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Wednesday, 25 July 2007

I've always wanted a share in a thoroughbred horse, and now I have one thanks to Gae who presented me with a share of Ogygian for my birthday earlier this month. Handsome steed, this:

Ogygian—from the Greek myth surrounding "Ogygian's Deluge"—is, according to his keepers at Old Friends Stable, "the last son of Damascus, a Horse of the Year and the 16th ranking greatest Thoroughbred of the 20th century. He hails from the celebrated Tartan Farms and was trained by Jan Nerud, son of great Dr. Fager trainer, John Nerud. During his career, the handsome bay was one of the top runners of his generation."

Posted on 07/25/2007 5:26 AM by Robert Bove
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25 Jul 2007
Send an emailMary Jackson
Which bit do you get?

25 Jul 2007
Send an emailRobert Bove

Depends on whether I get what I want, what I need, or what I deserve, my bit remaining to be seen when I visit Ogygian, if then. One thing  I'm sure of: it's one bit short of two.



26 Jul 2007
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Days of Whine and Losing by Noses
Or: Say it ain't so, Joe
Or: Which Bit In The Stew?
Or: Hung Like Horses & Elephants
 
When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way, from your first Super Bowl to your last dyin' day.....
 
Would you believe that I purchased a share of Deluge for two bits from the Old Augean Stables?
The owners hope to clean up big time when things are taken at the flood.  He hails from Tartar Farms, better known for its Mongolian ponies, and has been trained by Jan Neruda, son of the great Pablo "Fagin" Neruda*.  He's already pferd better than expected in his first outing, placing just behind Apres Moi
It's best not to look a gif (or jpeg) horse in the mouth, but Ogygian seems to be giving the viewer what New Yorkers call a "Bronx Cheer."  Ah well, gather ye raspberries while ye may.
-Sorry -a little knowledge is a stoopid thing and I hope that RB doesn't have to put up with this sort of stuff in his classes.
Memory will have to serve for some bits from a radio broadcast within a broadcast of the old National Lampoon Radio Hour. The first went something like, "The owners of the New York Jets announced that Joe Namath has been retired and put out to stud."  The second was along the lines of, "Management reports that Joe Namath was put down in the early hours of the morning after he was found to be impotent." 
*Please don't shout or wave it about, but see "Peru" and the limerick about the lady from Peru who found an elephant wang in her stew 
 
 
 
 


26 Jul 2007
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Gollyoski- this thread has gone quiet.  Did I just pass a raspberry?  Farlex's free online dictionary confirmed raspberry = Bronx Cheer with:
"Slang A derisive or contemptuous sound made by vibrating the extended tongue and the lips while exhaling", but also surprised moi with "possibly short for raspberry tart, rhyming slang..." for the word which sounds like the German word for "travel" or "drive" or a bit in the classic, "Whoopie John Wilfahrt and his band will play."
So (once again), Sorry - I seem to have put the fahrt before the pferd - or something like that.


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