The pony, called Fat Boy, broke in to Sarah Penhaligon’s garden in Newquay, Cornwall, to get to the fruit, which had fallen from trees. He ate so many apples that he became confused.
Penhaligon, 28, from said she was woken at around 3am yesterday by the sounds of an animal in distress.
She said she looked out of her window to see a large creature in the pool, adding: “When I looked outside, I saw this massive animal in the dark and I thought the Beast of Bodmin Moor was in the pool.
“I was terrified, but when I took a closer look I realised it was a horse. I didn’t have a clue what to do next. Who do you call when there’s a horse stuck in your swimming pool?”
Penhaligon called the emergency services and a team of firefighters managed to rescue Fat Boy, who was unharmed, using harnesses.
I’ve seen drunken deer in orchards; but, never a drunken pony. Especially in a swimming pool.
Drunken parrots are a common sight in my garden. They drink fermented nectar and end up hanging upside down on branches and screaming abuse at each other.
I was once drunk off my ass.
And that is why scrumping is such an important part of rural living…. 😀
On which note, is the term ‘scrumping’ used in North America? (in southwest England it means to ‘steal apples for someones trees’ …. not sure if it is used anywhere else now that I think about it)…
Ed,
I’ve seen drunken deer in orchards; but, never a drunken pony. Especially in a swimming pool.
Picture John McCain debating Barack Obama. That is what a drunken pony in a swimming pool looks like. Totally out of his element.
Nothing like that hard cider.
Its Sarah Palin
Now the Pony will have to join AA !!!
He’s an Apple-Holic !!!
And then, in a sudden twist of events the old hags from MADD and tight-assed bitches from PeTA allied together and killed the pony because:
a)The drunken pony is a bad example to children.
b)According to the “experts” at PeTA The drunken pony has suffered irreparable emotional damage at the hands of humans’ unkept orchard and thus will never be able to function as a normal pony.