/chanting over and over "Good Vibes, Good Vibes, Good Vibes" If it makes me feel better to hope he feels better then that's good enough in itself. I don't think anyone really believes that he really knows people are hoping he pulls through or understands what "get well" means, but I also have no doubt whatsoever that he feels the emotions from the people at his side. He knows that people care.
Dear Humans: Thanks for your well wishes. Not that I give a fuck, but thanks anyway. I appreciate you all feeling sorry for me and all that, but since I'm a FUCKING HORSE, I really have no long-term memory and don't even remember the accident that crippled me. Because of my insanely good genetics and the medicines they keep pumping into me, I don't really feel any pain at all, and I'm fed like a king. If I were able to show courage and/or grit, maybe I would, or maybe I'd just be a big fat pansy and cry all day while I listened to the Smiths. And if I could play "Melancholy Baby" on the piano, my leg wouldn't be filled with more plates, screws, nuts and bolts than the U.S.S. Nimitz. But I can't do any of these things, because I'm a FUCKING HORSE. All of your cards and letters have served a purpose, however: my stall is lined with them. They absorb my urine and feces better than hay and straw. Anyway, I was going to say "thanks" again, but I've already forgotten what we were discussing, because I'm a FUCKING HORSE! Now somebody feed me before the guy comes in to jack me off again. Sincerely, Barbaro God knows horses just don't get enough compassion these days. You're so compassionate about horses, you should be petitioning Congress to abolish horse racing, cops on horseback, cowboys, those cute little hansom cabs in Central Park, petting zoos, and the Amish. And by the way, T.C., I do own animals, and I have nearly all my life. While they do have their humanistic moments, they're still animals. In the past seven years, I've had one dog die, and I've had to put another one down because he blew out his back legs. Both of them broke my heart, and I still get choked up thinking about them, because you're right, they were members of my family. Barbaro, however, is about as much a member of my family as David Hasselhoff. While I admire what both of them have done on TV, and don't want to see either one of them suffer or die, I don't have a fucking clue what they're like in real life, and probably never will. And, more about compassion: unless you've recently given blood, volunteered at a local hospital, church, soup kitchen or the like, worked with the Special Olympics, Meals on Wheels, or your local AIDS hospice, or helped out your fellow human beings in some way, don't lecture me about compassion at all. I'd be willing to bet you that a significant part of the Barbaro Compassion Movement is made up of people who stepped over a homeless guy on their way to the parking garage this morning, and wish fags, liberals, and every Muslim on earth would die.
To all those saying "it's just a horse" and similar, FUCK YOU! I feel bad when any creature, whether it be human or not, suffers. If you don't, then you're quite clearly a sociopath who needs to be locked away and kept out of mainstream society. Preferably in an air-tight box. I've actually eaten horse. Didn't realise until afterwards. Bloody French...
Hmmmm, seems to me that people who are animal lovers are probably more kind to their fellow humans than animal haters, just a guess. Is the outpouring of sympathy a bit too much? I suppose, but it beats spreading feelings of hate. I for one, would have probably put Barbaro down. From what I have read, he has developed a disease that is caused by favoring the injured limb, and if the horse is suffering, it would be more humane (in my mind) to put him down, but, I don't stand to make gazillions off his DNA. So, good luck Barbaro.
Desert Dog, what you don't seem to understand is that my well-wishes for Barbaro are not wasted, because they're free. I don't have a finite amount of compassion. It's not like I'm making pilgrimages or spending my last ounce of good-vibery on Barbaro. It costs me nothing to wish Barbaro well. If that's not how compassion works for you, well, I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe I'm being obtuse, but I just don't get the meanness in this thread. Apathy I understand. The sports industry is built upon the fallacy that we care about these athletes and they care about us, which is patently false, and if you don't buy into that lie, you can either lapse into becoming a straight spectator or engage in a little doublethink to keep your give-a-shitness up. (As a Leaf fan, I know all about that choice.) But meanness? Meanness is wasted. If the horse doesn't understand or feel anything (which may or may not be true, as I've never been a horse and so can't say for sure, and is beside the point anyway), then you're just being pissy and mean for the sake of being pissy and mean. That's super. I can't believe there's a piss fight over whether we should be hoping Barbaro doesn't die.
Chico, believe me, I get where you're coming from. Some SpoFi's take everything they read on here literally. It's funny. People getting all bent out of shape because I used the term 'fucking horse'. I don't wish the horse was dead or in pain or the such. So people, don't get your little hearts all flustered. I was just messing around. And, Drood, your mother.
I'm not so sure it is all about the cash. After all the owners will make a fortune on insurance if he has to be put down. However if he does live chances are he'll never be a top quality stud horse. First off his hind legs may be weakened and he may not be able to cover a mare. And no artificial insemination is allowed in race-horses. Then there is the fact that there is no way of telling whether he is fertile or not. Or if he will produce good foals. It is an unknown. I don't get the outpouring of sympathy myself, its sad, but there is a whole lot worse going on in the world. Still as was said, good vibes are free.
I think the meanness is more geared toward the people who write Barbaro get well cards and otherwise overly bitch about animal rights. While barbaro is a horse, I still don't want him to die but I don't stay awake at night worrying about it. For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three.
And if he does get better, the Democrats should run him in an important district - god knows they need to figure out how to relate to the common man. And talk about shoo-in. Actually they should run him for president. It would be nice to finally have someone in the White House with...ahem..."Horse Sense". /rim shot
For those expressing the miguided opinion that Barbaro is being saved for his possible stud fees, ignorance is a terrible thing. The owners of the horse have already stated that he will not be used to breed, as it is highly doubtful that his injured leg could support his weight. They are simply making the effort to save him because they like the horse, and he HAS made them a lot of money. For those believing that he can be 'manually' stimulated and his sperm collected that way, that doesn't work with horses. Bulls, yes, but stallions, not so much. For those hating on people wishing good thoughts and prayers, what could it possibly hurt, shaddup and move along. For people thinking the owners of Barbaro should be trying to alleviate world hunger and sending uninsured people to see drs., why? It's their money, they get to choose what to do with it. I would be shocked to find out that they don't contribute to charity. All that being said, I hope the horse is not suffering, and if and when that time comes, may he go quickly and peacefully.
Damn. We've all been trumped.
Goes to show I should stick to fairground ponies then.
I don't have a dog in this fight.
Obviously some people care about the horse, but why in the hell does he get all of this attention? Its nice that people feel bad for him, but loads of people sent the horse flowers and get well cards. Its a freakin horse! He has great doctors working on him, and if he recovers he'lll get paid plenty to go around and screw other horses afterwards. If not, someone will buy him and be very happy. The End.
The owners of the horse have already stated that he will not be used to breed, as it is highly doubtful that his injured leg could support his weight. Maybe they'll make her get on top... Anyhoo, all of this anger mis-management is making me wonder if this is a Bonds post in disguise. Look on the bright side, this news story is making my little boy happy. Because innocence is bliss and all that bullshit... P.S. Get well, Barbaro. P.P.S. Tigers rally gum is working, game tied up in bottom of the 6th.
I think this thread says more about people then it does about anything else. It tells me that some people have the abilty to show empathy and compassion for all living things. It shows that some people may be a little more realistic in their views when it comes to animals. This comes from working with animals in a farm or business setting. It also shows that after thousands of years of evolution, horses asses still out number horses two to one.
It shows that some people may be a little more realistic in their views when it comes to animals. This comes from working with animals in a farm or business setting. I was raised in the country which is where I learned that cows are stupid, horses are not, pigs are smarter (and more dangerous) then both and you absolutely connot run a farm right without a good dog. To me the cows constituted food because they were dumb (same with chickens and turkeys) and the pigs because they were so mean (sweet revenge having that morning bacon), but horses and dogs were pets and working partners. Guess it's all just in how you look at it.
That is what I was trying to say commander cody. Some people deal with horses as a commodity just as you did cows. I guess we could debate if cows are smarter or horses are. But I must admit a bias, I have ben stepped on, bit and pinned to the stall wall by horses. In my dealings with dairy cows they just came in took care of business and went back out. I did not know that pigs were mean, I just thought they smelled really bad. One thing that cannot be argued, nothing is dummer than a turkey. Except maybe a Cubs fan.
And this guy.
TBH....that was still funny. There are humans arguing over whether or not it's cool to wish a horse well. Some of the people who are wishing the horse well just ate a chicken, turkey, pig, and/or cow. What if someone was wishing the animal you just ate well. What about their feelings. Imagine if we had to verify no one loved the hamburger at Mcdonalds while it was a cow, before we could eat it.
After a great night's sleep, I return to this thread and note that none of the proudly hard-headed practicalists have yet to come up with a reason why compassion for a horse, as expressed in this thread, a)indicates that the expresser-of-compassion sent the horse a card in the belief that the horse would read it and feel better, b)proves that the expresser-of-compassion doesn't feel compassion for anything else, and especially not for his/her fellow human beings, or c)results in any kind of cost to the hard-headed practicalist that would make said hard-headed practicalist's spit-spraying expressions of umbrage in this thread make some kind of sense. In conclusion, you people are being just as ridiculous as the senders-of-cards, if not more so.
Yeah, what lbb said!
Some of the people who are wishing the horse well just ate a chicken, turkey, pig, and/or cow. What if someone was wishing the animal you just ate well. What about their feelings. I'm eating bacon as I type and I actually don't care about the feelings of the pig (beyond the fact that I'm glad another one of those mean bastards is dead), but that's because, just like with people, we care about some and don't give a damn about others.
Oh...and what lbb said.
In conclusion, you people are being just as ridiculous as the senders-of-cards, if not more so. Hardly. I'm not against sending good vibes. But the laser-focus of the millions sending them to this horse I find hilarious. It's not the idea, it's the volume.What I take as being the centre of this saga of absurdity is that it's such a fantsy idea. It's the quintessential fable - like the audience in Peter Pan we're all clapping for Tinkerbell. The whole thing just drips with irony. Are we a nation of six-year olds? Answer - yes. I don't think anyone is doing anything bad - don't think I care that much. I just think the whole fact that this is what people really care about is more than a little absurd.
Oh...and what Weedy said.
You're not wrong, but if you search-and-replaced "Barbaro" with "Ben Roethlisberger" or "Kobe Bryant," the facts in this thread would be just as true. Caring about any professional athlete, and expecting them to know and care about you back, is a fool's game. But we all do it anyway. Otherwise, SpoFi would be one post a week about "Hey, anyone wanna go bowling?"
I'm not going to send Big Ben an apple, and if Kobe breaks his leg, i wonder if the talk would be about stud fees
How true Weedy, its not that I wish this horse any ill. Its not like I am sitting here sending BAD vibes. I dodn't like to see any animal suffer. Its just that Im not going to spend all that much time thinking about. Looking at the bigger picture I can't see how it will change my life one way or the other. But hey, if you have the time, by all means send some good vibes for me. Im sending my good vibes to to commander cody in hopes he can forgive the pig who traumatized him. Son if you try to get even with that pig one pound of bacon at a time, the pig will win.
I'm not going to send Big Ben an apple Maybe you're not -- but how many SpoFites have posted comments to the effect of, "My thoughts and prayers are with the xxx family. Dot." in threads about some tragedy happening to some athlete? So let's hear it, yankeewhateveritis and CB900 and Weedy and Desert Dog and others -- the next time we get a thread about some athlete's kid dying in a car crash or whatever, and people start posting, "My thoughts and prayers etc,", you're gonna be right in there saying, "What is wrong with you? Do you think there's some kind of laser-focus of the millions sending good vibes to the XXX family? Do you think the XXX family read SpoFi? You people are ridiculous," right? Because it is ridiculous, right? Hands up! Who's gonna be posting that, and why haven't you posted that in the past?
Hey, anyone wanna go bowling?
I gave up bowling for sex. The balls are lighter and I don't have to change my shoes. /rim shot Oh and thanks for the good vibes CB900, but I still hate them damn pigs. Mean bastards all.
lbb, I don't think anyone can equate losing a loved one, that is a person, to losing an animal. Before I had my boys, I loved my 2 dogs tremendously. Now, I still love my dogs, but it's not nearly the same as my sons. I understand many people out there only have a dog or cat or whatever as their only companion. It's sad, I see it everyday on my job. But comparing people's sarcasm on this post about a horse some rich people own to us not caring about sending good vibes when a person loses a child is off base and kind of calloused. I've seen numerous fatal car accidents that have killed people young and old and rich and poor. A horse or a dog or any animal dying just can't be compared. So if my joking around or the term "fucking horse' makes me look like an asshole, that's just the way it is.
l_b_b: guilty as charged, I suppose.
lbb, for the 5th or 6th time, I wish this horse no ill will. I hope it makes a full recovery. I have two dogs of my own, and I know what its like to loose a dog. I also know what its like to loose a loved one. Not the same thing at all. Please don't insult me by saying I would react the same if this was someones child. maybe your the one who needs a reality check. Let's look at the facts. This horse is someones property, not someones child. They took their property and used it in a way that caused it to break. As you may or may not have read in some of my other posts, a three year old horse is to fucking young to race. A horse is not full grown until it is five years old. So if you take your colt and run it as hard as you can, shit will happen. That said, I have a relative who was just told he has about three weeks before cancer takes his life. So if I'm not showing enough compassion for this horse, well , get over it. Ya know commander cody, that pig you had this morning had a mother.
Ya know commander cody, that pig you had this morning had a mother. Yeah I know. Damn good hams on that one. Yummy!
Desert Dog: lbb, I don't think anyone can equate losing a loved one, that is a person, to losing an animal. Nobody did. What are you talking about? CB900: Please don't insult me by saying I would react the same if this was someones child. Okay, I won't insult you, because I didn't say that. What are you talking about? That said, I have a relative who was just told he has about three weeks before cancer takes his life. So if I'm not showing enough compassion for this horse, well , get over it. My sympathy for your relative (see the difference between me saying that, to you, and saying, "Get better soon, Big Ben!"?), and best of luck sweeping up the straw from the "you're not showing enough compassion, CB900!" strawman.
So let's hear it, yankeewhateveritis and CB900 and Weedy and Desert Dog and others -- the next time we get a thread about some athlete's kid dying in a car crash or whatever, and people start posting, "My thoughts and prayers etc,", you're gonna be right in there saying, "What is wrong with you? Do you think there's some kind of laser-focus of the millions sending good vibes to the XXX family? Do you think the XXX family read SpoFi? You people are ridiculous," right? Because it is ridiculous, right? Hands up! Who's gonna be posting that, and why haven't you posted that in the past? Because one story is about a HORSE. Look - just let it go. I'll just have to struggle with the notion that someone who seems more than a little intelligent can't find any hilarity and absurdity in Del Saga de Barbaro.
Thank You and well said weedy, now lets all stop beating this dead horse. In an effort to put this to rest I would kiss this horses ass, I just don't know how to tell it from all the rest of the horses asses.
That's dead fucking horse ;O
Because one story is about a HORSE. Look - just let it go. Not until I make one. final. effort to get you to answer a simple question. Consider two cases, one of someone saying, "My thoughts and prayers go out to the Xyz family, get better Big Ben!", and one of someone saying, "Get better Barbaro!" Given that none of the people or animals to whom these sentiments are expressed will ever, ever read them...are they not equal degrees of silly/meaningless/whatever you want to call it?
What lbb said.......
My horses love me.
My horses love me. Actually they told me they were just leading you on for extra feed. Sorry.
Ok lets try it this way lbb,say a family suffers the loss of a loved one. Or the star of a sport, say a top name race driver who has been racing and winning for years gets killed.It would be normal to feel sadness and want to express your feelings. Now say a horse that belongs to some rich guy and you have only seen race one time gets hurt. Why would you spend any more time thinking about this then the time it took to read the story?
I know you're asking lbb about this CB900, but personally I'd feel about the same about both cases. I mean the race car driver knows the risks and it's sad when he gets killed, but the horse by definition is an innocent animal, so it's equally sad when it gets hurt. It's not the same thing, but equal. I think that's why people feel so bad when something happens to a domesticated animal, because they are by nature innocent. Except for pigs. They're evil.
CB, you're answering my question with another, irrelevant question. Well, not irrelevant to you, I s'pose, but irrelevant to the point about whether it makes any more sense to express condolences or get well wishes to/for/about people who will never know about them than it does to send get well cards to a horse. When a SpoFi FPP involves a bad thing happening to a sports human -- when Tony Dungy's son dies or Ben Roethlisberger rams his face through a car windshield -- people post comments saying things like, "My thoughts and prayers are with the Dungy family," or "Get better soon, Big Ben!" And no one says, "Well now, that's idiotic, do you think the Dungys or Big Ben are reading these comments?" Because, of course, they are not, and the expressers-of-sentiment know that they aren't. Yet if someone were to call such expression of sentiment idiotic, people would well and truly lose their shit over it. At the same time, with no apparent sense of irony, people get flippy over the ridiculousness of sending a get well card to a horse. One is ridiculous, the other is a sacred cow. Other than that, there's no difference that I can see.
Well, lbb, the difference is that Dungy and the rest of us humans are all facing the same sort of struggles. We feel bad for Dungy because we understand how difficult the situation must be for him and his family. Tony Dungy was actually aware and thankful for all the support. So, sending a sympathy card to Barbaro's owners because of how difficult this must be for them is a better comparison.
Tony Dungy was actually aware and thankful for all the support. Really? He reads spofi? If a tree falls in a forest, and a horse isn't there to hear it, is it any different than if a human isn't there to hear it? Never mind, I give up.
People want to see a happy ending. What's so crazy about that? If a pig won the Kentucky Derby, i bet there'd be different sentiments towards him. Same for a cow. But a cow or pig didn't win the most popular horse race in the US, Barbaro did. So guess what? People now care about him. People sending cards are expressing an emotion. It may be silly to us, but it's their way of expressing their feelings. Plus i'd say it's a safe bet Barbaro's owners are seeing these cards, as are the folks treating and taking care of Barbaro. You don't think that's a bit inspiring to them?
"My thoughts and prayers are with the Dungy family," or "Get better soon, Big Ben!" And no one says, "Well now, that's idiotic, do you think the Dungys or Big Ben are reading these comments?" Because, of course, they are not, and the expressers-of-sentiment know that they aren't. Yet if someone were to call such expression of sentiment idiotic, people would well and truly lose their shit over it. At the same time, with no apparent sense of irony, people get flippy over the ridiculousness of sending a get well card to a horse. One is ridiculous, the other is a sacred cow. Okay - if we want to overlook the fact that Tony Dungy can in fact read, is a human being and can in fact relate to the good wishes - as oppose to Barbaro who is a horse - and if we just want to consider the idea of sending get well cards to entities that are unlikely to read them, then no - good vibes are free, as chico said, and there is little difference from that narrowed perspective on this whole thing. I admit it - Tony Dungy will have no idea who you are. (Of course this whole line of thinking falls apart if you imagine both examples were right in front of you.) And with that I have three things to add: 1 - Now if you feel that makes these two scenarios equal, then I would suggest that it makes all scenarios and deaths equal. Be it person, fauna and flora. A damn flower could get "equal" treatment. If the Statue of Liberty was being taken down, you could write it a letter. If there is equal value to all suffering because the other person, animal or thing is unlikely to hear us, then there really isn't any value to any of it. Call it an exercise in spiritual masturbation. And, as I have said before - there's nothing wrong with that. But doesn't it seem a little childish? A little simplified? And most importantly - can I laugh at it? 2 - I can't believe you said irony and are defending the letter-wriitng campaigns. To a horse. But really, as you say, since the other person is unlikely to ever hear your prayers or read your cards (mostly because he's a horse) then why stop there? Build a shrine out of Velveeta in your living room. Re-enact his last race on the anniversary ever year in full costume. None of these things is the least bit ridiculous, because Barbaro and Tony Dungy (who's shrine came first) aren't going to ever know you. (Unless they were right in front of you - but why would that matter? That's unlikely! Strangely I think it matters.) 3 - Now I'm not going away until I get my way too - tell me there is nothing funny or absurd about this little drama. I have no right to laugh at it.
Barbaro threads > Bonds threads ... and what weedy said.
Weedy, that is about as good as it gets. Now please come over and clean up the soda that shot out my nose. Summerseve , its a good thing a pig didn't win the Derby. Commandercody would have been at the finish line with a knife and fork. Lbb, I give up. Send the horse a card, flowers, a box of candy what ever you want. Go back and read the postings I have put up over the last month we have been talking about this. I was not the one taking shots at people who wanted to send good vibes. I was the one who said cows were smarter and sent my good vibes to commandercody to help him get over his fear of pigs before he clogs his heart with bacon.
Weedy: If there is equal value to all suffering because the other person, animal or thing is unlikely to hear us, then there really isn't any value to any of it. So, now we're talking about the suffering? I thought we were talking about the sympathy -- you know, the good vibes, the letter-writing campaigns, the "Get well soon, Big Ben!" posts on spofi. Wo which is it, suffering or sympathy? It does make a difference to the discussion. 2 - I can't believe you said irony and are defending the letter-wriitng campaigns. I can't believe you think I'm "defending [wtf???] the letter-writing campaigns." I didn't write any of 'em a letter, say a rosary for 'em in church, or post a "my thots and prayers go out to the xyz family GET BETTER SOON" comment on spofi. tell me there is nothing funny or absurd about this little drama. If I told you that, I'd be telling you for the first time. Why do you keep insisting I'm saying things that I"m not saying? My question was a simple one: what's more absurd about sending a horse a card than about expressing a "get well" to a person who will never read it? No one has answered that except to say that the person could read it, only he/she never will, but he/she could, in theory, so there. Oh, and your most recent, which was a very neat inversion of the whole question that managed to dodge the point completely, and instead present it as a desperate desire to build shrines to both Tony Dungy's grief and Barbaro's hind leg. I'll have to remember that little skin-the-cat trick the next time you're making a fairly straightforward point, so I can come up with an equally ridiculous paraphrase, just for you.
So, now we're talking about the suffering? I thought we were talking about the sympathy -- you know, the good vibes, the letter-writing campaigns, the "Get well soon, Big Ben!" posts on spofi. Wo which is it, suffering or sympathy? It does make a difference to the discussion. Okay - equal amounts of sympathy. All sympathy is created equal. If there is any inherent value to sympathy, then the sympathy provided to Barbaro is the same kind of stupid as the sympathy provided to Tony Dungy because none of them will actually receive it. Am I following? If I may sum up: You are saying that my enitre idea of preposterousness is based on this similarity. One is not more ridiculous than the other. Correct? Assuming so, I'll continue: My question was a simple one: what's more absurd about sending a horse a card than about expressing a "get well" to a person who will never read it? No one has answered that except to say that the person could read it, only he/she never will, but he/she could, in theory, so there. Okay - here goes. So the only thing that manages to keep these at the same level of absurdity (or lack of it, which I assume is your overall point - unless your point is my point, or your just interesting in deconstructing the minutae) is distance of the sympathizer to the target of sympathy (Ooo -"distance to target" - we're getting kinda military, here). Relative distance. Sending the horse and Tony Dungy good vibes is the same kind of ridiculous (or not ridiculous) because niether of them will receive it. Right? I think I got it. The issue is distance. So - If that distance were shortened - that is to say that you could actually extend your sympathy to the person or thing that you are extending sympathy for personally. And I feel that this is a very important point. After all, is that not the point? Expressing sympathy is your opportunity to let the party that is suffering (because you don't have sympathy without a corresponding suffering) know that you, too, feel pain due to thier pain? If this condition is not present - then how genuine is that sympathy? So, if we agree that genuine sympathy is the intention in both cases, and that our ultimate goal in sending sympathy is to have the party understand that we sympathize (or empathize in the case of a busted hind leg) even though we probably can't because of a relative distance - then it gets fun - because if we can remove that distance and keep your example we're left with some people talking to Tony Dungy, and some people talking to a horse. And they're using pretty much the same language. I think there's a difference. Not to the horse or Tony Dungy mind you, but it doesn't exactly speak volumes about the people who think they're talking to a horse. Or that a horse gets the same sympathy as a person. And if the idea irealy isn't to send genuine sympathy, but just engage in good wishes for the sake of the sender - then I say that's just a bunch of pseudo-spiritual masturbation. You give a hit about the horsey because it is connected with fairness or good guys, or other human characteristics that your applying to a horse. Characteristics like plucky, courageous and brave. It's funny! Now you've managed to make me deconstruct the whole damn issue. We're bogged down in minutae - and the stuff that really makes this funny - like the relative popularity of the horse, importance of the horse, the fact that you'll never see the relative level of medical expertise this horse gets, media coverage of the horse, and the fact that we had to engage in this kind of a debate about the nature of sympathy (which is the only thing I will agree with you is equally ridiculous in all this) - and all that great stuffis lost in the debate. Frankly, if someone can't find the ridiculousness of the Saga of Barbaro, the only thing I sympathize with is the death of their sense of humour.
And for the record, I have today off and it's too hot to do anything else. No sympathy, I'm sure. Ha!
What if the well-wishers are horse-whispererers? Does that speak "volumes about the people who think they're talking to a horse"?
It might all be a moot point because Barbaro is hanging in there and might make it after all. Must have been all those get well wishes and good vibes. :-)
weedy I agree with what you said, atleast the parts I understand. Remember I have been accused of being obtuse. I can't believe this has gone on for three days now. I find that in itself absurd and more than a little ridiculous. But I think lost in the bigger picture, was the discovery that commandercody has a deep seated hatred for pigs and may be doing himself harm by eating to much pork. So lets all send commandercody good vibes so he can mend his broken soul. He may or may not receive said vibes. Or he may or may not give a shit. But just the same, lets all face east and vibrate for commandercody.
Do they still make glue out of horse hooves? If so, I bet Barbaro's Glue would be the most grittiest, scrappiest, bestest glue ever. (Please don't tell him I said that.)
sympathy - sport/not a sport?
