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From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell)
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Subject: Horses (WARNING:OFFENSIVE)
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Date: Fri, 18-May-84 15:21:02 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 18 15:21:02 1984
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OK, you were warned!

The Illinois Prairie path is a bicycle path the runs through most of
DuPage County in the Western Suburbs of Chicago.  I call it a bicycle
path because, according to the IPP's own statistics, 85% of its supporters
are bikers.  The remaining 15% is made up mostly of joggers and just a few
HORSES: big, stupid, smelly, obnoxious HORSES.

Why do I hate horses?  Well, it's bad enough that they shit all over the
path, but that's not the problem.  It's their hooves.  The IPP's surface
is made up of 2" rock (as a drainage base) covered with a layer of fine
limestone screenings.  When a half-ton horse plods along such a surface,
it leaves pockmarks, and when enough of them pass by, the surface becomes
unsuitable for bikers.  That's right, unsuitable; it's like riding over
a washboard with a jackhammer for handlebars.

Now, the IPP has been so damaged by horses in some of its rural sections
that I can't stand to ride it.  My 90-psi tires don't soak up the impact
very well.  WHY IS THIS? WHY SHOULD A FEW GODDAMN HORSES BE ALLOWED TO
F*CK UP THE PATH FOR THE REST OF US? WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO RIDE THE 
DAMN THINGS AT ALL? WHY CAN'T THEY JUST KEEP THE DAMN THINGS ON THEIR OWN
PROPERTY AND NOT RUIN THINGS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE?

Now, don't get me wrong; I'm not anti-horse.  They are an important
source of glue and dog food, but it's high time people stopped riding
them!!!!!!!!!

If I've offended any equestrians, GOOD! F*ck you and the horse you
rode in on!
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                               Bob Fishell
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