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I don't often post threads unrelated to guns here, but I'm still laughing at this...My wife just got a new horse, I'm not normally too much involved in her horse situation (she has several but way less than the number of guns I have that cost the same). Nothing special about the whole purchase event as I just normally deal with the legal/payment issues and not the horse/horse inspection, etc. During the several month long process he was referred to as "Scotch". OK not totally dumb. Well in any case he arrived today and his official registered name is "Trigger Happy". I'm probably going to like him. “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.” | ||
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Info Guru |
Great name! My wife and daughter will be demanding photos! “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
That's great  If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Sounds like a match made in heaven! Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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| Move Up or Move Over |
Sounds to me like YOU just got a new horse... | |||
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So why the nickname “Scotch”? "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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No idea, maybe calling out trigger happy seemed weird in public events. but that's on the prior owners. On the transfer papers they actually liked to say affectionately called "scotch". But maybe the original owner drank scotch. I have no idea... I doubt my wife will change it since he responds immediately to it. But every time some now says his name my brain goes 'scotch'=trigger happy= time to go shooting or buy a gun. so it works for me. “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.” | |||
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It is very common in the horse world for a horse to have a registered name (if a registered breed) and a totally different 'barn name' or 'show name' that it actually goes by. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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This is true for AKC registered dogs, too. For dogs it's because the AKC registered name has to be unique - you can't register a dog with a name that has ever been registered before. So the name on the papers is almost invariably long and absurd. I imagine the same is true with horses. | |||
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The Karmanator |
Love the name! We have 6 horses, three which were born on our place. They are all of Playgun mare, and Grey's Starlight. Usually you try to combine the Sire and Mare's names in some way. Their registered names are Shootin out the Lights (Mesa) Gunplay by Moonlight (Gunnar) and Gunslinger in Grey (Sundance) | |||
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Only the strong survive |
Is this possible?   41 | |||
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Unfortunately she has outgrown that variety of pony. Hers are now much bigger and eat a lot more than that guy!  “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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