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(Mother Nature Network) Sad It's come to this: Dude ranches across America forced to purchase super-sized saddles to accommodate clients. "To put it bluntly, we call them the big-butt saddles"   (mnn.com) divider line 165
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BurnShrike
2012-01-03 02:34:45 PM
Won't someone think of the horses?!
 
Because People in power are Stupid [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 02:47:03 PM
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No other Equus can deny.
 
Diogenes [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 02:51:31 PM
Why don't we saddle up the fatties and use them as horses. Seems like it solves two problems.

Save a horse - ride a fatty.
 
chaosweaver
2012-01-03 02:56:51 PM
Next up: genetically modifying even larger horses to avoid equine spinal injuries.
 
RocketRod [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 02:57:47 PM
Why do fatties think they can be like us normal folks and do normal things?

You aren't hearing about saddles made with ashtrays for smokers, or beverage holders for alcoholics?
 
UncleStumpy
2012-01-03 02:57:54 PM
Diogenes: Why don't we saddle up the fatties and use them as horses. Seems like it solves two problems.

Came to say this. Employ these fatties as transport teams. Much lower costs for farmers and the unemployment rate drops.
 
Mark Ratner [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 02:58:19 PM
The "big butt saddle" clients might need this after a long day on the trail, eating chili and baked beans

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hbk72777
2012-01-03 02:59:05 PM
RocketRod: Why do fatties think they can be like us normal folks and do normal things?

You aren't hearing about saddles made with ashtrays for smokers, or beverage holders for alcoholics?

Normal folk like you? You mean a hillbilly?
 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 02:59:59 PM
...because when people are pretending to be cowboys, it's important to find something ELSE to laugh at them about...
 
wildstarr [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 03:00:15 PM
BurnShrike: Won't someone think of the horses?!

That's the first thing that popped into my head. Fark the saddles, what about the horses?
 
mortimer_ford
2012-01-03 03:00:33 PM
I like to think that we will breed giant horses.
 
OGC
2012-01-03 03:00:37 PM
Big bottom trifecta in play?
 
Fish in a Barrel
2012-01-03 03:02:00 PM
Poor horses. :(
 
vudukungfu
2012-01-03 03:02:08 PM
Cruelty to animals. lettinf some sofa spud on board.
 
ProfessorOhki
2012-01-03 03:02:56 PM
mortimer_ford: I like to think that we will breed giant horses.

FTFA:
Guest ranches and outfitting operations also are bulking up on riding stock crossbred with draft horses - weighing in at roughly 1,500 pounds - to fit their super-sized customers.

That's just sad.
 
rudemix
2012-01-03 03:03:03 PM
Shocking that after years of reports of across the board fattening in Americans, that things built to accomodate Americans will have to be emfattened too.
 
Coronach
2012-01-03 03:03:07 PM
RocketRod: Why do fatties think they can be like us normal folks and do normal things?

You aren't hearing about saddles made with ashtrays for smokers, or beverage holders for alcoholics?

These are pretty common add-ons, as well as cooler saddle bags designed to alleviate shaken beer.

/if you can't get on a horse by yourself stay off the poor horse
 
Jake Havechek
2012-01-03 03:03:52 PM
The destrier was specifically for use in battle or tournament; for everyday riding, a knight would use a palfrey, and his baggage would be carried on a sumpter horse (or packhorse), or possibly in wagons.
 
kapaso
2012-01-03 03:03:56 PM
mortimer_ford: I like to think that we will breed giant horses.

We already did that, you can see them in beer commercials.
 
HaywoodJablonski
2012-01-03 03:04:14 PM
More like a dude bacon cheddar ranch tendercrisp.
 
nitefallz
2012-01-03 03:04:18 PM
WTF?

Where I've gone horseback riding at there's a weight limit and they have no qualms about letting you know if you're too fat.
 
lohphat [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 03:04:29 PM
Mark Ratner: The "big butt saddle" clients might need this after a long day on the trail, eating chili and baked beans

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Gergesa
2012-01-03 03:07:40 PM
Just tell fat people they aren't riding they are walking. It would be kinder to the horse and better for the customer.
 
Jake Havechek
2012-01-03 03:07:45 PM
The horse will judge if you are too heavy to ride or not. You don't spend your whole life with creatures riding on your back and strapping things to you without forming some opinion of them.
 
barefoot in the head
2012-01-03 03:08:05 PM
The advent of the American Half Horse Association.
 
HotWingConspiracy
2012-01-03 03:10:14 PM
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Quickly, nurse! We ride at dawn and it will take hours to hose me off and get me in to my riding gear.
 
BarbadoSlim
2012-01-03 03:10:22 PM
AMERICA F*CK YEAH!!!!
 
ampoliros
2012-01-03 03:11:27 PM
Jake Havechek: The horse will judge if you are too heavy to ride or not. You don't spend your whole life with creatures riding on your back and strapping things to you without forming some opinion of them.

Came to say this. My Aunt and her family raise horses and if a horse gets overloaded, it will lighten its load.
 
Shadi
2012-01-03 03:11:36 PM
lohphat: Mark Ratner: The "big butt saddle" clients might need this after a long day on the trail, eating chili and baked beans

Or people with an injured back/shoulder....
 
Deucednuisance
2012-01-03 03:12:04 PM
 
Shaggy_C
2012-01-03 03:12:04 PM
chaosweaver: Next up: genetically modifying even larger horses to avoid equine spinal injuries.

Fatties should ride oxen instead.
 
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2012-01-03 03:12:40 PM
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Sell your stock in Elmers... I'm betting on a surplus soon.
 
kapaso
2012-01-03 03:12:51 PM
nitefallz: WTF?

Where I've gone horseback riding at there's a weight limit and they have no qualms about letting you know if you're too fat.

You aren't spending enough money, a high priced dude ranch will find a way to pamper their fat, wealthy patrons.

The article mentioned cross breading draft horses, given the current trend, which is going from "holy shait that is fat" too "Jabba the hut body type" I'm not sure why they don't just go straight to the draft horses.
 
Kit Fister [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 03:13:34 PM
*sigh* the poor horses. Are they upgrading their horses to Belgians and Percherons? Other draft horses in excess of 1800+ pounds?

For the safety and health of the horse, rider+tack should equal no more than 20% of the body weight of the horse.

Your average quarter horse weighs maybe 1k. Appaloosas are on the order of 900-1100 pounds. This allows for a weight of roughly 200 pounds. You can get away with a rider a bit heavier, but not if you plan to sit the saddle for a long time.

Sad indeed.
 
discgolfguru [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 03:13:41 PM
Jake Havechek: The destrier was specifically for use in battle or tournament; for everyday riding, a knight would use a palfrey, and his baggage would be carried on a sumpter horse (or packhorse), or possibly in wagons.

Yeah, they were crap in the snow, though, as King Stannis found out.
 
Gergesa
2012-01-03 03:14:03 PM
Shaggy_C: chaosweaver: Next up: genetically modifying even larger horses to avoid equine spinal injuries.

Fatties should ride oxen instead.

No, they should walk or if not that roll or be rolled to wherever.
 
BarbadoSlim
2012-01-03 03:14:03 PM
hbk72777: RocketRod: Why do fatties think they can be like us normal folks and do normal things?

You aren't hearing about saddles made with ashtrays for smokers, or beverage holders for alcoholics?

Normal folk like you? You mean a hillbilly?

Hmmmmm, you sound suspiciously...fat.
 
Shaggy_C
2012-01-03 03:14:48 PM
kapaso: The article mentioned cross breading draft horses, given the current trend, which is going from "holy shait that is fat" too "Jabba the hut body type" I'm not sure why they don't just go straight to the draft horses.

Warmbloods are the most expensive horses out there. I guess they figure whichever ones are too good for fatty trail rides can instead sell for thousands to the dressage people.
 
skyotter
2012-01-03 03:15:36 PM
Shaggy_C: chaosweaver: Next up: genetically modifying even larger horses to avoid equine spinal injuries.

Fatties should ride oxen instead.

i tried to post a pic of Mongo riding his ox into town, but the image was too large and i'm too lazy to try again.
 
Jake Havechek
2012-01-03 03:15:40 PM
discgolfguru: Jake Havechek: The destrier was specifically for use in battle or tournament; for everyday riding, a knight would use a palfrey, and his baggage would be carried on a sumpter horse (or packhorse), or possibly in wagons.

Yeah, they were crap in the snow, though, as King Stannis found out.

One of my few quibbles with Martin. Just call them warhorses and everybody will know what you're talking about.
 
Kit Fister [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 03:16:27 PM
As a side note, i ride, or used to before I had to get rid of my horse. Beauty was a percheron/Thoroughbred mix, and she weighed easily over 1400 pounds, and she was fine with me in the saddle. I'm a big guy, even at my slimmest/most muscular i weight 265-275 (at 6'3"). I would never put a quarterhorse, TB, or App through that.
 
Noobian Noob
2012-01-03 03:16:31 PM
why would you even want to ride a horse when youre that fat? i would be ashamed to be as big as the horse.

its like a teenager trying to get a piggyback ride from his dad. at some point you are just too dam big to do certain things.
 
j__z
2012-01-03 03:16:50 PM
Poor horses
 
Corporate Mofo [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 03:16:54 PM
I'm a big guy, and I bounce around in my 18-inch saddle unless I'm in armor.
 
Gosling
2012-01-03 03:17:43 PM
Adding my name to the 'think of the horses' chorus. At some point, if you're too fat, you don't get to go on the horse. Stick one of those coin-insert horses out front like they have outside supermarkets and tell them they can ride that.
 
ampoliros
2012-01-03 03:18:12 PM
skyotter: Shaggy_C: chaosweaver: Next up: genetically modifying even larger horses to avoid equine spinal injuries.

Fatties should ride oxen instead.

i tried to post a pic of Mongo riding his ox into town, but the image was too large and i'm too lazy to try again.
 
j__z
2012-01-03 03:19:27 PM
Shaggy_C

Fatties should ride oxen instead.

Most definitely, Mongo did it.

/only pawn in game of life
 
Summer Glau's Love Slave
2012-01-03 03:19:30 PM
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Read that as "Nude Ranch" the first time.

/The "super sized saddle" thingee threw me off.
 
Noobian Noob
2012-01-03 03:20:39 PM
PETA is gonna be all up on this in 5, 4, 3, 2.......
 
MaliFinn
2012-01-03 03:21:58 PM
People are getting larger, evolutionarily. Someday our dinosaur descendants will find it amusing that the horses in their birdcages were once big enough to ride.
 
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