I went into the quilt store yesterday smelling like horse...

[chicago]

I think the woman was highly offended when I said "excuse me if I smell like horse, I just got done spending time with the horses"... as I brushed off horse "something" from my sweatshirt

My Mom laughs and says "I can't believe you go shopping after you come out of that barn.... what a kid"

[kjay]

Do I ever relate to your post. I spend many hours a week with 15 camels and end up smelling like them, which, by the way, is a good thing. When I first began this work, I so loved the way I smelled when I got home that I didn't even want to shower (but I did and do).

[Duck on Wheels]

I grew up on a chicken farm. Chickens stink, in case you've never been around them. There was a story about another chicken farmer in the community. His wife would nag him to shower and change before they went anywhere, to which he had two answers:
1) We're only going to (the feed store, the hatchery, the slaughterhouse). Everybody knows me there.
2) We're only going to (the bank, etc. etc.). Nobody knows me there.

[Biciclista]

there she goes bragging again about her horse.
I used to go to my friend's house (5 years ago) just so i could rub my hands all over her kid's pony so i could smell like horses too.

Now with bikes, it's a little different, we get these chain ring tattoos. but it's the same thing. "you're going to X with those grease stains on your (leg, sock, slacks, face ???"

[Aint Doody]

Eastern Oregon is definitely the wild west. In Sept. we have one of the biggest rodeos in the country--the Pendleton Round-up. This past year I'd been on my bicycle and just needed to grab something quick at the grocery before I headed home. Men in 10 gallon hats, ropers, and Wranglers really look sideways at a "mature woman" in lycra in Safeway.

[andtckrtoo]

Ooooh, I love the smell of horses!!

[salsabike]

I do too. I always wanted a horse. Still think they're just beautiful. Love the smells of horses and cows. Pigs and chickens not so much.