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spiderpig

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18. This.

Reply to montana_hazeleyes (Reply #13)

Sun May 7, 2017, 01:12 AM

May 2017

We were watching the race (I know it's considered abuse by many people, but those animals are magnificent) and contrasted the elegance of the horses to the people parading around in stupid hats just dying to be seen.

I was commenting to Mr. pig that only women seemed compelled to wear stupid hats, and then a man magically appeared in a pink confection.

Yeah, I know about Ascot - what is it? Adult trick-or-treat?

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Kentucky voted for Trump by a huge margin. yardwork May 2017 #1

Perfect example of As ye sow, so shall ye reap. Demit May 2017 #5

(R) 62.5% - (D) 32.7% BumRushDaShow May 2017 #8

Thanks for looking that up. I was too lazy. yardwork May 2017 #11

As someone said above, you reap what you sow...you voted for him, live with it iluvtennis May 2017 #14

Thems the breaks! Kittycow May 2017 #27

maybe they will be forced to end it JI7 May 2017 #2

... 2naSalit May 2017 #3

Thanks a pantload, Comrade Casino* (R) Achilleaze May 2017 #4

Time for Horse Owners to pay a decent salary perdita9 May 2017 #6

Thank you. This is the least successful indictment of Trump's policies I have ever seen. Yo_Mama May 2017 #25

You get what you pay for nycbos May 2017 #7

Aww, poor little rich folk. Go clean out the stables yourself or pay enough bucks. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #9

Rich mans sport, let them pay... Historic NY May 2017 #10

At a large race track around here the " free lodging " looks worse than the horse lodging lunasun May 2017 #12

$400 i... a lot?? Oh.. really? pangaia May 2017 #16

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How are "guest workers" taxed? dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #24

Thank you. The attitude being expressed in the article is just disgusting. Yo_Mama May 2017 #26

As I looked at those wealthy people in their finery montana_hazeleyes May 2017 #13

This. spiderpig May 2017 #18

Oh, those poor, poor snowflake horse owners. pangaia May 2017 #15

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Sigh.... Bayard May 2017 #23

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