Slog - Comments on Lunchtime Quickie

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:57:24 -0800

awww... horseys!

Comment by JC

JC — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:00:29 -0800

I haz a horse ballz.

Comment by Al

Al — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:11:11 -0800

Hey -- that's just a dang Hippity-Hop.

Comment by Ben

Ben — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:22:22 -0800

Ha ha Horse Balls and all, but I'll be god-damned if those aren't the happiest-looking horses I've ever seen. I've got the biggest, dumbest grin on my face now because of it.

Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me

You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:24:19 -0800

Beat me to it... That's exactly what I thought!

Comment by king ad hoc

king ad hoc — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:42:28 -0800

@3 and 5, and weren't hippity hops designed after their counterparts the "hoppity horse"? Ironic...

Comment by king ad hoc

king ad hoc — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:06:09 -0800

I stand corrected. The hoppity ball came out before the hoppity horse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYjOtXjeAw

Comment by Joey the Girl

Joey the Girl — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:09:20 -0800

My grandmother owns a tack store, and they used to sell these...and when I was a kid, we jumped on them like hippity hops. Good times.

Comment by skye

skye — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:31:12 -0800

where's mr hands?

Comment by Al

Al — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:32:26 -0800

I can't stop watching...

The interesting question to me is, what is it that makes this such a seemingly enjoyable diversion for the horse? I mean, I don't see any real-world behavior or activity for which this is an analogue. Any horse-folk (or centaurs) have any thoughts?

Comment by mookie

mookie — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:51:21 -0800

http://twoguysonehorse.com/

Comment by Ron Boolio

Ron Boolio — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:51:38 -0800

If there are two things that you're no stranger to Kelly O, it's whiskey and horseballs. They almost go hand in hand, no pun intended.

Comment by Spoogie

Spoogie — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:32:29 -0800

Anything to stop horses from wind sucking, I say. Suck on horse balls instead!

Comment by Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:39:43 -0800

OMGPONIES!

When I see the horses merrily flipping their horseballs to and fro, all I can think of is the calamity of one of those balls, a horse, and a stray six-year-old child.

Comment by Vince

Vince — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:16:10 -0800

Yes, but can he hula-hoop?

Comment by cunei4m

cunei4m — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:18:33 -0800

Yes...horseballs *DO* cut down on boredom...but you know what would really cut down on boredom?...Horse soccer...way better than elephant polo...and, no, those Budweiser commercials don't count...that's football, CGI, and retarded...

Comment by Ed

Ed — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:45:21 -0800

There is no way that I would ever let one of my horses play with that thing. Do you realize how easy horse legs snap? Step on one of those things after it drops out of the horse's mouth and there goes Mr. Horsey. That would care the hell out of me watching that in real life (without an edited video cutting out the tragedies).

Comment by G in INdiana

G in INdiana — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:40:40 -0800

HA! My horse used to do this with the neighbor's labs and cats. Every single time they entered her pasture, she'd some screaming (a harsh, horrifying sound) across the pasture, grab them by the back of their necks, and heave them over the fence. Only one cat continued to enter and was eventually removed sans life one afternoon. Edna had finally had enough of said cat in her space, large though that might have been.
Edna is long gone from my farm but the memory lingers. The mother lab taught her pups to stay out of that nutty horse's pasture and all those dogs taught the rescue dogs the neighbor's adopted. To this day no dogs enter that pasture.
Edna also had one of these balls but ignored it, preferring living beings as play things.