A pedant writes:
a blacksmith works metal in a forge.
A farrier shoes horses.


(father is a farrier and gives talks about it now. He uses the above joke every time)
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 9 Mar 2009, 18:21, 2 replies)

Another pedant writes:
True. But keep in mind that he never said that the blacksmith *wanted* him to shoe horses; he was merely asked if he had done so before. Standard interview question, even Tesco's use it*.

* may not be true
( The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 19:01, closed)

a blacksmith can be a farrier as well
the two aren't mutually exclusive

:-P
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:44, closed)

This is true
but these days it really is rather rare.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 9 Mar 2009, 22:34, closed)