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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-10 12:59 PM
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If we applied human standards to the animal world
any horse that didn't look like this:
http://www.allbestpictures.com/wallpapers/animals_and_wildlife/image/black_arabian_mare,_arabian_horse.jpg

would be considered fat (polite people would call this horse full figured)


and of course some horses would never be able to find a good fitting set of reins:

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one_voice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-10 01:20 PM
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1. I love them all..
I love horses. They're all beautiful.

I know that wasn't the point...



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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-10 01:34 PM
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2. Did you know that before the industrial revolution,
Edited on Sun Apr-25-10 01:34 PM by RandomThoughts
Horses were one of the symbols for heavenly angels, because they were the biggest servants to man, and the heavenly angels were asked to help serve man.

In a respectful way, but they fit that role in some stories.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-10 02:12 PM
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3. And there would be a whole lotta dogs with restraining orders
and no more hamsters for classrooms... those things are all about the incest.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-10 03:01 PM
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4. Well, all dog collars would be sized for this guy



meaning this guy would be SOL:

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Old Troop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-10 05:04 PM
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5. There would be a movement to ensure that
dogs fed themselves and picked up their own poop.
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