posted on December 12, 2006 10:35:34 AM new
...horses!
18 Llamas to Appear in Rose Parade
Updated 7:46 AM ET December 12, 2006
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Llamas have waited 15 years to appear in the Rose Parade. On New Year's Day, 18 of the animals and their owners will stroll down Colorado Boulevard.
Joan Selby, a member of the Llama Association of Southern California, sent the original application to the parade committee 15 years ago.
She is not sure why it took so long for parade officials to let the llamas into the parade but suggested it might have been fear of the unknown.
"It could be that it just was not our time. Back then, llamas weren't very well known," Selby said.
Paul Holman, president and chairman of the board of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, said he has been told llamas had not been allowed in the parade because horses fear them and react as if the llamas were predators.
But he did his research and found a solution. The llamas will be staged in a separate area and have a spot toward the beginning of the parade, far from the equestrian units, Holman said.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
posted on December 12, 2006 07:06:39 PM new
aaww crow just busting your chops.To be frank I never watch parades,they bore the hell out of me.
No I wont turn into Linda.She likes to talk about politics,which is okay,she enjoys it.
I rarely post about politics or religion-they also bore me.Thats why me and my wife have gotten along for 35 years.Shes religious,I am not-shes a Democrat,Im a Republican.We are not going to change each others minds,so why get in an argument over it? Although there is one politican that makes "classics" skin crawl-Hillary Clinton-I just cant stand that woman. So come election day,and since I already voted in the morning,I took my wife over to vote when she came home from work.Im standing in line waiting for her to vote.As soon as she walked in the voting booth and closed the curtins,I said in a loud voice "Linda,if you push that Hillary lever down, you're walking home" The place broke out in laughter-not that I want to influence someones voting
I wish Cheryl was there to "protect the vote" she would have had a sh*t fit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
posted on December 12, 2006 07:57:52 PM new
Your best post all year Classic!! I really did LOL!
Horses are afraid of almost any animal they haven't been around before, this is a common defense among herd animals. We tend to forget that horses are herd animals, but they are. I have fence posts with more brains than some of my horses. LLamas have a body posture, particularly the way they carry their heads, that bespeaks agression to a horse. A chance meeting like a parade, where the animals' nerves are already on edge, is a good place for an ugly incident. They're right to separate them. It will be neat to see them in the parade though. Wonder how it will go when a few of them become recalcitrant and decide they'd rather not walk? Ever seen a llama that has decided it doesn't want to do what it's handler wants it to? They're way more stubborn than mules and burros. Don't forget, they're just smaller camels.
____________________________________________
May 1, 2003, America brings "democracy" to Iraq. November 7, 2006, Iraq brings democracy to America.
posted on December 12, 2006 10:55:58 PM new
Imo, cheryl wouldn't have found it the LEAST bit funny....[although it was, very funny ].
I have no doubt she would have REPORTED it as a violation....and had action taken against you. She's VERY serious about what 'good' she THINKS she's doing.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on December 12, 2006 10:58:09 PM new
ATTENTION: TROLL ALERT!!
The only way to deal with trolls is to limit your reaction to reminding others not to respond to trolls.
When you try to reason with a troll, he wins. When you insult a troll, he wins. When you scream at a troll, he wins. The only thing that trolls can't handle is being ignored.
posted on December 12, 2006 11:34:02 PM new
Ok, classic, it was funny (she grudgingly admits).
I also have to agree with you on parades...the only ones I like are where they throw candy and I can shove the little kids aside and scoop up handfuls
I also have to say your comment about Cheryl was light-hearted and funny....I doubt if she would take offense since she's very bright and has a great sense of humor...one of the nicest posters !!!Wish she would come back!
Profe, I had a horse that would've eaten llamas for breakfast...they're not all wienies!
posted on December 13, 2006 05:23:42 AM new
The irony of all this was I actually voted for the Democratic candidate Eliot Spitzer for the governor of N.Y. I didnt tell my wife this as I would never hear the end of it.
Linda...uh hah I know what you're thinking-God will get even with me for voting for a Democrat and send me straight to hell,do not pass go and do not collect $200.00....and you're probably right
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
[ edited by classicrock000 on Dec 13, 2006 05:33 AM ]
posted on December 13, 2006 05:29:06 AM new
"the only ones I like are where they throw candy and I can shove the little kids aside and scoop up handfuls"
LOL well we have one thing in common, I have zero tolerance for the little bastards.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
posted on December 14, 2006 08:58:45 AM new
classic, I don't know if some horses qualify as mentally disabled but some are definitely smarter than others.
However, with a horse, so much depends on bloodlines, which breed it is, temperament, how it was raised and trained from birth, it's subsequent experiences ...
all these shape a horse and since they can't speak it's hard to determine what is mental and what is environmental.
Usually any bad or unusual behavior on the part of a horse is due to maltreatment by humans.
posted on December 14, 2006 12:27:55 PM new
I guess it's only by comparison classic. I have a couple of horses that if they were people would have to be institutionalized somewhere for the profoundly stupid. Then again, we tend to equate "intelligence" in domestic animals with "eagerness to please humans", which I don't necessarily think is a mark of smarts at all.
____________________________________________
May 1, 2003, America brings "democracy" to Iraq. November 7, 2006, Iraq brings democracy to America.
posted on December 16, 2006 07:02:11 PM new
crow/profe-the reason I was asking was, at one time I did some riding myself.I'll be the first one to admit that I dont know jack-sh*t about horses,except I heard they were stupid.That being said,I did some riding in the summer of 1971 in Wyoming and Montana.The first ride I took was near the Grand Tetons,in Wyoming.It was an all day trip to the base of the mountains where we had lunch.I really had a good time even thou I was quite inexperienced.
I took the pic below of the Tetons the day before I went riding.The quality of the pic isnt great as at the time I had one of those sh*tty instamatic cameras..
The next day Im heading up toward Montana and I stopped to take this pic,which I like because of the snow covered mountains in the background-this was in August mind you.This was taken between Missoula,and Kalispel,Montana.
The ride in Montana wasnt so much fun. We went riding near the top of one mountain as the picture below indicates.I took this pic again because you can see the top of the mountain in the background with some snow on it.
We are on are way back and evidently my horse got stung by a bee and the horse went ape-sh*t.It reared up,and I panicked and tried to get off.I got my left foot stuck in the left stirup.The horse takes off,dragging me on my back for over a hundred feet before the head guy stops the horse.I refused to get back on the horse as I was pretty shaken up.
He told me it was over 5 miles back to the base camp,so I got on his horse and he took mine.After I got back I found out why I was the last one in line of 15.The guy told me that the horse has to be last in line or he will start kicking any horse behind him.He said the horse was "partly retarded" That kind of pissed me off because I told him I was inexpierenced-I dont know why they would put me on a horse like that.Below is me and "Thunder" near the top of the mountain where we had lunch-this was taken about an hour before I was dragged.
crow-dont be making fun of my haberdashery like you did the last time I posted a pic here..
[
[ edited by classicrock000 on Dec 16, 2006 07:39 PM ]
posted on December 16, 2006 07:36:17 PM new
Actually my hind end bothered more then anything
However when I got back to N.Y. in late Sept,I did take a couple of riding lessons in an indoor rink-English style.The main difference I found out there was no "horn" on the saddle to hold on to.So here I am riding around the rink coming up to the first fence and wondering if this dumb bastard is going to jump over,or stop short and send me flying on my ass.Well he jumped over and I must admit it was quite fun.However after I was done,my legs and thighs were damn sore for a couple of days.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
posted on December 16, 2006 08:05:08 PM new
classic! YOU really rode a horse then!!!!
I guess you can't be all bad.
YES, your legs hurt because you were USING them! Not just sitting there. Riding is fun but lessons are a work out!
I can hardly wait to tell profe YOU not only rode but rode ENGLISH !! You may never hear the end of it
I didn't wait long enough before for your last photo to download...Thunder looks like a nice gentle horse...you shouldn't have scared him with being dragged like that!!!I hope he wasn't hurt!
posted on December 16, 2006 09:10:32 PM new
You weren't riding Eeeenglish classic, don't let her kid you. On the horse tho', I'm with mingo....looks like the nice docile type to me. That second pic is nice. Real artsy like.
____________________________________________
May 1, 2003, America brings "democracy" to Iraq. November 7, 2006, Iraq brings democracy to America.
posted on December 17, 2006 06:47:12 AM new
Ya, Profe, when he went back to the big city he took English lessons....I told ya...it's the boots and tight pants...gets 'em every time !
posted on December 17, 2006 01:17:41 PM new
"classic! YOU really rode a horse then!!!!
I guess you can't be all bad."
LOL Im not sure how to take that
"I told ya...it's the boots and tight pants...gets 'em every time !"
Speaking of my haberdashery-when I was in Jackson Hole,I dressed up one night to do the town and check out da chicks.Evidently,it was the wrong town.I wore black shoes,black pants and a yellow short sleeve shirt.
I walk in the first bar in downtown Jackson and almost everyone down to a T was wearing blue jeans,western shirts and cowboy hats.I thought to myself WTF? dont these people dress up when they go out? Did I feel out of place?? yea like Charleton Heston did when he landed on the planet of the apes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
[ edited by classicrock000 on Dec 17, 2006 01:26 PM ]
posted on December 17, 2006 01:25:09 PM newLOL Im not sure how to take that
Take it as a compliment and strut around some more in those tight little pants. You've worn them as a sailor and for riding a horse. Now what else? Tell us more.
posted on December 17, 2006 01:28:50 PM new
Kiara-dont be mentioning my tight pants-logansdad will come in here all excited
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
posted on December 17, 2006 05:43:59 PM new
actually crow Im wondering if carlo,logansfag and asspacky are all the same person.I've never seen anyone of them post on the same site at the same time.
Kira-Logan is fun when he wants to be.He can also be nasty.Hes never been really nasty to me,as he has with another poster in here-we just break each others balls.I dont approve of gays lifestyles,to me me its a real turn off and weird.
As far as gay marriages go,I could give a sh*t less.If they are allowed get married,fine,if not,its not my problem-its just not an issue with me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
].
