# What makes animals ride-able?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-animals-ride-able/211163>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-animals-ride-able/211163 "2003-11-03T15:29:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-animals-ride-able/211163/41 "2003-11-07T05:13:15Z")

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I thought people didn’t ride cats because they were pussies.

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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-animals-ride-able/211163/42 "2003-11-07T08:30:40Z")

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> There once was a lady from Riga  
> Who smiled as she rode on a tiger  
> They returned from the ride  
> With the lady inside,  
> And a smile on the face of the tiger.

Carry on…

Grim

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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-animals-ride-able/211163/43 "2003-11-07T12:27:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by grimpixie \*  
> \*\*Carry on…
> 
> Grim \*\*

I thought it was a lady from Niger…

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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-animals-ride-able/211163/44 "2003-11-07T12:43:43Z")

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> ## \*Originally posted by naita \* quote:
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> Originally posted by grimpixie
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> ## There once was a lady from Riga Who smiled as she rode on a tiger They returned from the ride With the lady inside, And a smile on the face of the tiger.
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> \*\*I thought it was a lady from Niger… \*\*

[Cite.](http://home.planet.nl/~blade068/languagefun/limerick.htm) 😉  
[Counter Cite](http://members.chello.at/face/en/limen1.html) 😃

Grim

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