Today, I put up a sign asking motorcyclists to slow down near horses, as the noise can spook them. While I was riding near the sign, a biker slowed to read it, looked at me, then revved his engine loudly and raced off. My horse bucked me off into some brambles and bolted. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I saw the girl that I've had a crush on forever riding her horse on the side of the road. She waved, and without thinking, I honked my horn in response. Her horse bucked her off. FML
Today, I was riding my newly trained horse. I've recently been suffering from bad gas, and ended up farting so violently, it spooked my horse into bucking me off and running away. FML
Today, as I pulled to a halt at a stop sign, a cyclist ripped through the air, slammed straight into my fender, and almost launched over my car. I ended up being cited for reckless driving. FML
Today, I got stuck behind a guy riding his bike 20 mph below the speed limit. I honked, cursed, screamed, and yelled, before finally managing to overtake him. Once I got home, I went outside to get the paper, and discovered that the biker lives just two doors down from me. FML
Today, I was at a rodeo warming up while my mom unnecessarily bragged about my training skills to a client. My horse then threw me into a gate at a full gallop, in front of everyone. That was the first time he'd ever misbehaved. FML
Today, I was riding my motorcycle when a guy cut me off at a light. I honked and swore at him when a bug flew into my mouth. FML
Today, my idiot horse decided to grab a mouthful of stinging nettles while I was riding him. He panicked at the burning sensation in his mouth and bucked me off. Don't worry, though, my fall was cushioned, by the nettles. FML
Today, I was taking a leisurely stroll through the woods in the nice cool weather, when a mountain biker came out of nowhere and tore past, barely missing me. As I counted my luck, another biker followed the first and crashed right into me. FML
Today, some blowhard on a motorcycle yelled at me for jaywalking, causing him to almost hit a dumpster. He picked up and threw an empty beer can at me when I started giggling at the sticker on the front of his helmet that said, "If you can read this, I have lost my caravan." FML
Today, while letting horses out to switch pasture, one ran at me, sending me through the electric fence and into a mud puddle. Wrapped in electric fence, I sat in that electric mud puddle, screaming every time it shocked me. Help arrived, once they'd had a good long laugh. FML
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papygeorges 17
Assholes are everywhere, some of them ride motorcycles.
Roskosity 22
That really sucks. It takes a while to desensitize horses to that kind of noise and after a spook like that I'm sure it will be much harder.
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Comments (88)
hotpinkcrayola 5
Bikers should be the most sympathetic considering how many car drivers are dicks to bikers! Hope you're ok op.
sayhey22 19
Ride with a camera to catch evidence and license plates. Legally you have to slow down
sureshadow 23
Never heard of that before. probably only in your area.
simsgirlgem 25
if it was me I put a camera up near the sign that way some motorcyclists will slow down not to get in trouble and to have proof for the jerk offs who still do that crap
DaniealThePope 18
My horse had the same problem, just try and get you horse used to it. I just road around my horses yard.
IorvethTheXolo 8
I honestly can't stand people who do that crap. Yes, a horse should be able to handle the road, but actual exposure has to happen some time and even the steadiest horse can be startled. I think the problem is that most people aren't around horses and don't understand just how dangerous they are. You would think bikers would understand after being treated poorly by cars, but most motorists of any kind are pushy with horses. Not only did they put you in danger when your horse dumped you, but the result was also a loose horse that could have ended in a dead or injured horse after being hit and potentially killing other people. Hitting a horse with your car is very dangerous.
blueyekai 17
You could say he was kind of an... *ass*!!!
flexseal 14
Like in that one episode of South Park, bikers are fags. This story does nothing but prove it.
RA91 26
It's an asshat move like that that makes people dislike motorcyclist. Even the ones that don't do shit like that -_-
Quiet_one 22
That guy is an idiot. A spooked horse could kill or seriously injure the rider, and if it runs off and gets hit by a car there's no telling how bad the damage will be, to the horse, people in the car, the car itself... I hope OP and her horse are ok and that the next time that guy pulls some dumbass move he only puts himself in danger.
two2blue 28
I used to have a horse, who once she got over her fear of motorcycles (and motorized dirtbikes), realized that she could try to race them!! Unrelated to that, she and I did get hit by a car (she uncharacteristically spooked at something else and ran into the road)-- she had a scrape and a bruise, I broke my leg really badly, and the car's windshield shattered.