I had to reread Angie’s article to see if I could
interpret it the way it was taken by the author of the “hate mail”
and Spottedracer and the students at TSU. Nope, didn’t work. To begin with it
is preceded by “on the lighter side” (hint, hint)Everything about it is
tongue-in-cheek. I used to be an
insulated saddle bag carrier, yep, full of ice and a couple of sodas, an occasional
brew…back about 30 years ago.I even used to
think my horses had to be “halter plump”. And nothing about this article offended
me. Most other riders think endurance riders are nuts, I heard that for years
before I decided to try it. That’s the real reason we have to be a secret
society, so everyone won’t know how insane we really are (:>) and how
we mistreat our horses (:>) (:>) Humor generally pokes fun at someone or
something, and I appreciate Angie’s humor. Makes me laugh at myself, and,
now I know that I’m not alone when I look at that bottle on the trail and
think “I might need that, but I wonder who drank out of it, or worse yet,
peed in it, oh well, pee’s sterile right, you
can survive on it if need be…” (:>)(:>)(:>)
