Scar on My Chinny Chin Chin
Ok, so I grossed you out with getting my lil guy caught in a sliding glass door when I was a wee lad...try this one:

I was in the Fifth Grade which made me about 10 when this lovely event happened.

My family always had horses, so at age 5 I started riding and taking riding lessons. We had this one horse named "Mister" (no, not Mr. Ed) that was a bit of a nag. Anyway, one day, 5 years after starting riding, my Father decides to take me out to the barn and do a trail ride thing and get some lunch.

I figured cool! Lunch. On a horse. So, we got some hamburgers at the drive through of a Wendys near the stables. (nothing quite like riding up to the pick-up window on two horses)

ON the way home I see a turtle on his back...being the good lad I am, I told my Father I was going to dismount and turn the little feller back on his feet. Once on the ground, I let the reins drop to Mister...and he started walking away from me. As I approached him, with the horse walking away from me I started along his left flank to get alongside and recover the reins...but it wasnt to be.

Mister took two quick steps forward, planted his front legs and let fly with his rear legs, catching me in the chest and as my head flew forward I snagged my chin on his horseshoe and split it WIDE open.

Needless to say, I awoke on the ground only vaguely remembering something about a recent view I had of a horses hoof. Dad was hysterical and I was in pain: chest, chin, jaw. In that order. My chin was bleeding profusely, my jaw was broken as was my sternum.

I was like the Junior Marlboro Man two days later when I returned to school...all bandaged up and having to eat jello and pudding for almost a month.

Ah, those happy days of childhood.

Apologies for length.

Sic Semper Tyrannis!
Sean

PS(The horse was sold off to the fine folks at Alpo the next day. I get a little tear in my eye each time I use Elmers Glue. MWAH HA HA HA!)
( Citadel Because the world needs less morons, Mon 7 Feb 2005, 19:13, Reply)