Guest Post

Hello, there! We haven't met yet, but let me introduce myself - I'm Falcon, Bilbo and Agnes's grandhorse. Nice to meet you.

I realize that, with all the bad stuff going on in the world, you probably don't think much about horses*, but you ought to remember that we are important to you for a lot of reasons. One of these is that we still exemplify that quality you call horse sense ... a quality seen less and less nowadays with the vast growth in the number of people you call horse's asses, who tend to be full of horse ... uh ... caca. 

You humans are just beyond understanding. I don't especially care if you deliberately endanger each other for stupid reasons, like refusing to get vaccinated for deadly diseases, but now a lot of you are stupid enough to endanger me and my animal friends because you ignore your doctors and insist on taking Ivermectin, the medicine vets prescribe for controlling worms and parasites in horses, sheep, and pigs. You seem to be unaware that Ivermectin has not been proven to provide any protection against Covid-19 ... unlike the various vaccines developed and approved for that specific purpose. You are clearly lacking in horse sense. Or any other kind of sense.

The expression horse sense implies that those who possess it are practical, discreet, and down-to-earth ... like us horses. It's our superpower ... our horsepower, as it were. We can't all be like the famous equine hero El Kabong, but we know how to protect each other.

So, saddle up, humans. Get some horse sense. Do the right thing for each other. Stop buying into the herd mentality** of those who wear silly red hats, or who wear huge cowboy hats without ever having dealt with a cow that wasn't portioned and shrink-wrapped. If you're going to pay attention to horse's asses, pay attention to real ones ...

Bilbo will be back with his own thoughts later. Until then, just say neigh to Ivermectin.

Falcon

* Unless you bet on the races, of course.

** Bilbo calls it "ass-clownery," but I think that's an insult to asses, who work a lot harder than most of you do, anyhow.