From the horse's mouth- Where From?

Subject: From the horse's mouth- Where From?
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 10:39 AM

The Old saying: "I got it from the horse's mouth!"

Where did it come from originally??

(Maybe about venereal disease? ;-)

Art

Subject: RE: From the horse's mouth- Where From?
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 10:44 AM

Racing.

If the horse itself tells you it is going to win this is more reliable than the trainer's word.

Subject: RE: From the horse's mouth- Where From?
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 10:50 AM

"The horse! Its a horse, of course, of course..."

I should've known that!

Thanks Diane,

Art

Subject: RE: From the horse's mouth- Where From?
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 10:56 AM

/horse alert

Subject: RE: From the horse's mouth- Where From?
From: The PA
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 11:09 AM

I think it may have something to do with telling a horses age from its teeth.

Horses can be passed off as almost any age between the ages of 3ish and 12ish. The only sure way is to look at the teeth. From the age of 3 to 7a mark known as Galvanes Groove begins to run down the tooth However after the ages of between 7 and 9 the mark begins to disappear and 'old' teeth can start to look like young teeth again. Obviously only until the horse is really old and its teeth fall out.

Having said all that it probably nothing to do with at all. I'll go now.

Subject: RE: From the horse's mouth- Where From?
From: Ebbie
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 06:24 PM

Years ago in my reckless youth I had a brother who had problems with just about everybody, not least with me.

One day just as I finished telling my mother an event that my brother had told me about, he walked in. I appealed to him to tell her the story as he'd told it to me.

He did- and at the end I turned to my mom with a flourish. And there you have it, folks, I proclaimed. Straight from the horse's ass.


At least my mother thought it was funny.

Subject: RE: From the horse's mouth- Where From?
From: Peace
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 06:35 PM

Art, I figure it like this. The horse has two ends . . . .

Subject: RE: From the horse's mouth- Where From?
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 05 Jul 07 - 07:56 PM

I'm just stallion for time!

Art