Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for March 08, 2013

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    Rod Gonzalez  about 11 years ago

    Nice one, Phoebe!

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    mr_sherman Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I’m feeling better about myself also.

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    Q4horse  about 11 years ago

    What happened to the Puuurrrr? It’s more fun when you play back a recording Phoebe!

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    rpmurray  about 11 years ago

    Why wasn’t Phoebe recording this with her phone?

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    Half Caper Farm  about 11 years ago

    They can, but if they feel secure, they like to lie down to sleep. When my old boy, Teddy, was two, he’d come in from all-night turnout and lie flat out in his stall, mouth open and snoring.

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    Half Caper Farm  about 11 years ago

    Sometimes I’ll look out and see one horse standing and four horses flat out in the sunshine. We jokingly call it a horse ‘massacre’. Always one standing guard.

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    Simon_Jester  about 11 years ago

    I once knew a filly who ‘horse-talked’ in her sleep.

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    Vet Premium Member about 11 years ago

    If Marigold is snoring then she IS doing it elegantly. I have a Chihuahua who snores louder than I do. I have to poke her to make her stop. Wife snores but she wouldn’t admit it. Blames it on the dog.

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    pinkdryad Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I totally needed an LOL this morning, and this provided it. Thanks, Dana! Awesome strip, as usual.

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    Comic Minister Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I see.

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    Mister-Edd  about 11 years ago

    Don’t equines keep standing on all fours?

    Horses do better if they can lay down and sleep flat for ~4 hours a day. If they have a soft, reasonably dry area, they will sleep flat-out.

    They especially like deep sandy areas to roll in (much to my dismay when it’s time to clean them for riding).

    Horses have a “stay apparatus” that allows them to lock their leg joints in the standing position. In this way, they can nap standing up, but run away at the first sign of danger.

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    kaykeyser  about 11 years ago

    Non, no no, Marigold its not “SNRRF” Its “SMURF” Make an “M” sound next time and people will think you only TALK in your sleep.

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    mauryfrench Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I don’t like saying LOL, but LOL.

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    AdamImAda  about 11 years ago

    I’d like to commission a comic of God talking to Eve (both with big heads, Eve hands on her hips): “Your kids will also inherit big heads to accomodate all that new knowledge. That is what childbirth has to do with anything!”

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    AdamImAda  about 11 years ago

    eliminate the “also” of former caption :)

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    kaykeyser  about 11 years ago

    Well maybey she said “Snarf” The Unicorn from Thundara.

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    catchup  about 11 years ago

    Horses have to lie down to sleep in order to dream – and like all mammals (except dolphins and platypi) they have to dream. An anxious horse will be reluctant to lie down, hence they will get more stressed as the lack of dreamtime builds up. They only need a short period of dream sleep, which is why the rest of the time they sleep standing up with the aforementioned locked legs. But they do snore: sometimes VERY loudly, and my old mare, when sedated, sounded like Darth Vader with a heavy cold.

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