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Horse texting codes for Parelli students

The message boards over at the Bay Area Equestrian Network came up with some text codes for horsefolks. Here are some cute ones:

  • HIMB – Hay in My BRA
  • PIHH – Poop Induced Half Halt
  • HRHCF – husband realized horse costs, fainted
  • SLH – Smell like horse
  • HTNHFH – Hiding the new horse from hubby
  • WWFNS – Will work for new saddle
  • ALIGAR – At least I got a ribbon

It got me thinking of what PNH student text codes would be like, and I came up with these:

  • IWRB – I went right brain
  • PTRF – Putting the relationship first
  • WYTOMINOMB – What you think of me is none of my business
  • HHI – Hm, how interesting
  • HOITI – Horse offered, I took it
  • IGO – I got off
  • WPFC – Will play for cookies
  • TWT? – Tarp, what tarp?
  • DCSBR – Dropped carrot stick, but recovered
  • PDY – Play day, yay!

The Savvy Club message boards already use BFO – Blinding flash of the obvious and DH – Dear husband.

I like (and sympathize) with the humor of BAEN’s “BBM – Bastard just bit me,” but after three years of horse ownership and Parelli, I wouldn’t think to phrase it that way. I would probably send the following picture with something like “MAW – My attention wandered,” because I like the pun and because it’s entirely my fault that I got bitten:

Here’s the culprit:

Got good text codes? Share them in the comments.

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During [these] periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight. ~Fritjof Capra, physicist

Rocky and Salsa have moved temporarily to the front pen so their pen can be used for a guest. I’m still buried in the workalanche, with major projects due January 14 (today!), January 20, January 21, and January 27. Hence, February 1 for re-starting the Parelli program. But yesterday I took advantage of a canceled conference call to go outside and take some photos with my phone.

Click any of the photos to see them at full size.

This is Cotton, a polo pony who is here for a few weeks to study with Erin:

Cotton napping on the poncho

Note that Cotton took down the friendly-game poncho and ripped it to shreds before his nap. Here’s what it used to look like:

Poncho for Friendly Game

Rocky ambling to his new lodging with Leslie

I climbed up into the tree for these shots in the new pen:

Rocky and Salsa in their temporary pen

Something very interesting happening off-camera

Salsa meets the new neighbors

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