Many years ago, I went to a summer camp in which one of the activities was horseback riding. This ended up being a less-than-successful experience for me, though, as as soon as I got up in the saddle the horse reared up, dumping me rather unceremoniously on the ground as I slid off the saddle and over the horse’s rear end.
Last night, as I was talking to Alicia, Laurie and Robert outside the Vogue as I was preparing to leave, I started to try to relate this story after Alicia mentioned that she has four horses at her place out in Snohomish.
So what words actually managed to fall out of my mouth?
“I was on a horse once…it got me off. (pause) It threw me off…aw, dammit….”
And much laughter ensued, along with Laurie’s observation that, “So this must have been bareback, I suppose?”
Some days, I really should just keep my mouth shut.
“Smear Body” by Nitzer Ebb from the album That Total Age (1987, 5:49).