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RE: What colour Horse goes well with a white suit and a guitar ?
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srshea
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 RE: What colour Horse goes well with... (in reply to Florian)
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Well, despite your lack of experience as a caballero and the potential for grievous bodily injury, this definitely sounds like one of those can’t-pass-it-up life experiences. And even if you do get mauled you’ll have a good story.
But in all seriousness, at the very least you should, as others have mentioned, spend a little bit of time with the horse beforehand and let it get used to you; brush it a bit, feed it an apple, ask it about itself, show an interest. Don’t have your first encounter with the horse be hopping on its back thirty seconds before your entrance. And whatever you do, DON’T look it straight in the eye. They take that as a challenge, and you’ll be stomped to death instantly.*
My own worst horse encounter was when I was about twelve or so. The horse started running and somehow I started to slip off sideways and ended up on the ground under the horse. That was about twenty-five years ago and I still remember it vividly. As it happened it felt like it was taking place in slow motion “Oh, hey, what’s this? Oh, wow, this isn’t good. Oh, dear, here I go! Hey, I don’t think I’m on the horse anymore…”. But, this won’t happen to you….
Have fun and be safe!
*alright, I made that part up. Serious about the other stuff though.
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Date Jan. 12 2009 17:20:56
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gj Michelob
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RE: What colour Horse goes well with... (in reply to Florian)
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" Oh my friend who wears a white suit...will enter a tent on horse back holding his guitar..has got a couple of questions"
Oh man, you are such fun Florian, 'couldn't imagine this Forum without your entertaining contribution.
Cat was rather proud i summoned her advice, and i think she is right: unless you get to ride a nearly defunct horse, there is no apple which will charm your horse to calmly behave... you should really have someone hold it for you, while you engage your guitar.
Many many years ago, at a talent show at my then riding school, i did play a country song on steel strings, while riding in circles without saddle "apache style" someone would say. But i had been on a horse every day for a few years; that really was not the most complicated thing one could pull. But if you have not been on one before, please have someone hold your lead-line.
Btw, you could hold your guitar Paco de Lucia's style if you ride with women's sidesaddle (the rider sits aside rather than astride the horse, meaning that both legs are tucked to the same side of the horse's body).
ciao.
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Date Jan. 13 2009 5:31:07
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Ron.M
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RE: What colour Horse goes well with... (in reply to Jim Opfer)
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White and black strip suit and flamed Zebra wood guitar.
Hi Jim,
I kinda feel it's too much stripes myself.
Flo...You know what they say about animals and children in showbiz.
I'd give it a miss and try to persuade your patron to lower you from the ceiling on a steel wire, stripped to the waist, wearing only tight black leather trousers with socks stuffed down the front, (a la Joaquin Cortes) and flanked by two Angels, all in white with large wings.
No guitar....only when you are on the ground do you walk forward and take your guitar from the stand, which is illuminated by a single spotlight throughout.
You just look moody in the darkness with a large spotlight tracking the progress of the image slowly to the stage floor, while Alo and others play a dramatic Siguiriyas, punctuated by a crystal clear female singers voice suddenly singing the tempul intro.
If she can't afford paying for the Angels, then you could maybe get a couple of railway sleepers and be lowered down as The Christ of St.John of the Cross, but in Armani pants and cowboy boots....
I dunno?
Just an idea.... 
cheers,
Ron
PS: Just thinking about it, (and I'm sure Jim, as an Architect would agree with me),
you would really need TWO steel wires to prevent you starting to spin around and around, then back again.
Might look a bit silly like that.
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Date Jan. 13 2009 11:38:41
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srshea
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From: Olympia, WA in the Great Pacific Northwest
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RE: What colour Horse goes well with... (in reply to Ron.M)
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What, are you tryin’ to derail this thread, Ron? We’re already in the off-topic section. You trying to go off-off-topic?
But to answer your question, no, I wouldn’t classify this as a mullet. Factoring in the blond locks, top-length to back-length ratio, and overall length, I think this falls squarely into the So-Cal surfer dude category.
It’s an easy mistake to make, though. I appreciate that, as a Scotsman, you’re not quite as attuned to the countless tonsorial nuances of American hairstyles as I might be, so you shouldn’t feel too bad. I’m sure you could run circles around me in examining the subtle differences in Tartan patterns. It’s really a cultural conditioning thing, nature/nurture, etc.
Florian: I know you’ve already been overloaded with advice, but your last post prompts me to offer one more: save all that fee wine for AFTER the horse part.
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Date Jan. 14 2009 1:43:23
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