Thalia and Curly Howard–now that’s a combination (and pre-Shemp no less!). I’m so thankful no smartphone was around to witness my less than graceful ingress/egress during my seaplane training last weekend in a SuperCub–I’m sure I would have come away with the moniker “Spaz”!
Thanks for another hilarious missive across the mortal spectrum!
Thanks for the laughs, Paul. One of the first pieces of advice I received when learning to ride a motorcycle was “Never ride anything you can’t pick up by yourself.” Subsequently, I raced motorcycles for number of years and in almost every case of unintentional dismount, the biggest injury factor was at the end of the trip from the seat to the ground. And BTW, re: bikes and horses - I know of a guy who always got scolded and belittled by the staff at Urgi-Care when he showed up with injuries from bike falls. Then he started telling them he got hurt falling off a horse. Instant compassion from that point forward.
Sign seen at the ranch:
“For slow riders we have slow horses.
For fast riders we have fast horses.
For those who have never ridden, we have horses which have never been ridden.”
Thanks for this informative (and mirthful!) article, Paul! I’m killing time in an Emergency Department bed right now, on Day One of what appears to be shaping up to be a Bell’s Palsy diagnosis. My esteemed spouse is here by my side, dutifully giving me the business for immediately doing an internet search to see if I’m about to get grounded. (?)