Horse Humiliation vs. Horseback Appreciation & Topless Gunfighter Appreciation!

 October 13, 2024

   And, now, for your viewing pleasure, we have a very angry chica from Divisadero, Sonora

Daily Whip Out:

"La Poderosa"

   She is one of the widows in Divisadero who is not fond of Mexican machismo which she blames for her husband's death. She is not alone with this idea in the village of 300 widows.

Halloween Cover Buy In

   "Funny but the Halloween issue was the 1st True West I bought since you took over the magazine and I've been hooked ever since! Took out my first subscription and got the Mattie Silks Nude Duel issue in January 2001 and have every issue since then."

—Mark, TW Maniac 235

Well, we certainly got Mark's attention!

Topless Gunfighter cover

   My original partner, Bob McCubbin, was not a fan of this cover. We were doing an Old West show in Mankato, Minnesota in 2001 and I had a sampling of True West issues on the table and this one had just come out so I had it prominently, front and center. I went out to get something and when I got back I noticed the issue was face down so I turned it over and was talking to someone and when I looked down again Bob had turned it over again. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I hate that cover. It's embarrassing!" So, it's more than a little ironic that Mark The Maniac #235 received this as his first issue.

Horse Humiliation vs. Horse Appreciation

"I don't do horseback riding, mainly because I prefer to be comfortable—and it's not the 1800s. I'm sure the horses aren't thrilled either: "Why am I carrying you around? I saw you drive up in a Honda Accord." But people love to horseback ride. I have a friend, she told me the reason she enjoys horseback riding is because she loves horses, which seems like a strange way of expressing love for someone. Making it carry you around on its back. I mean, I love my great aunt Katie, but I'm not making her carry me around on her back. Not anymore, you know."

—Jim Gaffigan

Daily Whip Out:

"Horse Sense Appreciation"

"There's just no end to the indignity of being a horse. You go horseback riding. The horse sees you pull up in a car. He knows, you have absolutely no real need to do this. I get out of a car that has 500 horsepower. So I can sit on an animal that has 1. Why do we even use the term 'horsepower'? Is it just to further humiliate the horses? Each Space Shuttle rocket has about 20 million horsepower. Is there any point in continuing to compare it to the horses?"

—Jerry Seinfeld

"If I had asked people what they wanted—they would have said faster horses."

—Henry Ford on his invention of the model T