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June 13, 2008 |
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bad horse
FOUND by Ieve Holthausen
in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Found on Eça de Queiroz street.
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to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
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I just watched Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron with my kids today and this makes me think of what the movie would have looked like if it weren't animated.
Hey, Found folks, what's up with the ads that cover up the find and there's no way for me to close that accursed window?? Totally sucky. Please don't do that to us anymore.
As for the find, I am so freakin' scared of horses it makes my head ache to look at this.
My mom says it is my older brother's fault because he put me up on a horse when I was 3, and of course I fell off.
I think it is because horses are bigger than me and when they kick you it freakin' hurts PLUS it is long, long way from a horse's back to the ground AND then, if you don't land in a pile of horse doodoo, you still risk getting kicked or trodden upon while you are down. No thanks.
Plus, I don't especially enjoy the smell . . . .
Is the horse bad for rearing just as the shutter clicked cutting off his own and the rider's heads? Maybe they (horse and rider) are wanted by the FBI or CIA, or the Brazilian equivalent, and don't want photos of themselves circulated on found?
and by the way, those are some monster spurs ... is it any wonder bad horse?
Do all cowboys wear can-can skirts in Brazil?
not a bad horse, a gooood horse. my bet is that horse is not rearing, but up-on-purpose (dancing) for the camera.. look at vaqueros shoulders, he's about to turn horse and bring it back down in a circle... it's a nice, dramatic horse-trick that used to scare mum to death. so relax lookin', tis not a wild beasty at all.
As someone with hippophobia, I can safely say this is one of the scariest Finds I have ever seen. I can imagine this horses, walking on its hind legs like a zombie, nearing me as I sleep......
ok..american apparel needs to frig off, right freaking now... seriously... sheesh...
All righty!! The long lost last photograph taken by Diane Arbus!!! This is exciting.
Fantastic photog!!!! I'm a lover of ALL animals but especially horses, as my sister and Aunt both own a few.
(my older sister, her horse is pure white, so she named him SANTANA, but SANTA for short!!)
This is not a scary or bad beast, not in the least!!
You can tell from the horse's, back-left-hoof, that he'll be landing in a circle type, twist position so he can veer to the left, and keep doing his show or whatever it is they're performing.
I'm sending this pic to my sis right now...she'll probably blow it up, and hang it in her "Horsie-Room with Trophies, Pictures, and Everything Else, Horsie!!"
Wicked FIND!
OUCH!! My sis' will freak when she see's those spurs...not good.
It does make the pic, though, as that's what they wear in Brazil.
Canadian and American cowboys wear them, too but, not as intimadating as those ones!!
Holy SHITE!
When the picture opened, my mind shouted, "Hi-ho, Silver! Away!!" (though it may have been out loud.)
And then it broke into a chorus of "I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle.. As I go riding merrily along" with a Busby Berkeley production of lariat-twirling cowboys and can-can-skirted cowgirls on sure-footed dancing horse all prancing in some dusty Brazilian paddock.
Then I saw those spurs that could double as pizza cutting wheels and decided I needed either more coffee or more sleep.
Back to bed...
I would jump like that too if a man dressed as a ostrich was trying to ride me!
Seriously though, I love the action in this picture. I imagine the photographer clicked this shot just before he was forced to run for cover to avoid "hoof to the head".
Does anyone else see the horizontal line? It looks like the horse is about to jump a wire. This seems impossible. Wouldn't they make a hurdle more visible than that?
Also I hope that dog can keep up with that horse in the background.
There are so many risky things going on in this photo!
First thought: "yeeeee-*$&%in'-Hawwwww!!"
And it immediately reminded me of
http://foundmagazine.com/comments/241
This Find.
Clover, you're such a mom "risky things going on in this photo" i love it
Great photo! I'd be shaking taking that picture.
@Katherine--Hilarious!! Now I have that can-can song in my head that all the girls dance to when they're doing their high kicks--and visions of Toulouse-Lautrec.
lol @ pepper..shaking..lol....
Those aren't spurs... they're exclamation points.
@Lookin - you're probably thinking of manure-smell. Number Two's gonna stink no matter what, but horse-smell is actually kinda pleasant. Like a combination of wood and leather and salt and pepper. I wouldn't want it as an air-freshener, but it's kinda nice every now and then. Like puppy breath.
are those really poofy pants or part of the saddle?
@JodaBabes--Puppy breath RULES! I thought I was the only weirdo who likes it, but it's good to know there's another person out there who shares my affinity for it!
Just another chapter in the long history of man's pathetic attempt to turn quadrupeds into bipedal likenesses of themselves.
Such heubris.
Sorry. No "e" in hubris. I am ashamed.
It looks like wool? sheep fur? fleece? What the heck do we call it? I guess it's a sort of saddle blanket, it appears to be on the other horse also.
Omg a horse! It scared me.
Horses are kind of scary. They are so massive and powerful up close. I like them though.
I really wish I could the man's face though.
@mlm- I always thought that enjoying puppy breath was a universal pleasure. Who in Texas doesn’t like puppy breath?
@JodaBabes- After revealing my secret to my clsoest friends and family, it was about 75% against puppy breath and 25% for puppy breath. Although, once I heard a local DJ talking about how SHE loved it, and I felt better after that. I'm soooo curious about what makes it smell like that, though!!
the people who don't like puppy breath are cat people. you just didnt ask enough people. It's not a secret i have to reveal, i tell everyone.
Ole!
This was the last picture that photographer ever took. They salvaged the film from the broken camera found next to the bloodied corpse.
it's occident!! tired of tripping over wires. how many photos does it take to prove that horses have all four legs off the ground when they gallop?
It looks like it's wearing horse panties.
"Faith has been broken, tears must be cried
Let's do some living after we die
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day"
-Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Pony Boy, Pony Boy, won't you be my Pony Boy?
Here we go, don't say no, ride away with me!
Marry me, carry me, ride away with me.
Gidde up, gidde up, gidde up, whoa!
My Pony Boy!
*anyone else know that song??
(I LOVE the smell of horses' fur...and hay).
That looks a lot like sheep's wool, up on the saddle. And YIKES! Those spurs are wicked!
Now, my first glance was another "hard-of-seeing" picture!! (you'll probably laugh as much as I did)...
I've heard of Ostrich Gauchos -- I thought the reason the animal was on two legs was 'cause that's all the legs it had!!
(Bad ostrich - in horse' clothing!)
Oh - and MY complaint to Found... (yesterday & before, I *was* getting the annoying long tall picture that obscures, from American Apparel, but!)
Today I'm getting this strange picture that fades in - of a bunch of people traipsing across a field - from the movie the "Happening".
Wooooooah Nellie!