What kind of animal...

[Lord Haw Haw]

...was Mr. Ed?

A horse of course, right? Are you sure? Check this out, you may be surprised.

http://www.snopes.com/lost/mistered.asp

 

[cosynthetics]

That's funny. What they didn't explain is why stripes weren't visible. Doesn't make sense to me.

 

[MarkC]

How did yhey get that long, silky mane, instead of a zebra's brushy stiff one? I call hockey of the bull.

 

[Pablo]

One of my favorite shows as a kid and my dad used to tell me that Mr. Ed was a girl and she was a zebra.........I thought he was messing with my mind.....dunno......

One thing for sure Grevy's zebra is a lot like some folks:

Quote:
The species is vocal during fights (an asinine characteristic), braying loudly.

 

[XS650]

You've been hoaxed by snopes

 

[MGregoir]

http://www.snopes.com/lost/false.htm

 

[MarkC]

That's what I thought.
(Of course, Lassie was actually played by a coyote, Flipper was the Loch Ness Monster, Rin Tin Tin was a Timber Wolf, and the role of Chewbacca was handled by an actual Sasquatch.)

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: cosynthetics
That's funny. What they didn't explain is why stripes weren't visible. Doesn't make sense to me.


It makes no sense because it's utter and complete nonsense.

 

[Pablo]

I was kinda hoping it would run a bit longer without all the "mythbusters" advertising their knowledge.

 

[alreadygone]

Originally Posted By: Pablo
I was kinda hoping it would run a bit longer without all the "mythbusters" advertising their knowledge.


What'd be the point of all that knowledge if they didn't show it?

Bob

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: alreadygone
Originally Posted By: Pablo
I was kinda hoping it would run a bit longer without all the "mythbusters" advertising their knowledge.


What'd be the point of all that knowledge if they didn't show it?

Bob


What's the point of so many showing their lack of knowledge all the time?

 

[MarkC]

Nothing like a little obligatory condescension.

 

[Oldmoparguy1]

Now thats funny!

 

[Pablo]

Dig a hole, sharpen some sticks, throw some twigs and branches over the top........

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: MarkC
Nothing like a little obligatory condescension.


The best part of waking up, is a bit condescension in your cup.

 

[Benzadmiral]

A zebra is a difficult animal to deal with. From what I've read, they are very adept at dodging lassos, so it's hard to rope them, and they like to bite.

Jared Diamond, in his Guns, Germs, and Steel, mentions a story that a pair of zebras were once trained to pull a carriage in England. But the species has proved much harder to domesticate than the horse; people can't make them pay.

So the idea that a zebra would have put up with the long hours required to film a TV series . . . uh-uh.

 

[MrCritical]

"Wilbur, I'm in the barn. With Mary Jane. I mean, Mary Ann".

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: MrCritical
"Wilbur, I'm in the barn. With Mary Jane. I mean, Mary Ann".

Is that stall #9? With a wide stance?

 

[MarkC]

Zebras are black with white stripes.

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: MarkC
Zebras are black with white stripes.


Which explains why they look like horses on B&W TV.