Ugly Mare on Dublin Tram

[Hornet]

Some dodgy looking Mare on the Luas Red Line in Dublin today.

http://www.thejournal.ie/horse-luas-2336771-Sep2015/

How do horses themselves like to get around? Light rail, it seems.

The unusual passenger was spotted on the Luas Red Line earlier this afternoon, getting on the Belgard stop (sadly not The Gallops or Blackhorse) heading towards town.

Una McCrystal took this picture of of the horse.

She said it was on the tram for a few minutes before the driver spotted the animal on camera, and asked the owner to remove it.

Una added that it did not seem to be in any distress.

“They literally had to take two fellas to push it back off,” she noted.

Another passenger said the horse was, needless to say, the centre of attention....

Might have been somebody horsing around.

 

[Scott M]

Rofl, great stuff

 

[Jonny]

Until it hurts someone. Horses can do a lot of damage!

 

[steveandrews]

I don't think that this picture will foal anyone.

 

[gazthomas]

I don't think that this picture will foal anyone.

:roll:

 

[bradders1983]

Uh-oh, bad puns in threads upset people on here, thread will be moved when some killjoy complains in the next day or so....

 

[theblackwatch]

Uh-oh, bad puns in threads upset people on here, thread will be moved when some killjoy complains in the next day or so....

Hopefully people won't trot out too many of them.

 

[Hornet]

I recognised one person in the photo. He's a neigh-bour of mine.

 

[Mojo]

On a more serious note, I did notice that there were quite a few nasties and other unsavoury characters on the Tramway in Dublin when I visited earlier in the year.

 

[jopsuk]

Good cheap public transport allows greater mobility for the less well off...

 

[IanD]

Hope it bought a ticket otherwise it would be saddled with a penalty fare.

 

[markindurham]

Cue the line in The Commitments - to a young lad going to lead a horse into the lift of a high-rise block of flats - "You're not bringing the horse in, are you?". Reply - "I have to; the stairs would ****ing kill him"...

 

[Shimbleshanks]

I recognised one person in the photo. He's a neigh-bour of mine.

I think we need to rein in the horse puns...

 

[Hornet]

On a more serious note, I did notice that there were quite a few nasties and other unsavoury characters on the Tramway in Dublin when I visited earlier in the year.

Belgard Stop, where the horse got on, is one stop from my local Stop, Kingwood. The Red Line is not the Route for the faint hearted. Seen arrests for Drug Taking and Dealing (a common occurrence), Fights and Ticketless Travel. Many services during the day, and nearly all services in the evening have at least two (very large Eastern European types) Security Personnel on them to aid the Guards (Garda Siochana/Irish Police). I'd rather travel on London's Night Buses than the Red Line during the day.

 

[DaveHarries]

I think we need to rein in the horse puns...

"Excuse me - does this tram go down the mane road?". :roll:

Ah well at least the horse wasn't on board furlong but even if he had been fined for not having a ticket I am sure someone would have decided to bale the owner out.....

Dave

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

When i saw the thread title, I was under the impression it would be about the Duchess of Cornwall

 

[PaxVobiscum]

Uh-oh, bad puns in threads upset people on here...

Only people hoof no sense of humour.

 

[Crossover]

Until it hurts someone. Horses can do a lot of damage!

Yep, had it got spooked things could have gotten interesting

 

[ExRes]

When i saw the thread title, I was under the impression it would be about the Duchess of Cornwall

Neigh, definitely a Cherie Blair lookalike, probably without a ticket

 

[DarloRich]

All very funny till the distressed horse has to be shot. That might leave people with a long face. Can't we call a halter to these puns?

 

[Strat-tastic]

Can't we call a halter to these puns?

I don't know. Shall we take a Gallup poll?

 

[DaveHarries]

Can't we call a halter to these puns?

I mare may not agree with that suggestion.....

Dave

 

[Jonny]

Besides, if anyone (or the horse) got hurt, the legal fallout would be a mare

 

[PHILIPE]

There was the case about 6 years ago of a traveller Joe who tried to board a Holyhead train at Wrexham with his horse but as refused by guard went to a Wetherspoon pub with a similar welcome. Later went to A&E at Maelor Hospital complaining his horse was sick.

 

[backontrack]

Come on guys, stop flogging a dead... :P

 

[DynamicSpirit]

There is of course another side to this story. This thread is headlined 'Ugly Mare on Dublin Tram' but from the photo she doesn't look particularly ugly to me - looks like a fairly ordinary horse.

And besides, maybe we should query whether there is sexism going on here? If the horse was a stallion, not a mare, would the thread title have drawn attention to her physical appearance in this way? I wonder whether, if it'd been a stallion, we'd be thinking more about serious issues. Like what are its policies for greater accessibility for horses on trams? That sort of thing. Not demeaning the poor horse by commenting on its appearance

 

[backontrack]

Yes, I agree with you. I think that, in some cases, some of our language objectifies female horses in a way that it wouldn't if we were talking about stallions.

Should it be this way? Nay!

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Forum Rule 3 refers to discrimination against (unspecified) groups thus:

Do not post material which in any way discriminates against, or provokes, any person or group of persons.

and I guess that the post probably doesn't actually 'discriminate' against the creature in the image, but even if it did, then quite clearly, the rule only applies to persons.

It wasn't 2 persons wearing a horse costume, was it?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Forum Rule 3 refers to discrimination against (unspecified) groups thus:and I guess that the post probably doesn't actually 'discriminate' against the creature in the image, but even if it did, then quite clearly, the rule only applies to persons.

It wasn't 2 persons wearing a horse costume, was it?

No it wasn't

We were being discriminatory towards animals which forum rules do not prevent

 

[backontrack]

Erm...the advert I'm seeing: