end up with a really funny video, from the Barnmice site:

Our Bad: Latawnya The Naughty Horse Two Is Already Out There

And on Facebook! Complete with a devil horse wearing jeans, and lots of compliments from the author's kids. But there are no dramatic readings or copies on Amazon.com, maybe she wised up and only had enough printed for her immediate family. It appears that the real life Latawnya might be the author's youngest daughter, who must have screwed up big time if she got turned into a horse and called out in bound print by her own mother. Wow! Tough love, indeed. What did parents do before there were vanity publishers willing to produce the worst children's book ever, for a fee?

The enticing preview of Latawnya Two from Amazon:

Latawnya The Naughty Horse Two points out the low life drug pusher. The pusher tries to entice everyone to use drugs and drink alcohol. Latawnya Two is an anti-drug children's picture book. It teaches children there are better activities to do with their lives than drinking alcohol and using drugs. Latawnya finds many different good and positive activities to do to make her life better. She has already learned her lesson the hard way to stay away from drinking alcohol and using drugs. Latawnya and two of her friends will see the back of a low life who is trying to hook everyone on drugs. He tries to entice them to use cocaine and meth, but they laugh at him. They let him know he can take his drugs and go. They also let him knows they have better activities to do than using drugs. Latawnya and her friends are on the basketball team. There will be a big talent show. Everyone will audition. Someone will create a beautiful original song and dance. Look out for Latawnya The Naughty Horse - Three. Spooky finally meets his match.

Here's an even better dramatic interpretation of Latawnya One from earlier this year, I think the accent really improves it.

Almost funnier than the book itself is that the author appears to be full-on obsessed with ending the lucrative resale market for this unintentional cult classic, randomly posing legal accusations questions to Amazon.com on the interweb:

sylviagibson53 Asked:
Amazon.com name the person who gave you permission to publish and sell my book and use my name illegally.

amazon.com what is the person name who gave you permission to publish, and sell my book Latawnya The Naughty Horse and use my name illegally all over the internet in different countries all over the world without my permission?

I am not connected to my book at all on the internet. The devil got my book. I am going to take it back with the help of God.

She might be certifiable. But we do admire her pluck in proceeding with Latawnya Two and Three. And of course, there is nothing wrong with the message itself, so all you kids out there who shouldn't even be reading The Carrot to start with, Don't Do Drugs! And visit HaHaHorses instead, where there is plenty of kid-friendly fun to be had!

I don't know how I missed Latawnya the first time around...was I not on the same Internet in 2007?

Nancy and Ronnie Just Say Neigh!

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The Problem With Bute Is...

It's a gateway drug. Next thing you know they're "smoking drugs and drinking." I found this hilarious book, circa 1991, while looking for funny horse pics to send to the phenomenal new comedy site that everyone is talking about, HaHaHorses, brought to you by the fun kids over at Eventing Nation.

It's worth a visit to a fun blog started by real live librarians (now there's an attention getting phrase!) called Awful Library Books to read the comments. The purported author is, shall we say, a bit peeved that people are making fun of her fantastic contribution to the Just Say Neigh literary canon. The author also boldly threatens says there's a sequel in the works (as of January 2010):

"You keep laughing. You really will laugh when you see Latawnya The Naughty Horse Two. It will be released soon."

Some more comments:

"With copies of this book going from $65 to $125 on Amazon, sell it and make a donation to the drug free horse alliance."

"laugh it up guys but if this keeps just one horse off meth it's worth it"

If that's not enough of a time waster for you, there's actually a dramatic reading of this apparent cult favorite on YouTube.




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Horses, Horse People, The Odd Monkey. . .There Will Be Laughter

If you read Eventing Nation, you no doubt have already heard about this great new website, hahahorses.com. And if you don't read Eventing Nation, let's face it, you probably suck at life.

Let me walk you through it: A daily photo, a caption contest, lots of laughs, a terrific prize, and all proceeds go to equine charities.

It's brilliant, and you can submit photos as well. We think a certain equine Latin instructor might provide some good ones.

All of which begs the question: Has John quit his day job yet?

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Felicity Foxhunter Is NOT Kidnapped!

Good to know that our favorite member of the blogosphere Felicity Foxhunter is still with us and recently active.  If you want to hear from Felicity, just mention something about how she is AWOL and then she appears, like magic! We love it. Her four-legged blogging cohort Geldoff has also finally resurfaced, we thought he'd long since gone to the knackers. Geldoff visits with FIFA World Cup sensation Paul, the Oracle Octopus, who shares his WEG predictions:

"He said the FEI would introduce several new prizes, including the LDR award for Best Rollkur Impression, to be judged by warmup ring stewards, and the BFF award for the Friendliest National Federation."

For more on Paul and his World Cup predictions, here's a great real headline from today's Telegraph: Psychic Octopus Paul Unfazed By Death Threats, Says Keeper.

Still more fake news about Paul from The Spoof.

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Take Your Dog To Work Day

This Friday is Take Your Dog To Work Day in the USA, so if you're elsewhere, and are relying on someone in your company's American office to get anything done, best to rethink that. UK canines have to wait until September for their chance to get a taste of Cube Farm Hell.

What Your Pets Are Up To When You're Not Around

Cracked.com posted a great Photoshop contest. My faves:

Surreal Equine Photo of the Day

Photo by Mike Owyang/AP

Patches The Coolest Horse Says "Don't Forget About Me!"

Lukas The Wonder Horse

Horsetalk reports that former racehorse Lukas has failed miserably at being ridden but has learned all sorts of other tricks on his way to becoming the world's brainiest equine. But if he doesn't learn Latin, he's never going to impress the intelligentsia.

Lukas, now 17, is living proof that horses can have a life beyond the racetrack, even if it means following more cerebral pursuits.

To date, his repertoire includes smiling, posing, nodding yes and shaking his head no, a dry and wet kiss, fetching, being "blindfolded", catching, yawning, saluting, pedestal work, a Spanish Walk (forward and backward), the stay and come, jambet (a three-legged pivot), curtsy, passage, bow, crossing his front legs, laying down while Karen sits on him, feet together (front and back), hide and seek (with his beloved green towel), acting lame, pushing a cart, and the rear.

Most of his acclaim, however, comes from his spelling, counting, identifying shapes and discriminating colours.

He did all of that just to get out of being ridden? I once got a pretty nice free horse who just planted his feet and refused to go forward, sometimes he would rear a bit just to mix it up. The girl charged with him would dismount and put him back in the field. He thought he was the smartest horse in the world. It took all of about two hours to break that habit. As I told him at the time, "I've got all day. All effin' day."


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Illegal Alien Horses Jump US Border, Assert Rightful Place In Olympic Family

O, Caballos Sin Fronteras

According to reports, wild horses approached and lured horses out of their pastures at the OK Corral.

OK that was the real part. This is still causing Sprout a mental double take because you can't make this stuff up. A herd of illegal alien horses jumped the US border, recruited some locals and started running down a San Diego highway, then infiltrated the US Olympic Training Center, being chased by the US Border Patrol, among others. Seriously. Clearly the US is dedicated to controlling its frontiers against rampaging, undocumented equines. They probably don't even have passports!

Don't Try This At Home, Kids

In the most disturbing pic we've seen in awhile, or at least since Eventing Nation's horse diving spread:














The head of a horse emerges from the flames as a man rides it through a purifying bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Jan. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

These people should be locked up.

Speaking of Eventing Nation, this guy is really a riot. Be sure to check it out; you don't even have to be an eventer:

News of the Weird: Firefighters saved two horses from a river after a sex crazed amorous stallion jumped in the river to save his girlfriend, which, incidentally, sounds a lot like my prom night.

Go Eventing Nation.

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Dogs Rule!

Some very clever Labradors figure out how to have some fun.

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I Wanna Be A Cowboy...

Animals everywhere are being inspired by Whiplash, the Cowboy Monkey:

The Latest From Nag & Dog

A nondescript but much-loved pony near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire suffered a nasty cut on his foreleg today. This was promptly stitched up by his capable veterinarian and he is expected to make a full recovery with perhaps a slight scar. No roads were blocked, no rescuers were called, no horrified onlookers gathered. His little girl did not even cry. But the pony did suffer some emotional distress, and we just thought the entire UK and even all of the interwebs should know about it. If it bleeds, it leads! In future, every horse and pony in the UK will be featured in Nag & Dog for 15 minutes. But we'll leave the tough issues for the general public to tackle*.


*As long as they don't do it on our forum.

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Dressage Continues To Go Epizootic

This is old but we hadn't seen it. It would appear a bull cannot be rollkured either.



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