tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116182997638937334.post2263302076794202872..comments2022-07-10T02:03:16.347-07:00Comments on Cutting Open an Animal and Crawling Inside to Survive a Storm in the Wild: Reverend Joseph Goiffon, HeroUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116182997638937334.post-81305573475271920772011-02-22T03:11:01.222-08:002011-02-22T03:11:01.222-08:00I wish MTL is still alive and will show us the way...I wish MTL is still alive and will show us the way again soon!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765904496314230509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116182997638937334.post-23421495971307789602011-01-22T21:02:21.321-08:002011-01-22T21:02:21.321-08:00Jordan,
Cutting open an animal and crawling insi...Jordan, <br /><br />Cutting open an animal and crawling inside to survive a storm in the wild is a rather specialized field of knowledge. As such, you can't expect such knowledge to be posted every day.<br /><br />In fact, I suspect that MTL has been trapped in the wild with his horse and has been forced to live what he preaches.<br /><br />He's the best of us all.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13995775027363367307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116182997638937334.post-77581910231842375232011-01-06T13:25:01.267-08:002011-01-06T13:25:01.267-08:00Would this Blog be considered a dead animal, since...Would this Blog be considered a dead animal, since it has not moved for over a month.....I wonder if you could crawl inside of it....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02703015029101989893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116182997638937334.post-3257634821461453642010-12-08T18:12:58.430-08:002010-12-08T18:12:58.430-08:00MTL,
I should amend my previous comment. Rather ...MTL, <br />I should amend my previous comment. Rather than a literal ‘cutting open’ of the Reverend, I envisioned a hoof to the head; quick, painless, unexpected (if administered from behind), perhaps while the Reverend was crouching to sharpen his blade. (Bear in mind, this would only be necessary if the horse foresaw the Reverend’s plan and knew that his own life was at risk.) The horse could have then simply draped the (God-rest-his-soul) Rev around his neck like a mink shrug to, you know, garner the last of his living warmth, and galloped on to safety. You see, this story claims ‘both horse and man were lost’ but that is impossible to know for certain, isn’t it. My guess is that The Reverend’s vanity prevented him from actually admitting to the horse that he was lost; slitting his throat and cowering within his ribcage seemed the better option. So our only remaining problem with this scenario is your small-minded assertion that man is more deserving of life than horse. I would love to see you look a Shetland pony in the eye and try to explain that to him. http://www.flickr.com/photos/michellemcfarlane/4025178759/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116182997638937334.post-81239471554299245882010-11-04T22:59:10.724-07:002010-11-04T22:59:10.724-07:00Anonymous,
As well as being morally repugnant to...Anonymous, <br /><br />As well as being morally repugnant to me as a God-fearing American, your suggestion has a couple of glaring logical fallacies. <br /><br />First, horses are laughably incompetent with blades of any kind. I spent much of my sixth summer attempting to train a horse to be a worthy pirate foe, and learned that no amount of poking, prodding, or wedging will get a hoof to grip a pirate saber. Horses lack the fundamental ability to cut through anything, let alone a priestly ribcage. <br /><br />Second, chest cavity size. This is a topic I've discussed extensively on this blog (I especially recommend you check out the posts on Whales and Giant-Whale-Eating Whales). To successfully crawl inside an animal to survive a storm in the wild, that animal must have a chest cavity large enough to accomodate you. Horses are larger than priests (which is why Reverend Goiffon was able to crawl inside the horse--though, admittedly, sans one leg), thus the shelter provided would be inadequate. However, as I noted in the Squirrels post, several smaller animals can be cut open and smooshed around one if no better option exists. Meaning, I suppose, that if our magical knife-wielding horse were able to track down several priests he might have a shot at weathering the storm. <br /><br />But I think you'll agree this is getting a little ridiculous.MTLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610229855620668992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116182997638937334.post-73147956281587236742010-11-02T20:39:15.710-07:002010-11-02T20:39:15.710-07:00Who’s to say that this was a better outcome than t...Who’s to say that this was a better outcome than the horse cutting open The Rev Goiffon and crawling inside of HIM to survive the storm? I’m reporting this website to the ASPCA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116182997638937334.post-42059567511713511262010-11-01T13:45:20.641-07:002010-11-01T13:45:20.641-07:00Damn.Damn.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02703015029101989893noreply@blogger.com