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 about 1 month ago
She has always reminded me of Sarah Vowell (“Assassination Vacation”) for one.
LeslieBark about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
Maybe it wouldn’t be a problem if she lost a few pounds
josballard about 1 month ago
I think we can assume that Lucy won’t be an enterant in the Grand National.
freewaydog about 1 month ago
HE YEETED HER!
Tarzan & Redd Panda about 1 month ago
Fear of Gravity or a newfound respect for Physics.
John Leonard Premium Member about 1 month ago
32 ft/sec/sec – it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.
DaBump Premium Member about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
That is quite a large ditch … NOT!
ladykat about 1 month ago
Lucy, you obviously have issues.
Daltongang Premium Member about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
Gravity works over time here.
kathleenhicks62 about 1 month ago
At least he has his feet on the ground and not floating around- – - – -#2
face.less_b about 1 month ago
Gravity is a myth. The earth sucks.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
I guess it depends on which side of caution you land.
Cheapskate0 about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
Lucy definitely is no Sargent Reckless.
fourteenpeeves about 1 month ago
A horse that quotes Barry Goldwater????
willie_mctell about 1 month ago
It’s the vice of the pusillanimous.
keenanthelibrarian about 1 month ago
Or, as once said – “Discretion is the better part of valour”.
Hammurabi.Wolfe about 1 month ago
They will have to change her name to Donald William Shimoda.
Uncle Kenny 25 days ago
My clan motto is, “Non timeo, sed caveo.” I am not afraid, but I am careful.