"The saddle has given her complete satisfaction."

[blinkytreefrog.livejournal.com]

It's... hard to know what to say, really...

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[sanikleen.livejournal.com]

*wink wink nudge nudge*

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Good grief. Though I wonder if there are any in a museum somewhere.

[inkytwist.livejournal.com]

hahahaaa I love the implication that anything cures histeria. Besides masterbation, of course.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

"complete cure for hysteria" kind of sums it up, doesn't it. though how satisfying can it be if you ride sidesaddle...

[jtaylor2.livejournal.com]

Seriously... side saddle? :P

Methinks ladies decided to ride differently in the comfort and privacy of their own homes.

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, but it's a legitimate area of the sport, some of us still do so. When riding aside, you do everything someone going astride does - but "backwards and in high heels". It's quite an art, not to mention fun :)

[saturnangel587.livejournal.com]

That's the second time I've seen the phrase "backwards and in high heels" this week. O.o Sorry; I just couldn't help noticing that. XD

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

I am in love.

[misstia]

that ad totally reminded me of one of my favorite kids in the hall skits....

[jtaylor2.livejournal.com]

That Chicken Lady sketch was pretty amazing.

But mostly for Dave Foley in drag. :P

[misstia]

i think he made the best woman of all the kids....

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha ha. Amazing. I loved that show.

[moraiwe.livejournal.com]

BWUAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!!!

[write-light.livejournal.com]

HRH the Princess of Wales does not approve of your suggestive comments.

[tanwen.livejournal.com]

That thing by her knee is, uh, intriguing.

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah. : ) I'm glad I'm not the only person who noticed that. I don't think that's a regular pommel horn.

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

Actually, it is. Some 19thC saddles had a horn on the off side. While the better design (two horns on the near side) had been around for quite some time, some of the more decorative (and less utilitarian) models had a third horn. It was eventually abandoned for safety reasons, it doesn't really do a thing.

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

Oh, really? Huh. I did not know that. Thanks. I think this would definitely fit the 'decorative' qualification. Interesting. Still, though. Still. Y'know? I mean, it's like, well.

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

I know, TMI, but here's the difference...

This is the best image I can find on short notice:

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tudorlady/pic/0003ey4y/)

The rider braced her right knee between the two horns. Not terribly effective or safe. If you fall, you don't want pieces of your anatomy trapped in the saddle.

This is a more evolved and utilitarian model, still in use today. Right knee over the top horn, left knee under the bottom one:

(http://pics.livejournal.com/tudorlady/pic/0003frfk/)

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

Wow. Interesting. Thanks.

[misstia]

that's for when you are very hysterical and need more rigorous exercise!

[foxsong.livejournal.com]

Oh my lordy. If it did all that, then faux saddles must've been much more, er, satisfying than real saddles on real horses...

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

Seriously ;) You wouldn't BELIEVE how many people give me a funny look when I tell them that yes, really, I do ride sidesaddle. Although the more one thinks about the anatomy involved, it really should be MEN who ride sidesaddle, but...

[mwittier.livejournal.com]

We've come a long way, when you consider that vibrators once took up the space of a wood-burning stove.

[evilfoo.livejournal.com]

She bop a LOOP she bop!

[orcasandowls.livejournal.com]

LMAO

[moraiwe.livejournal.com]

Cure for hysteria indeed. :P

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

Okay, I SO want one of these, but only if the design has improved to the point where it has a 'goes over 3'6' setting ;) This would be great when weather isn't conducive to riding.

[sarahlouise.livejournal.com]

There actually is such a thing. I saw it at an equestrian expo one time. But it costs about $30,000. haha. I was sad when I found that out, I had visions of working on my riding in front of the TV :)

[gillianinoz.livejournal.com]

Her Excellency The Countess of Aberdeen writes "That the saddle has given her complete satisfaction."

I'll bet it has! *nudge nudge wink wink say no more*

[thehappycat.livejournal.com]

I heard Panasonic makes something similar to this, without the need to ride sidesaddle. Unfortunately, they don't sell it in the States AFAIK.

[3cthelion.livejournal.com]

on the contrary - http://sitincomfort.com/cotrexfrpa.html

i've actually ridden one of these at a brookstone in an airport once. i think it was the "iGallop," but it doesn't look like brookstone sells it anymore. it was a lot of fun, though in blue jeans, there was a noticeable amount of chaffing after a few minutes. perhaps side-saddle would have been better!

[parkerbenchley.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine tried it out at Brookstone too and declared it a poor simulation for real riding.

[3cthelion.livejournal.com]

i certainly wouldn't argue with that. ignoring everything else, i was sitting on a hunk of plastic and metal at a brookstone in an airport, instead of a warm-blooded animal out in the country.

but it was still more fun than sitting in an uncomfortable chair waiting for them to delay my flight or change my gate (again). =)

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine tried it out at Brookstone too and declared it a poor simulation for real riding.

This. I tried it out at a local Brookstone and was completely unimpressed. The salesmen had had people have difficulty with it at lower settings, so when I asked them to put it up to the highest setting after several uneventful minutes at "low", they were amazed when I sat "high" with no effort. Well, when you ride several times a week--I mean ride, not "Sunday Afternoon Trail Ride With n00bs"--it IS nothing.