Sqaaakoi ​1d ago
Pepijn

Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.

While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.

Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.

My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.

🏇 🐎 🐴

Have you sat on a horse?

Please boost for scientific accuracy.

Yes
No
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Mar 17 at 7:14pmWeb
Show threadPepijn1d ago
Cow-data @ https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115645813940637553
Show threadPepijn1d ago

note: the question is not "have your rich parents paid 50.000 of your local currency on gloriously expensive horse lessons and then you went on a skiing holiday". The question is: "have you sat on a horse".

Mini-horse = horse

Pony = horse

Cow = not horse, wrong thread.

And yes, as many people point out: that school-trip to an inner-city petting school where all six yr olds sat on Alfiiiii!! the sturdy mini-horse = yes, I've sat on a horse.

edit: Macro-horse = horse

Show threadWorkshopshed1d ago
@Pepijn not sat on a cow or horse but once sat on a camel somewhere in Morocco
Show threadTim G1d ago

@Workshopshed
I was going to ask if a camel* was a horse too, but I suspected that might try @Pepijn's patience to much.

* "Designed by a committee" etc.

Show threadWolf480pl21h ago

@TG_Esq
pretty sure camels are even-toed like cows, while horses are odd-toed, so not even relatives

@Workshopshed @Pepijn

Show threadWorkshopshed21h ago
@wolf480pl @TG_Esq @Pepijn except with camels the udder is on the top
Show threadJakobT29m ago
@Workshopshed @Pepijn
Horse yes, cow no, but topping with seal = yes 😁 - on land, though, and to immobilise it, not for transport 😆
Show threadMoz1d ago

@Pepijn do camels count?

I've also sat on a chicken but that was an accident and neither of us enjoyed it.

Show threadAndre Geißler1d ago
@moz 🤣 did the chicken survive and more important did you? @Pepijn
Show threadMoz1d ago
@rdfhrn @Pepijn yes, we both survived. But there was a lot of upset yelling on the part of the chicken.
Show threadAndre Geißler1d ago
@moz We used to have lots of chickens ourselves. So I can well imagine the noise it made. @Pepijn
Show threadMeliorist1d ago

@Pepijn

How about ‘have you fallen off a horse?’

Show threadHanneke1d ago
@Pepijn oh if pony is horse, then yes. But I answered no because I didn’t think ponies are horses (but also according to wiki, they are!)
Show threadEli the Bearded1d ago

@Pepijn

Hippopotamus = river horse (not a horse)

Don't try to sit on one, very dangerous

Show threadun perro atorrante y marginal1d ago
@Pepijn
Does the park's photographer's taxidermied pony count?😆 OK, Nope
Show threadripplewitch1d ago
@Pepijn I have vivid memories of being on the horse but not why I was on it. I just know Horse happened.
Show threadcomputer maus1d ago
@unpopulardaffodil @Pepijn horse
Show threadTrish Roberts1d ago
@Pepijn Only Shetland pony. Once.
Show threadRoland Dieterich1d ago
@Pepijn Only on a pony. So: nope.
Show threadLily1d ago
@eigengott @Pepijn wikipedia tells me a pony is a type of horse, so it should count! (otherwise i voted wrong '^^)
Show threadSnyperWolf1d ago
@Pepijn I did! But in fairness, I grew up in a county with the most horses per land area
Show threadLeonieke1d ago
@Pepijn My grandfather almost bought me a horse after he learned I had a wonderful time at "ponykamp" in the Summer vacation between class 4 and 5.
My parents had to stop him, because keeping a horse when living in The Hague would have been an expensive challenge!
Show threadcomputer maus1d ago
@leonieke @Pepijn but you'd have a stylish way to go (or ride?) to school!
Show threadLeonieke1d ago
@kate @Pepijn Hahaha, o yes, but I can just see the principal's eyes if I would have ridden to school!
Show threadw1d ago
@Pepijn on a shire horse. Magnificent animal.
Show threadDudula the Dud1d ago
@wiletha @Pepijn that's an impressive horse to sit on. Did you get vertigo? 😉
Show threadJess Robinson1d ago
@wiletha ditto, that was a long way off the ground! Also a non-shire local farm horse called Dirty Harry
Show threadMason Loring Bliss1d ago
@Pepijn But I've never sat upon a cow. I missed that poll when it came through.
Show threadKnut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸1d ago
@Pepijn I grew up on a ranch, and have never sat on a horse. They're scary, especially when you see how insane they can be when they're being broke-in, or scared. My uncle had to have his jaw wired from being thrown off a horse, and the ranch owner's, son's boyfriend died from being thrown off one. They're actually pretty dangerous. Not as dangerous as bison though. I've sat on cows though.
Show threadDa_Gut1d ago
@Pepijn once. I was also kicked by a horse as a child. It was totally my fault.
I still consider them dog food on the hoof though.
Show threadIrina1d ago
@Pepijn Only once though. And neither of us liked it.
Show threadAndré Polykanine1d ago
@Pepijn Once in my life, and it was one of the happiest and most memorable moments. I'm totally blind, and since I know blind horse riders, I want to learn properly one day.
Show threadEllen 🎈1d ago
@menelion @Pepijn I'm also totally blind and did "therapeutic riding" for a few extended periods between age 8 and 22. I loved it and would love to get back into it.
Show threadAndré Polykanine1d ago
@Starry1086 @Pepijn For me it was a birthday gift. there was (and still is, btw) a park in Kyiv oblast (region) in Ukraine, they have horses, and what is most prominent, knight horses. It's especially good for me because i'm… okay, let's be honest, I'm tall and fat. Not every horse would hold me. I need to find the photo, it does exist.
Show threadh3artbl33d  1d ago

@Pepijn

I've never sat on a cow - nor did I realise that was a thing. But makes sense, coming to think of it.

I've sat on a horse before and have milked cows. But never rode one.

Filled in the poll and boosted it. Thank you for doing this.

Show threadfrykitty likes Halloween1d ago
@Pepijn For some reason, a Presbyterian church let me take their youth group horseback riding. Yes, they knew I was an atheist. It was awesome.
Show threadBroadfork1d ago
@Pepijn No, I’ve never sat on a horse. I’ve only ridden a pony once and ended up with a broken arm from falling off it.
Show threadBłażej Kowalczyk1d ago
@Broadfork @Pepijn I am pretty sure pony is just type of a horse, so sitting on a pony is sitting on a horse
Show threadTrisha Lynn 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 🇨🇦1d ago
@Broadfork Still counts as a horse, apparently.
Show threadFloreana1d ago
@Pepijn
Horseriding age 3 - 14. A lot of horse sitting here!
Show threadOrjan1d ago
@Pepijn I have also sat on a pig, if that helps your research.
Show threadMissScott011d ago

@cunobaros had to scroll quite a bit to find you. Hello fellow pig rider 😅

@Pepijn

Show threadOrjan1d ago
@MissScott01 *waves*
🤠🐖
@Pepijn
Show threadFroogal 1d ago
@Pepijn I used to take riding lessons lol
Show threadAnirban Mitra1d ago
@Pepijn sat on a horse for joy ride in childhood, also sat on cow, buffalo and camel
Show threadDiogo Constantino1d ago
@Pepijn many times!!!
I also did other stuff while ridding horses, like playing Horse-ball.
Show threadOrangeR1d ago
@Pepijn yep, but a crazy one, wanting to eat all the time and going crazy fast later. Photo taken when calm for a few seconds.
#1jour1souvenir #horses #cheval
Show threadL. B. Heuschkel1d ago

@OrangeR @Pepijn Not only have I sat on a horse -- I have a pony who sits on me.

No, really. She sits on my lap. Very carefully. She taught herself because I can reach her rump for scratches best that way.

Show threadgrillchen1d ago
@Pepijn i would be sick for a week due to allergies. so nope. big nope
Show threadRandom Walsh1d ago
@Pepijn I've sat on a ass too.
Show threadmirabilos1d ago
@Pepijn eh, no, why should I? Nor most of the people I know.
Show threadAlfred Chow - Maker of Things1d ago

@Pepijn
I have ridden a horse on a few occasions in my life, but never sat on a cow.

Anecdote:

Dad used to tell me that when he was a kid, in 1940s Hong Kong, he had to ride an ox to school. Life was hard then, and that I should really appreciate being able to go to school so easily, and to study hard.

When I was older Mum told me that Dad's story was incomplete.
Dad rode the ox to the station. He then took a train to the town where he had a bicycle chained up. He then rode the bike to school.
Dad's family owned the village farm. The ox normally worked the fields. Few people in his village could afford train fare, or a bicycle to be left in the town, or the school fees!

Show threadKir1d ago
@Pepijn I'm not that rich.
The only people I know who sat on a horse are rich people.
Show threadMcCrankyface1d ago

@Kir @Pepijn

Lots of non-rich country folks keep a horse or two.

Show threadmeduz'1d ago

@Pepijn Never did, and I’m actually surprised by the current state of the survey: did expect 80% of no, not 80% of yes. 

Let’s see how it evolves with a wider demographic.

Show threadmeduz'1d ago
@Pepijn Okay so now I’m worried. 
Show threadUzi Bobuzi1d ago
@Pepijn Also a lion, an elephant, and several large dogs.
Show threadTyrone Slothrop1d ago

@ruemaleficent @Pepijn you’ve sat on a lion??!!

Please elaborate. The Fediverse demands to know.

Show threadUzi Bobuzi1d ago

@slothrop @Pepijn When I was very young, about 54 years ago or so, one of the amusement parks had a very old lion that they'd let kids sit on for photos.

I wouldn't condone it now, the poor beast must have had a miserable life and it's dangerous for the kids regardless of how old the lion is, but my grandparents took me out for the day and it's just something that happened then.