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There's an interesting aspect of ranching that most people don't know about, the chatter that goes on outside of the arena or outside of the pens in small groups. My rodeo team and I came up with a name for it, we call it Saddle Sore Radio.
No subject is safe from us - nothing is taboo and the conversation changes quick, so you best be paying attention.
Here's an excerpt:
Julie, Jerry, George, Bonnie, Tory and I went to a local roping. We all switch partners in the team roping so that we get more runs, but this makes the conversation even harder to keep up with. The only thing that halfway saves any one of us is that the guys stay together and the women stay together.
During Bonnie and George's run, Julie and I were talking about her garden. She held out both hands cupped together and said, "That's how big my tomatoes got."
Then, she held her hands about a foot apart and said, "That was the size of my cukes."
I was just about to say something about making bread and butter pickles when Bonnie rode up.
"I used to know that guy!" She yelled.
I laughed and said, "Well, you should have married him."
Then I went out for my ride and the conversation turned to men:
"Do you know Rudy that lives out on 34?"
"Yeah, I know him, his dad is Joe. He fixes cars and such in town."
"Yeah, that's him. We should set Jackie up with him. Isn't his last name Tru-Jill-O?"
About that time, I come riding up, "Blue jello? I like blue jello, especially with Cool Whip. Ain't it flavored like raspberry?"
Julie rides away saying, "Not blue jello! His name is pronounced Tru-Hi-O!"
Bonnie and I got talking about Mr. Cuke and why she didn't marry him. She says, "He didn't make enough money."
I replied, "Money can't buy you love, but great sex can."
Julie comes off her run and says, "It's going to take more than six, and I like bottled beer. Who's going on a liquor run?"
Bonnie goes back in to rope with Jerry, and Julie and I are talking about wine. Boone's Farm to be exact. "It's too sweet for me. I'll stick with beer."
"I don't know, they've got some lemonade stuff that's pretty good."
"I don't think that's wine, though."
Bonnie comes back in, "What's he got to whine about? You guys are in the second go."
They call my number next. My mare gets snorty on the way out to the box.
Bonnie says, "There are so many good horses out there. Why does she keep up with that rangy mare?"
Julie says, "Hey, I've seen that mare work. She's great in pasture. She's just snorty in the arena. Her bloodlines would make Hank Weiscamp drool. One of these days, Jackie'll find a good stud and breed that horse. Then, she'll settle down."
"No stud will settle me down. If he ain't going to let me go ropin', he can hit the highway."
They both roll their eyes.
So it goes. Saddle Sore Radio is always entertaining, even if we don't know what the others are talking about while we're in the pen roping.
See what I mean about paying attention? The subject changes so quick that even if you're sitting there, you have a hard time keeping up. It's always interesting, though.
October, 2001
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