Craigslist Pet of the Day: Miniature Horses
It has been a long time since I ran a “Craigslist Pet of the Day” feature. In fact, the last time I did it was when I wrote about the Black and White Tegu, and that has turned out to be one of the biggest draws to Markasaurus… people everywhere want to learn about the Tegu.
I have a newfound interest in horses, since I went horseback riding last weekend. I don’t have the pictures of it on my computer yet, so you’ll have to wait. To make a long story short, I rode a horse (very slowly) for the first time ever last weekend. Natasha and I went to a ranch in Marin County and took an hour ride on Saturday morning through the woods at Pt. Reyes National Seashore. My fear of horses has been throughly eradicated.
Now that I no longer fear horses, I was fascinated by this horse ad on Craigslist. Would you believe that there are a number of different miniature horses up for adoption in the San Francisco Bay Area? This was my favorite:
miniature horse - $1500 (gilroy)
Reply to: sale-576438545@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-02-16, 3:51PM PST
this is a cute live horse for your pleasure or kids. four year old pinto gelding. others available
408-309-0209
Um, maybe I’m reading too much into this, but isn’t the first line a bit weird? To be honest, it completely creeps me out. I especially like how the seller included the word “live”. I have a feeling “this is a cute dead horse for your pleasure or kids” wouldn’t have been a very convincing sell.
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:15 am
It is a bit strange that the seller felt the need to mention that the horse was “live”….but then they reside in Gilroy, so they might also sell taxidermy by the side of I5 for income when the garlic is off season…?
yes, live horse for your pleasure or kids.
February 23rd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Somehow “…horse for your pleasure or kids.” sounds either creepy or Engrish. And it reminds me of a news story when I moved up here about how Washington State realized they had no law making it illegal for sexual congress with a horse.
If it hadn’t been for a fatal horsefucking in 2005, the lack of a law may never have been noticed. (And damn it, now I have “fatal horse sex washington” in my Google history!)
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:55 am
ah, ye of little horsey sense. It is prudent for the ad to say “live” because there is a bizarre and very popular trade in life-size, realistic plastic horses. Loads of horse farms in Hawaii and Cali sport these for some reason, kind of like mascots. And, dirty birds, “pleasure” when talking about horse sales can refer to how the animal has been trained (as opposed to work, say). Sorry, I am a horse geek. And I recommend artificial (not “live” or “organic”) equine pleasure to all you boys and girls!…don’t forget your chaps.