Comments on: Spinster aunt has aromatic neighbors

By: Tanya Derbowka

Tanya Derbowka — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:03:08 +0000

I do so believe that all competitive sports have the same problems. They inflict conformity on the participants. You can’t be a figure skater without plastering on the mascara and wearing a short skirt. It’s really unfortunate that so many wonderful things, like horses and figure skating, can be ruined by patriarchy. I have gotten acquainted with horse people and I know that I want to avoid any of the competitive aspects of horse culture. It’s just not worth it.

By: Hattie

Hattie — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:12:41 +0000

You do better photos than just about anyone, cheap crappy camera or not.

By: nolo

nolo — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:28:41 +0000

I second Carolyn’s interest in your views on horse culture. I love horse-beings, but as a teen and a twentysomething had the distinctly unpleasant experience of dealing with horse people. Yeh, lots and lots are women. But the saddleseat and park show cultures (not to mention racetrack culture) that I had contact with were enough to make me puke. Not that there aren’t good folks who love horses, but jeez louise –

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:33:32 +0000

I’m going to be very interested in reading what you have to say about horse culture, as I’m in my first term of an equine management course at my local agricultural college. And weirdly enough 100% of the faculty and staff and 99 % of the students in the course are women.

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:43:19 +0000

"Notifiable Names"

By: Hedgepig

Hedgepig — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:59:45 +0000

We don’t have skunks in Australia, though due to the hot weather we do have many a public transport user for whom the name Mephitis Mephitis would be only too apt. Except in Tasmania where it’s cold. We all smell great down here. We just don’t have any teeth.

By: Spiders

Spiders — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:06:53 +0000

Zofia, I do live in Australia.

By: Orange

Orange — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:12:09 +0000

I wonder if the Aussies would accept Mephitis Mephitis as a baby name.

By: Zofia Szeretlek

Zofia Szeretlek — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:23:52 +0000

Spiders: You’d have to live in Australia to understand that the name Violence is not only acceptable, but extremely apt.

By: B. Dagger Lee

B. Dagger Lee — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:52:35 +0000

Once I spent an hour standing on a porch railing, holding onto the roof’s edge while Monsieur Le Pew leisurely ate all of my dog’s breakfast.

Luckily, the dog liked to sleep in.