jimi
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An elderly friend of mine aspires to being a cowboy. He wants to know if you can ride a Highland Moo. THis is a serious post so no bum steers expected!
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StugeronSteve
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Is there any other Highland pastime?
<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.
<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.
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Re: Nomenclature problem
no problem riding the Highland Moo, but possible problem with the nomenclature.
You see, cowboys don't actually RIDE the cows- they roundem up, whilst riding a horse. In the same way, a shepherd actually uses a dog, not a sheep to carry out their tasks, actually named after the object of their tasks, not the animals used to carry them out. Now, if he's riding a cow, he can't be rounding up cattle, and in fact really be rounding up anything. So, rather than being a cowboy, he'd actually be a nothingboy or zeroboy.
The second problem is the "boy" aspect and i note that you say your friend is v elderley. So he can hardly be a cowboy or even a cowman, so possibly cowgit is more appropriate
Taking both these into account means that your friend would be a Zerogit, which at least avoid the negative connotations of being a Cowboy.
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no problem riding the Highland Moo, but possible problem with the nomenclature.
You see, cowboys don't actually RIDE the cows- they roundem up, whilst riding a horse. In the same way, a shepherd actually uses a dog, not a sheep to carry out their tasks, actually named after the object of their tasks, not the animals used to carry them out. Now, if he's riding a cow, he can't be rounding up cattle, and in fact really be rounding up anything. So, rather than being a cowboy, he'd actually be a nothingboy or zeroboy.
The second problem is the "boy" aspect and i note that you say your friend is v elderley. So he can hardly be a cowboy or even a cowman, so possibly cowgit is more appropriate
Taking both these into account means that your friend would be a Zerogit, which at least avoid the negative connotations of being a Cowboy.
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bob_tyler
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Seeing that the Black Watch rode sheep he should have no problem. However this is a Scottish habit - is he a Scot?
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jimi
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Re: Nomenclature problem
listen .. smartiepants .. what the heck is a bucking bronco if it ain't a moo ... perhaps a suitable nomeclature might be eggrr/t?
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listen .. smartiepants .. what the heck is a bucking bronco if it ain't a moo ... perhaps a suitable nomeclature might be eggrr/t?
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jimi
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we'll he could play fibae for Scotland
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pragmatist
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I take it you mean soccer - he could play rugby for Scotland too ...
<hr width=100% size=1>a pragmatist is an optimist with a boat in the UK - but serious about not being in the UK !
<hr width=100% size=1>a pragmatist is an optimist with a boat in the UK - but serious about not being in the UK !
jimi
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harder to get intae the rugby side!
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Ohdrat
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Re: Nomenclature problem
Haven't you seen the car ad (beemer I think) with the cowboy doing dressage (full half pass to be exact) on a bull?
Now there's a challenge for Jimi's young friend
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Haven't you seen the car ad (beemer I think) with the cowboy doing dressage (full half pass to be exact) on a bull?
Now there's a challenge for Jimi's young friend
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mikewilkes
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There is one to do with sheep , yellow wellies and cliff tops - aledgedly!!!
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BlueSkyNick
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"He wants to know if you can ride a Highland Moo" - feeling horny, is he?
<hr width=100% size=1>It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
<hr width=100% size=1>It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
Sybarite
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Do you think he could make a ewe turn?
John
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Bejasus
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<He wants to know if you can ride a Highland Moo>
Strangely enough, nephew (aged 10), rides bulls at rodeos in the US, and last time we were over, we watched him practicing. Our own boy even had a go.(That was funny). Anyway, one of the bulls they were using was a young Heilan Coo steer.
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Strangely enough, nephew (aged 10), rides bulls at rodeos in the US, and last time we were over, we watched him practicing. Our own boy even had a go.(That was funny). Anyway, one of the bulls they were using was a young Heilan Coo steer.
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jimi
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walking through the woods the other day, Little Red Riding Hood saw a little man bent double sitting on a toadstool holding his heid in his hands, full of concern for the little chap she asked "Elf, have you a sair heid?"
The little chap shouts "Go away can't you see I'm a goblin!"
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The little chap shouts "Go away can't you see I'm a goblin!"
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Sybarite
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'er elf was bad....
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Twister_Ken
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Isn't it a bit late in life for him to be taking up plumbing?
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