Scary Pink Saddle of the Week Time!

It's time for the weekly edition of Scary Pink Saddle! I found this one in an email sent from a reader. It resembles the one in a previous post that sold for the ghastly price of $2000. This one however, sells much more reasonably, around $400. It might would be cute for a little girl on her pony, and looks decently made. I personally would never use it on one of my horses, but whatever floats your boat. It is a bit less ostentatious than the last one, as it lacks the silver conchos and has fewer rhinestones. Also available are the matching headstall and breastcollar.

Overkill Much?

This is one of those things that I wish would be outlawed. This is a cathedral bit. I really see no purpose on one of these at any time for any purpose. Ever. They are sold in catalogs with a nice little caveat to the buyer "for use by professionals only". Sure, and that will stop Joe wanna-be horse trainer from getting one to put a stop on their horse. *Sigh* It just never ends does it?

Friday Fail - Proper word usage

I know that all of us belonging to the horsey set do the same thing. We cruise the Internet and papers and look at all the pretty ponies for sale. I love perusing DreamHorse and looking at sales ads, usually for the elusive "Tack Fail". What annoys the crap out of me and amuses me to no end is all of the massive spelling and grammar errors in ad text. And I am not talking just simple misspellings, but complete WRONG words and WRONG sentence structure. If you type like a 6 year old, I am not going to be very likely to contact you about your horse/item.

So, today I have complied a list of some of the most common misspellings/misuse of words I have run across. They are very comical when you think about it, and very sad as well. I have put the correct word/spelling first, then the incorrect ones along with comments.


Gelding

guilding - So, he is a member of a guild? Which one?

gilding - Oh, he's gold plated? Bet that bumps the price up some.

Mare

mayer - Is she related to Oscar?

mayor - Of what town?

Filly

philly - Oh, she's from Philadelphia.

fillie - What?

Colt

cult - Umm, ok.

Appaloosa

Opelousas - Actually, that's a city in south Louisiana, not a breed of horse.

Quarter Horse

1/4th horse - Which fourth do I get? What if I want a half? I want the front half.

Mane

main - Main what? Main event? Main street?

Maine - That's a state in New England, not a part of a horse.

man - Male human, not the long hair that grows from the crest of your horse's neck.

Gait

gate(s) - This is what you go through to get into the pasture, not a walk, trot, canter, etc.

Poll

pole - What you run a pattern around at a rodeo, not a part of a horse.

Farrier

ferrier - This would be the guy that ferries people across a river, not the guy that trims your horse's hooves.

Peruvian Paso

"Peruvian Peso Fino" - Not only are we combining 2 breeds here, but a peso is a form of currency, not a horse.

Child Safe

"rides kids" - Really!? That must be impressive.

"broke to death" - Goodness, if he is dead I don't think I want him. Also read "one foot in the grave" on this one.

Winch (not a horse term, but funny anyway)

wench - No shit, I really saw an ad in the Thrifty Nickel for a truck with a wench for sale. I had to resist the temptation to call and ask if it was a bar wench or a scullery wench. I probably would have been wasting my sarcasm though.

So any of you have anything to add?

Hybrids

You know, hybrids can be really neat. Look at mules, super smart, tough, and strong. Hybrid vehicles are great too. Hybrid saddles however, are sometimes very funky looking.

Take this for example...



It is an English saddle, with a horn. Why? I have no idea. It makes no sense to me. It actually looks more like a 3 way hybridization of an English saddle, a Western and an Aussie. Strange.

Scary Pink Saddle of the Week

Once again it is time for the Scary Pink Saddle of the Week! Today we have an Abetta synthetic western saddle in a trendy pink "Ghetto-Flauge" pattern. Wow, this thing is beyond unattractive. Nothing screams "redneck fabulous" like pink camo. All it needs now are some pink rhinestones to "bling it up" (gah, I hate that term) some. And to think, Abetta is one of the higher quality synthetics on the market. Don't see Wintec making stuff like this now do we?

Torture Device Tuesday

Here is a nice little number. This is marketed as a "Sherry Cervi" brand bit by Reinsman. It is a shame that someone would waste the time embellishing something like this with such nice silver accents. Can you imagine the leverage this thing exerts on a horse's mouth? It has a limited gag mouthpiece that is a nice twisted wire dog bone. The shanks being extended an extra distance above the mouthpiece adds to the amount of leverage exerted. Another unnecessary piece of junk marketed to the gaming set.

Ooh, lookie, I found that you can get it with an eensy weensy thin twisted mouthpiece so that you can cut his tongue in half with it.

Monday Blues

Monday, I hate Monday. But I don't hate it as much as THIS...

(Can we not match shades of colors folks?)

Or this...

(Ooh, and it has GENUINE ostrich trim.)

Or, last but certianally not least (putrid)...

GAH! Oh, my. Erm, nice, ummm, silver, yeah.

Holy shit, what are people THINKING!?