Comments on: Horse Sense

By: David A. Rooney

David A. Rooney — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:13:46 +0000

Judge Mental nailed it for this comic. And I’m quite sure that Caufield’s question had nothing to do with the subject matter in class - which makes Chemgal right as well.

By: Araxie

Araxie — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:35:34 +0000

Not unlike oh-so-many people’s claims that lesser animals don’t feel pain. And they survive dangerous circumstances how? Those fish aren’t thrashing around with their eyes bugged out for nuttin’.

By: bAT L.

bAT L. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:38:49 +0000

I believe meerkat nailed this one. I always asked when I was little about spurs and if it hurt the horses. All of the grownups I asked said something along the lines of the horses’ hides being too thick to feel anything. Of course, this would mean spurs would be useless, so it must have been just to qualm my concerns.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:44:38 +0000

Horse farms use simple wooden fencing, not barbed wire.

By: Rainey

Rainey — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:35:53 +0000

Mark in Boston: It’s not brains that people who use barbed wire for this are missing. It’s a heart.

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:13:05 +0000

Horses do mind spurs, and barbed-wire fences don’t keep them in. Barbed wire does damage horses, and nobody with any sense uses it for them.

By: chemgal

chemgal — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:56:02 +0000

Oddly, the teacher’s earrings look a little like spurs. I just thought this was Caulfield being his usual smart-alec self, plus a pun in the last panel.

By: meerkat

meerkat — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:04:51 +0000

I think the context is that people say horses don’t mind spurs in order to support the idea that there is no cruelty involved in using spurs.

By: David

David — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:16:06 +0000

I’m with Snardo, the horses I’ve been around (not a lot, true) are contained with electric fence, which is effective in a smaller area, like a horse corral. The barbed wire I’ve climbed through has been in fences that run for many, many miles, intended as area denial for anything larger than a rabbit. Not an appropriate scale for electric wire.

By: Judge Mental

Judge Mental — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:36:53 +0000

I thought the notion of “horses don’t mind spurs” being flawed was Caulfield’s whole point. (Well that, and a desire to be a thorn in Mrs. Olsen’s side).