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I hope the treatment stops short of a thoracotomy. Busted ribs hurt badly enough.
Breaking seven ribs sounds pretty close to dire.
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Horses are large, stupid, ill-tempered beasts, and should be avoided.
You got the large part right at least.
Was he tossed or did he fall?
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You sound like a real animal lover!! I had a horse take me back to a stable once because eh knew I was afraid of him. They are not stupid by any means. I resent your saying so. It is no different than being behind the wheel of a powerful automobile.
A bit of personal bias, here. My best friend of 35 years was killed in a senseless riding accident by a horse that got spooked by a couple of dogs who he’d seen hundreds of times. Horse bolted, lost his footing, and fell on my friend’s head. If it had been up to me, I’d have euthanized the moronic beast on the spot. Five years later, it still makes me angry every time I think about it.
BS. A powerful automobile never does something ridiculous on its own initiative.
Tell that to the people who’ve been killed, or killed others, due to mechanical failures, such as a few years ago when cars would accelerate uncontrollably, or when there are brake or steering failures, etc., or when a car skids. If you don’t have a healthy wariness about cars (or horses, if that applies to you) you’re living in a dream world.
People with no experience expect horses to be like big friendly dogs. Um, no. Think of horses like cats. Horses don’t automatically seek approval, and in fact are naturally suspicious of people they don’t know. It may be common, but going off somewhere and renting a horse who doesn’t know you from Adam, and expecting a great ride, is a really ignorant, arrogant, and occasionally dangerous,thing to do.
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Now this contrasts with a certain former governor of Texas who was so scared shitless of horses that he wouldn’t get near them. On his ranch there were no horses and the only cattle were the neighbors’ that got through the fence while said former governor was cutting brush instead of fixing his fences. One time his good buddy, Vicente Fox, invited him to ride around his (Fox’) ranch, but our fearless former governor flat out refused because of his pathological fear of large animals.
Holy Ouch.
Get well soon, Governor.
Moral of this story, stay the phuk off horses you idiot