# UK Woman dies after farewell to horse **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091 "2014-11-08T20:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/1 "2014-11-08T20:00:03Z")
[BBC: Woman dies after farewell to horse](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-29951094) Oh, dear me. It must be the dust from the hay bales in here that has me all choked up ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/2 "2014-11-08T20:38:16Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > Oh, dear me. It must be the dust from the hay bales in here that has me all choked up IK, R? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/3 "2014-11-08T20:44:29Z")
Dammit! Now I’m all crying and the cat is looking at me like I’m a nut. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/4 "2014-11-08T20:47:13Z")
Ddamn this dust! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/5 "2014-11-08T21:30:42Z")
There must be some way to keep this dust from blowing all the way over here… …or not. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/6 "2014-11-08T22:21:12Z")
My computer screen is malfunctioning, it’s getting all blurry. ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/7 "2014-11-08T23:09:17Z")
Oh my. I hope she remembers to wait by the rainbow bridge. _sniffle_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/8 "2014-11-09T06:35:00Z")
Me too. Also notice the age of the mare- she is clearly old, but very well cared for. Horses are both magical and so very mundane- but I’ve long thought they have very good memories, and recognize people and other animals they have known. May these heartwarming pictures lighten grief. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/9 "2014-11-10T01:30:43Z")
Damn the dust! I hope mine are waiting at the Bridge. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/10 "2014-11-10T01:53:18Z")
Never had a horse, but God, I miss my collie. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/11 "2014-11-10T02:30:58Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Never had a horse, but God, I miss my collie. … said Timmy, at the bottom of a well. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/12 "2014-11-10T13:50:28Z")
After seeing the thread title, the first thing I thought of was Catherine the Great. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/13 "2014-11-10T14:18:34Z")
Damned murderous horses. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/14 "2014-11-10T15:17:12Z")
To me, the amazing thing about this story is that the hospital went along with it. Kudos for to them for making/ allowing it to happen. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/15 "2014-11-10T16:17:24Z")
Take the dust back! My cat is looking at me like I’m crazy! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/16 "2014-11-11T07:27:09Z")
Jackmanii, you have a dirty dirty mind ( I suspected as much ;)). And besides, that was a filthy rumor. Nice big healthy footmen, now, there’s possible 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/17 "2014-11-12T05:16:24Z")
I read the title as “Woman dies after failure to horse.” And I thought, “was she bucked off? Didn’t put a saddle on right?”, and the comments were more confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/18 "2014-11-12T20:04:04Z")
So a horse is standing by an old woman’s deathbed, and the nurse walks in and says why the long face? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/19 "2014-11-13T06:13:17Z")
Well, the teeth would drop its price a bit ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091/20 "2014-11-17T22:50:41Z")
_Hello, funeral home? Yes, it’s lovely, but we ordered a hearse. H-e-a-r-s-e._ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-woman-dies-after-farewell-to-horse/704091.md?page=2)