TFA: The extent of his injuries were not known but were believed to be non-life threatening.

So the injured man is a zombie?

I'm pretty sure I saw this in a movie somewhere and it was so slapstick my mind refused to believe anything of the sort could actually happen in reality.

Now I know better and will instantly have a better time at cheap comedies.

Thanks you Christmas-Hating Runaway Horses!

gatsome: I'm pretty sure I saw this in a movie somewhere and it was so slapstick my mind refused to believe anything of the sort could actually happen in reality.

Now I know better and will instantly have a better time at cheap comedies.

I thought the same until a couple of weeks ago. I was out walking my dog and I slipped on a banana peel. I NEVER saw that happen outside of a movie. I only momentarily lost my balance and didn't fall, but still..who the hell slips on a banana peel?

Sir Cumference the Flatulent:
I thought the same until a couple of weeks ago. I was out walking my dog and I slipped on a banana peel. I NEVER saw that happen outside of a movie. I only momentarily lost my balance and didn't fall, but still..who the hell slips on a banana peel?

You?

/too obvious, I'm sure

FrancoFile: TFA: The extent of his injuries were not known but were believed to be non-life threatening.

So the injured man is a zombie?

Hyphen comedy!

...I laughed, I admit. Good catch.

They should have shot the horses. Evil creatures they are. Only make you lose when you want to win the trifecta.

Yipi-kay -yay, motherfarkers!!!!

The commotion drew much attention away from the ceremony, though many stayed in the square to listen to the music of David Dall, visit with Santa and take a whack at the pinata.

Wait, what?

gatsome: I'm pretty sure I saw this in a movie somewhere and it was so slapstick my mind refused to believe anything of the sort could actually happen in reality.

My friends, truth is often stranger than fiction. And way funnier.

I made an infinity of those at scouts camp!

carrot: ...the pinata.

Wait, what?

A piñata is a brightly-colored paper container filled with confectionery and/or toys. It is generally suspended on a rope from a tree branch or ceiling and ... but that isn't important right now.

"... but that isn't important right now."

Nice use of an "airplane" reference.. Love it.

JonEdangerousli
bwalker5

Thank you. Sometimes it works out.

And don't call me Shirley, Wonko!

/haven't been to a whole lot of tree lightings, but have only seen pinatas at bithday parties
//well, I suppose some would say it is a birthday party...

carrot

Yeah, I'm wondering about that myself. A piñata for X-Mas, our Hispanic friends could enlighten us?

Wikipedia is our friend:

A piñata... It has been used for hundreds of years to celebrate special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas and Easter.

/Kinda like "Aloha".

What did Bush fark up now? Where?

We raise horses in Kentucky and can tell you that this kind of shiat can happen very easily. Horses are "flight" animals; meaning they have survived for years in the wild by being able to run away from predators or things that frighten them. By subjecting them to the sudden Christmas light display, they reacted just as they are hard-wired to do. It is a farking miracle no one was killed.

I am the night.

FTFA: Sue Bessert, executive director of Downtown Rhinelander Inc., could only say that event organizers were hoping and praying everyone would be OK.

Good luck with that. I'd be gathering some lawyers and trying to cover my ass.

Moral of story: If you're going to bring horses to a tree lighting ceremony, do it AFTER the tree has been lit. Either that, or make sure they've been trained not to spook at sudden flashes of light or bursts of sound.

Surprise! Horses spook very easily and are astonishingly hard to control once they do run away. The only thing worse than a runaway horse is having to shoot the thing when it breaks a leg in a storm drain.

Obama will save Christmas.

My family is in the next town over from Rhinelander.

/naturally, getting kick, etc., etc.
//one time in a corral after tourist horse ride, dad snapped his jacket to remove dust.
///spooked the horses and nearly had what Gyrfalcon described
////luckily horses chilled

HA! My parents live about 15 miles from there.

Next stop Canada.

I've been thrown while riding at night because my friend turned on her flashlight...so I guess I'm getting a kick out of this story.

Where is Eddie? He usually eats these goddamn things.

Menage A Trois?

"...so I went to a place in the middle of nowhere with a big black horse and a cherry Christmas tree...woo hoo..."

It is absolutely criminal that this is not on YouTube right now.

My parents almost moved us to Rhinelander when I was about 13. Thank Christ that didn't work out. I would have grown up listening to hair metal and been pregnant by the time I was 16.

was it spooked by a Hodag?

/too late?

Your Village Idiot: /too late?

Never

Should have gave the horses a few Rhinelanders first.

Aithein: My parents almost moved us to Rhinelander when I was about 13. Thank Christ that didn't work out. I would have grown up listening to

hair metal country music and been pregnant by the time I was 16.

FTFY

I lived there for 3 years. I used to play on the lawn dart league at one of the many, many bars. Need I say more?