May 25, 2006

Get Well Soon: Write a letter to Barbaro. Follow-up story and link to the Barbaro message board here.

posted by tron7 to navel gazing at 02:43 PM - 11 comments

I didn't think this was quite front page worthy but the comments in here are hilarious.

posted by tron7 at 02:45 PM on May 25, 2006

Haaaaaaaaaayyyyyy.......hope you're feeling better!!! You're the APPLE of my eye......I wish I were your Neighbor.....Love, Kisses & Carrots, Anna I think Anna knows what "hung like a horse," means. Sorry.

posted by tselson at 03:13 PM on May 25, 2006

Yeah, I read that too, and thought to myself...wow, cool horse, awful outcome, and aren't we getting just a little detached from reality here? The horse. Can't. Read. I feel like the worst sort of asshole for saying this, and I will happily wear the "worst sort of asshole" albatross for it...but sometimes I feel like the worst part of any tragedy is the outpouring of mawkish sentiment that it inspires.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 04:32 PM on May 25, 2006

However, I'm happy to introduce him to an attractive, 5 year old Australian stock horse mare. Think of the stud fees I would save.

posted by owlhouse at 06:06 PM on May 25, 2006

The horse. Can't. Read. The fuck you say?

posted by yerfatma at 07:19 PM on May 25, 2006

l_b_b, I was in the same boat when we had our great "Kirby Puckett Is Dead And I Want To Say A Little Prayer For Him Right Here On SportsFilter" discussion. You can sit at my table, if'n ya want.

posted by The_Black_Hand at 07:56 PM on May 25, 2006

So when lbb is horribly injured in a mountaineering accident, let's everybody remember that — no mawkish sentiment allowed around here.

posted by Amateur at 08:19 PM on May 25, 2006

Same rule applies to writing lettes to injured horses as applies to bringing a glove to a baseball game... If you've been able to wipe your own ass for 10 years or more... you're not allowed.

posted by SummersEve at 06:30 AM on May 26, 2006

Is that 10 years in a row? Just checking.

posted by chicobangs at 06:36 AM on May 26, 2006

Need to take a break every now and then, Chico? Those comments are just too funny. Thanks for sharing, Tron.

posted by SummersEve at 08:10 AM on May 26, 2006

Didn't take Penn long to channel this wellspring of emotion into a fundraising ploy. Shit, for a minute there, I almost forgot they were doctors.

posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:41 PM on May 26, 2006

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