In my college horse-riding class, I used to ride a horse like that (wearing a helmet, as required). One day I approached a little streamlet of water about the same size as in the strip, with the same determined attitude … and came to the same ignoble end (although my horse did actually make the jump—excessively so). When my instructor (of course I had to do it in front of him) finally stopped laughing, he said that my horse had jumped up about 5 feet to get over that little trickle (that all the other horses had stepped over), and, as I was catapulted over his head, I had tucked and rolled, doing a complete 360 flip in the air, landing on my upper back (thank you, 8th grade tumbling class). Shaken, but unhurt, I remounted and continued the riding lesson. SoCal horses do not like water!
Somehow I picture Danae Pyle and Calvin growing up, meeting, getting married and living unhappily ever after while Lucy and Hobbs have a wonderful relationship.
ajmsdca about 1 month ago
HELMET!!!!!!! Where’s the freakin’ helmet????
Wilde Bill about 1 month ago
Maybe depth perception is a problem, too.
cmxx about 1 month ago
Reminds me of that great motorcycle/horse chase scene in “True Lies”.
zzeek about 1 month ago
Lucy is right. She has horse sense.
lalapalooza Premium Member 30 days ago
She has always reminded me of Sarah Vowell (“Assassination Vacation”) for one.
LeslieBark 30 days ago
In my college horse-riding class, I used to ride a horse like that (wearing a helmet, as required). One day I approached a little streamlet of water about the same size as in the strip, with the same determined attitude … and came to the same ignoble end (although my horse did actually make the jump—excessively so). When my instructor (of course I had to do it in front of him) finally stopped laughing, he said that my horse had jumped up about 5 feet to get over that little trickle (that all the other horses had stepped over), and, as I was catapulted over his head, I had tucked and rolled, doing a complete 360 flip in the air, landing on my upper back (thank you, 8th grade tumbling class). Shaken, but unhurt, I remounted and continued the riding lesson. SoCal horses do not like water!
mindjob 30 days ago
Maybe it wouldn’t be a problem if she lost a few pounds
josballard 30 days ago
I think we can assume that Lucy won’t be an enterant in the Grand National.
freewaydog 30 days ago
HE YEETED HER!
Tonto & Redd Panda 30 days ago
Fear of Gravity or a newfound respect for Physics.
John Leonard Premium Member 30 days ago
32 ft/sec/sec – it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.
DaBump Premium Member 30 days ago
What bothers me is when the kids turn up the gravityometer; they seem to crank it up just as I’m getting done with work.
HarryLime Premium Member 30 days ago
That is quite a large ditch … NOT!
ladykat 30 days ago
Lucy, you obviously have issues.
Daltongang Premium Member 30 days ago
Somehow I picture Danae Pyle and Calvin growing up, meeting, getting married and living unhappily ever after while Lucy and Hobbs have a wonderful relationship.
kathleenhicks62 30 days ago
Gravity works over time here.
kathleenhicks62 30 days ago
At least he has his feet on the ground and not floating around- – - – -#2
face.less_b 30 days ago
Gravity is a myth. The earth sucks.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 30 days ago
Today’s vocabulary lesson:
You can step over a brook, jump over a creek, wade across a stream, and swim across a river.
Enclosed (or mainly enclosed) bodies of water include puddles, pools, ponds, lakes, seas, and oceans.
mistercatworks 30 days ago
I guess it depends on which side of caution you land.
Cheapskate0 30 days ago
Isn’t this a rerun of a week ago Sunday’s toon? Except there was a frog in the creek?
The “No Vice” was a golden Easter Egg in the water that day; today, not so much.
billfl Premium Member 30 days ago
Lucy definitely is no Sargent Reckless.
fourteenpeeves 29 days ago
A horse that quotes Barry Goldwater????
willie_mctell 29 days ago
It’s the vice of the pusillanimous.
keenanthelibrarian 29 days ago
Or, as once said – “Discretion is the better part of valour”.
Hammurabi.Wolfe 29 days ago
They will have to change her name to Donald William Shimoda.
Uncle Kenny 13 days ago
My clan motto is, “Non timeo, sed caveo.” I am not afraid, but I am careful.