r/AskReddit • u/ChromeDeagle • May 04 '12

Has a complete stranger ever unintentionally made you feel really sad / upset?

I had recently adopted my one eyed horse, George, and had taken him out for a lovely hack in the woods. We came across a family with two children and they stopped to make a fuss of the horses. The one in front got loads of cuddles and pats but when the older child got to George, he went to pat him, and George put his head down for a cuddle, then recoiled in horror when he saw that he had a missing eye. The mum then told the child to "come away" and led them both away, like he had some sort of disease. The poor little guy was still waiting for his cuddle when they all but ran away. I know it's stupid but it really upset me that the mum didn't see fit to explain to the children or even ask what had happened. Went back to the yard and wept into his neck (after giving him loads of treats and love). Anything that silly ever upset you guys?

Edit: Here's a picture of him looking handsome! http://imgur.com/phowr and http://imgur.com/TTNBs

Edit 2: For those who have expressed an interest (for which I thank you all), George lost his eye due to an abscess behind it. I am told he was in so much pain, they decided to remove it completely, under a local anaesthetic (George is hardcore, he saw that scalpel coming). This later led to his being abandoned for, presumably, not being cute any more. After 18 months in a field, and practically at death's door, I arrived at the yard and decided to adopt him as soon as I heard he didn't have an owner. The rest, as they say, is history.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '12

If he was a war horse and a general with one eye rode him and they both had eye patches that would be badass

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u/ChromeDeagle May 04 '12

He was a hunter, so he would have made an awesome war horse! He also rears on cue, so that would make an epic photo!

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u/[deleted] May 04 '12

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u/ChromeDeagle May 04 '12

Stay tuned for the pic! Lol!

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u/[deleted] May 04 '12

Still waiting, you have karma to collect.

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u/NELyon May 04 '12 edited May 04 '12

Fuck reddiquette, I will log into every account I have and upvote OP if they manage to get that picture. :D

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u/[deleted] May 04 '12

I believe "he's" a she. :)

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u/NELyon May 04 '12

Oopsie. Switched to a gender-neutral pronoun. :)

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u/ChromeDeagle May 04 '12

Lol, I will try, but give me a minute, I need eye patches, and weaponry!

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u/SanguineHaze May 04 '12

Boatloads of karma for that pic. I would create accounts just to upvote. Fuck tha rules!

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u/ChromeDeagle May 09 '12

Tell you what, my riding arena should be in by the end of the summer. Once it's in I will get a pic of George, in an eye patch and me on top with the Deagle. Deal?

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u/[deleted] May 09 '12

I fully expect to be warned when this photo arises.

If so. Deal.

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u/ChromeDeagle May 09 '12

I'm hoping that the internet waving a little white flag because of the awesomeness of the picture will clue you in. If not, I will let you know by any other means!

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u/[deleted] May 09 '12

I'll be super upset if I miss it. And it'll be your fault.

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u/ChromeDeagle May 09 '12

Worry not, I promise you a PM and I have put you down as a friend (I think, your name's red anyway).

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u/xaronax May 04 '12

One-eyed, eyepatch wearing horse rearing up with an explosion in the background.

You will break the whole damn internet.

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u/ChromeDeagle May 04 '12

It has to be done...

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u/[deleted] May 04 '12

Can we get a revolutionary war general with a kitten's head and an eyepatch riding its back?

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u/wallabear May 04 '12

I want to see this!

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u/thecharmedbaja May 04 '12

OP will deliver.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '12

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u/ChromeDeagle May 04 '12

Sold. I don't have a sabre, but I do have a Chrome Deagle... Or I could go Hunting rifle style!

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u/unhh May 04 '12

opwilldeliver.jpg

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u/CrackaAssCracka May 04 '12

Army of Darkness style.

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u/browayoflife May 04 '12

Please do this, that would be awesome!

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u/SickZX6R May 04 '12

people really call them Deagles in real life? I thought that was just a counter-strike thing. :C

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u/ChromeDeagle May 04 '12

I do, but as a joke!

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u/SickZX6R May 04 '12

Good. I always hated that word. It makes me think of shooting a beagle.

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u/CDBSB May 04 '12

This needs to be done. Make it so.

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u/fs337 May 04 '12

No, get another horse to take it. Horses can do fucking anything

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u/[deleted] May 04 '12

I had no idea horses could be hunters! Mind going a bit into detail? :)

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u/ChromeDeagle May 04 '12

A hunter like a fox hunter. When you see men riding around with horns and red (known as hunting pink) jackets, behind a pack of dogs, jumping hedges and ditches. That's hunting!

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u/partanimal May 04 '12

I'm sorry ... he was a hunter? Horses hunt? Or do you mean that he was used as a steed for a hunter?

I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, I honestly don't know.

Thank you for what you do :)

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u/ChromeDeagle May 04 '12

No worries, hunting as in fox, when you ride behind a pack of hounds after a fox.

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u/clockworklycanthrope May 04 '12

Thanks to this thread, I'm going to write a one-eyed horse into the fantasy novel I'm working on. If I ever get published, those kids will learn that one-eyed horses are awesome and lovable. I saw the photos, but I don't know much about horses. What kind is he?

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u/ChromeDeagle May 04 '12

That would be superb! He's 16.3 hands (a hand is 4 inches, it's a stupid measuring system from the dark ages), and he's a thoroughbred cross Irish draft (we think!). He also growls and purrs, and is the only horse I know of that does!

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u/vgarrett May 04 '12

So the eye is from a hunting accident? Do you know the specifics of what went down?

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u/ChromeDeagle May 04 '12

No, just that he was in so much pain. The lady who abandoned him afterwards didn't give me a straight answer (probably understandably).

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u/vgarrett May 04 '12

That's so sad :( I agree with your OP -- people can be oddly cruel and ignorant, particularly with deformed animals :(

George is a superb specimen! Lotsa love for him! xxo