BYC's Random Funny Posting Thread! Hosts Mike & Sally

[pertnear09]

Barefoot around horses, Pert?!?

Mules actually. My dad had two that he plowed with. Along with 30 to 40 head of cows usually. There was always something around for a barefoot boy to step in. The most damaging being what we call goatheads.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Mules actually. My dad had two that he plowed with. Along with 30 to 40 head of cows usually. There was always something around for a barefoot boy to step in. The most damaging being what we call goatheads.

Oh, goatheads! I swear those things are poison! My boy fell on one on his knee when he was about 4, and it got all hot and red and swelled up something fierce. I took him to the ER. He wouldn't let me touch it but I could feel heat radiating off it when I hovered my hand over it. Those buggers HURT.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Mules actually. My dad had two that he plowed with. Along with 30 to 40 head of cows usually. There was always something around for a barefoot boy to step in. The most damaging being what we call goatheads.

Ugh... goat head thorns are nasty. They get everywhere and they hurt!

 

[pertnear09]

Oh, goatheads! I swear those things are poison! My boy fell on one on his knee when he was about 4, and it got all hot and red and swelled up something fierce. I took him to the ER. He wouldn't let me touch it but I could feel heat radiating off it when I hovered my hand over it. Those buggers HURT.

I was constantly running through a patch of them. Nothing more than the initial pain of being stuck and then pulling them out.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I was constantly running through a patch of them. Nothing more than the initial pain of being stuck and then pulling them out.

I think some people have a bad reaction to them. They make me swell up and hurt a lot. I never had to go to the ER but getting stuck by one hurts for days.

Don't even start me about what they do the bicycle tires! Many cyclists around here go tubeless because it's nearly impossible to bicycle in the desert otherwise. There are goats head thorns and too many other things that want to poke and stick everyone and everything. Bah.

 

[pertnear09]

I think some people have a bad reaction to them. They make me swell up and hurt a lot. I never had to go to the ER but getting stuck by one hurts for days.

Don't even start me about what they do the bicycle tires! Many cyclists around here go tubeless because it's nearly impossible to bicycle in the desert otherwise. There are goats head thorns and too many other things that want to poke and stick everyone and everything. Bah.

I guess they have never figured a way to fight them devils.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Lol, true. Everything in the desert pokes or bites or stings. But it's a DRY heat, lol!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I guess they have never figured a way to fight them devils.

They are good for training horses not to roll with a saddle on.

 

[pertnear09]

They are good for training horses not to roll with a saddle on.

I guess everything has it's purpose.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I guess everything has it's purpose.

Except ticks! Oops no, I take it back. They fatten up the chickens!