April 5, 2006
A Third Conversation
Long story short - a girl, now woman, Beth used to babysit is moving up here for a while to work with a local horse breeder. We were discussing her employment and educational opportunities over dinner.
Her: She's coming up in January after she goes to school for a semester.
Me: Then she'll be up here for a year, right?
Her: Yeah. Maybe after working she'll decide college is the best way to go. Or maybe she'll just decide she wants to be a farrier for good.
Me: Well, who cares if she's gay?
Her: Ha ha. You know what I mean.
Me: That's right. A farrier is someone who goes around making other people gay.
I actually laughed out loud, you'll be happy to know.
Posted by: jen at April 5, 2006 8:34 PMI actually laughed out loud, you'll be happy to know.
Posted by: jen at April 5, 2006 8:35 PMChris, you have NO IDEA how good it feels to have a name for what I've been doing all these years! ;-)
Posted by: Lachlan at April 5, 2006 10:11 PMThis one I'm passing on to my son (and then I'll have to explain the real meaning to him).
Posted by: ann adams at April 5, 2006 11:47 PMI may or may not have snorted, I laughed so hard.
Of course, being "horse people" I knew what it meant in the first place heh.
Heather! You're a snorter too??? Wonder what word Chris has for us???? All this time, I thought it was "ferrier". *red face*
You guys put the Ricardo's to shame...
That's hilarious.
Next time I see our farrier I'm going to tell him that I'm in on his little secret...
Posted by: Alissa at April 6, 2006 7:55 AMoooohhh...so that's what i was in my early 20s. Nice to put a name to my "the boys I date turn gay" phase ;)
Posted by: suze at April 6, 2006 9:00 AMHa Ha!! That was corney but good!
Posted by: Sabrina at April 6, 2006 11:16 AMHuh...I had never heard this word until today. It's awesome.
My Dad always shoes his own horses. And has also raised two gay sons.
Think about that one!
Posted by: Isabel at April 6, 2006 1:36 PM
