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Horses pitched as alternative transport for France (The French really are nuts)
Reuters ^
| Nov 21, 2007
| By Brian Rohan
Posted on 11/21/2007 1:56:23 PM PST by Islander7
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"....It's great for workers and the community to have contact with a living thing," Linot said...."
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posted on
11/21/2007 1:56:25 PM PST
by
Islander7
To: Islander7
A horse and cart would do. Can’t see riding the horse and carrying groceries.
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posted on
11/21/2007 1:58:19 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: Islander7
De Veyrac's group says it is the first in France to offer consulting on a wide range of horse-powered vehicles that could also haul bottles and aid street sweeping. Mr. De Veyrac probably also doesn't remember the piles of HORSE MANURE in the streets in the early 1900's either!
To: Islander7
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posted on
11/21/2007 2:01:52 PM PST
by
RDTF
("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
To: Islander7
"It's all about sustainable development and bringing some humanity back to today's monotonous, machine-driven jobs,"
It's also all about bringing horse manure and urine back to today's streets, along with a host of epizootic diseases.
To: Islander7
Horses are a possible alternative for vehicles such as school buses....Huh? What am I missing?...Is the horse going to tow the bus?
To: Islander7
De Veyrac's group says it is the first in France to offer consulting on a wide range of horse-powered vehicles that could also haul bottles and aid street sweeping.And you can bet that there'd be a lot more of that ...
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posted on
11/21/2007 2:03:16 PM PST
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
To: Islander7
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posted on
11/21/2007 2:09:18 PM PST
by
pissant
(Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
To: Islander7
Meanwhile, out in the suburbs of Paris . . .
To: RightWhale
Ride over to your ami's, and then eat it for dinner. France used to be, and maybe still is, the US's largest market for horse meat.
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posted on
11/21/2007 2:12:02 PM PST
by
VanShuyten
("Believe me or not, his intelligence was perfectly clear...But his soul was mad.")
To: Islander7
"revamped horse-drawn carriage with disc brakes"How do you air condition a horse drawn carriage (and still be environmentally/eco-friendly)?
Inquiring minds want to know....
To: RightWhale
Horses are more difficult and expensive to care for and feed than a small car.
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posted on
11/21/2007 2:14:13 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: RightWhale
(clip clop)
(Rusty snorting)
KRAMER: Y’aah!
(clip clop)
(Rusty farts)
MRS. ROSS: (sniffing) What is that?
MR. ROSS: I think it’s the horse.
MRS. ROSS: Oh, God.
KRAMER: Hey, how’s everything? You..you need anything?
MRS. ROSS: This is - this is...horrible.
MR. ROSS: Excuse me,...what do you feed this animal?
KRAMER: Oh, you know, oats and hay. You know, they like that stuff.
MRS. ROSS: I can’t take this. Let me out of this thing!
MR. ROSS: Turn this thing around. We’ve had it. We can’t breathe back here! And hurry it up!
KRAMER: Rusty! Rusty!
GEORGE: (whistling)
(clip clopping beginning in distance and growing discernibly louder)
KRAMER: Whoa!
GEORGE: Wha - what happened? What are you doing back so soon?
MR. ROSS: Ask Rusty.
KRAMER: I’m terribly sorry, Mr. Ross. One never knows how the gastrointestinal workings of the equine are going to function.
MRS. ROSS: Thanks for nothing! Come on, George. Let’s go upstairs.
GEORGE: What the hell happened?
KRAMER: The horse is gassy. Must have been the Beef-A-Reeno.
GEORGE: Beef-A-Reeno? You fed the horse Beef-A-Reeno?!
KRAMER: Well, I overbought!
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posted on
11/21/2007 2:14:18 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
Sorta like being “horsed” on your own petard LOL
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posted on
11/21/2007 2:14:44 PM PST
by
Polynikes
(Hey. I got a question. How are you planning to get back down that hill?)
To: Islander7
How ‘bout rickshaws? We could have the unemployed french people pull them, al a Seinfeld.
To: Beowulf; Defendingliberty
To: Islander7
This is AWESOME. The French are truly mad.
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:03:56 PM PST
by
dinodino
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Put a bun bag on ‘em.
I can’t see this making sense in large cities, but some small farmers and loggers find them a cheaper alternative to paying the fuel costs for tractors and skidders.
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:05:26 PM PST
by
coydog
(Keep Canada green - paint a Liberal!)
To: coydog
Actually, it would work just fine for me - I am 4 miles from my office.
I would love it.
Unfortunately, in our grand free country, owing a horse in my town has been illegal since I was a kid.
They built a metro stop where our barn used to be.
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:10:43 PM PST
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: mylife
clip clop clip clop bang bang bang clip clop clip clop...
Drive-by shooting in Amish town.
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:20:17 PM PST
by
ME-262
(Nancy Pelosi is known to the state of CA to render Viagra ineffective causing reproductive harm.)
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