Last night I was in the sound room of our church helping push buttons to keep the Christmas program on track when suddenly I got a whiff of a familiar scent. I mostly detected the smell of ammonia but also a hint of day-old horse manure. But I wasn’t wearing barn clothes or my barn shoes. Oh man, I think I walked through the barn in these shoes. How embarrassing. I mean I live in the country and all and many of the people we know have horses but still, I’d prefer to not smell like horse excrement all the time. I’m hoping I haven’t doomed yet another pair of shoes to barn duties. I have a pair of Justin cowboy boots I use for horse stuff…riding, working in the barn and pasture. They hold up well and offer better protection than old sneakers. Once I tried to clean them up to wear out somewhere. Nothing fancy but more than a trip to the feed store, if you know what I mean. Soap and water and boot shine make them look almost new but they still reeked of ammonia. I suppose it soaks into the rubber sole or leather.
So let this be a lesson to us all: don’t wear shoes around the barn that you’ll later want to wear in social situations!
You sure that was you? Living in Horse Country, it could have been anybody.
Haha, well I’m pretty sure it was me…er, my shoes, yeah.
Why is it horsey poop at home, and horse excrement at church?
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Oh it’s horsey poop everywhere, believe me. I just didn’t want to say “poop” too many times in a single month. I try and limit myself to once a day and I think I’m up to 30 now.