Hot potato in a horse’s mouth
I once heard a story about a horse who bit a man on the shoulder while he was teaching it how to wear a bridle and saddle. After getting bit, the man went inside and baked a potato. He then placed the potato under his shirt on his shoulder, with a cloth to separate his skin from the hot potato. Then he went out again and began working with the horse. This time, when the horse went to bite him, he quickly maneuvered so that the horse bit full into the hot potato on his shoulder. It shocked the horse and after that it never bit anyone again.
Top that, horse whisperer.
Pretty cool story, but how would anyone really be able to pull this off? I mean, how would you know the horse wouldn’t just bite you somewhere else the next time, like on the ear or something? No thanks, I’m keeping my potato on my plate and my ear attached, and I’d just sell the horse.
