Susan, I'd say he'd grab the bridle or reins from the side. Trying it from directly in front of the horse would leave open way too much of a possibility of him getting kicked.

That's what I thought. And would it make sense for the horse to snort and plunge a bit, but not make much of a fuss otherwise?

And would it make sense for the horse to snort and plunge a bit, but not make much of a fuss otherwise?

For a relatively low-key horse, I'd say yes, but it's been a few years since I spent much time around horses.

You know, erika, if you lived in Berkeley you'd be at any given moment just a block or so from your choice of twenty restaurants offering chichi gourmet sandwiches that would make Hec weep with envy, all fully wheelchair-accessible.

(The restaurants, I mean, not the sandwiches.)

(Not that the sandwiches aren't accessible, too. They are.)

(But you probably already guessed that.)

t /tempting

t /bogarting all the parentheses

OK. Having got rid of the "I can't write yet because I don't know what the horse would do" excuse, time to get to it.

Dude, I think I just got Bad Cop-Good Copped by the Zmayhem. They're good, too, because I didn't notice till it was over(And of all people, I really should have.) I'm a little excited, right now, actually. (Maybe I should move this to Bitches!)

ita, is C in some Oxygen movie with Jennifer Love Hewitt? I think I just saw him on a promo - it was startling.

Dude, I think I just got Bad Cop-Good Copped by the Zmayhem.

She's always going to be the Good Cop. Though she's a snarky little, Glinda, I'll grant her that. Also there is the ranting and the waving of fists at the heavens and the snarling under her breath.

Also there is the ranting and the waving of fists at the heavens and the snarling under her breath.

We don't really get the full effect of that online.

We don't really get the full effect of that online.

She's never content with a single interjection. She gets wound up and it takes her several paragraphs to come back down. Sometimes there's sputtering. Pres. Bush is often a catalyst, though cruelty and inhumanity of any stripe can set her off.

Susan - how fast is the horse moving when the Hero grabs it? I'm asking because I would assume that grabbing the woman by the arm would require some movement to work (or at least it did whenever Legolas pulled someone onto his horse) but if the horse is moving too fast, I would think grabbing the reins could really stop the horse short.

I should not watch SotU tonight, right? Usually I like to watch, just to see what's up, but I suspect this year it will just make me angry.