Fun from 2/23/2016:
There has been a long running conversation in my family (as has likely been the case in others ,as well) about the size of women’s backsides and which side of the family they came from.
Recently my sister sent me a “funny” that said, ” Oh honey, that high horse you’re riding makes your ass look big”. I nearly fell off my chair laughing. I responded to her, “I’ve never considered my backside one of my best features so I’ve generally tried to position myself and wear clothing that disguise it!” We both had a chuckle. That particular day I had encountered a situation in which one’s figurative “high horse” had revealed as aspect of the person I’d not seen before and it wasn’t very flattering. I’m sure everyone can relate. We’ve all been there or witnessed someone else on such a high horse.
Today I came across a picture that almost sent me into a hee-hawing conniption fit in the waiting room of a doctor’s office. It was a picture (full-on posterior view) of 4 women riding 4 draft horses- the sturdy large-rumped muscular horses (or donkeys or mules) that pull wagons, carriages, etc. the women’s backsides were certainly NOT the first thing one saw! It was an hysterical twist on the perspective expressed in the previous word picture. The moral of the story told by the contrast of these two views, it seems to me, is be careful which horse you choose to ride! And make sure your horse is big enough and strong enough and commanding enough in its presence to be the thing people see and remember. I’d rather them remember the size of my horse instead of the size of my butt!