Sunday, June 08, 2008
Mystery Photo!
Your assignment: What is going on here, and what is about to happen?
UPDATE: We have brilliant commenters. Answer here.
7 Comments:
By 
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Sun Jun 08, 10:03:00 PM:
By , at
Sun Jun 08, 10:05:00 PM:
Definitely an equestrian obstacle course of some type. No rings so it can't be a joust. The balloons are used by target by the single action shooter crowd, but but aiming at the ground?
I will guess it is a demonstration of Snake Speed Shooting from Horseback, a time honored tradition in some parts of the Southwest.
By , at
Sun Jun 08, 10:26:00 PM:
The ballons represent the various races of the world awaiting to be freed - free, oh free! - with the election of Barack Obama.
Fly balloons, oh fly!
By 
Adam Lawson, at
Sun Jun 08, 10:43:00 PM:
"Having been defeated in her bid for the Democrat's Presidential Nominee, Hillary Clinton plans to launch her secondary life-long dream as a star of pornographic movies, starting with a film titled 'The Balloon Smuggler.'"
By , at
Mon Jun 09, 08:07:00 AM:
You know, you posted an image of your daughter playing polo/lacrosse and I still didn't put that together with the balloons on the ground. What is the propoper name for that sport?
By TigerHawk, at
Mon Jun 09, 10:45:00 AM:
The proper name for the polo/lacrosse game is, er, "polocrosse." It is a recognized sport, orgiginating in Australia, with a governing body, official rules and specialized equipment. It is also an event for which United States Pony Clubs has a national competition.
The balloons are a prop for the most entertaining Pony Club event, "Games." Games consists of a whole series of competitive stunts on horseback. One of those Games is "Balloons," in which you have to ride past the balloons, preferably at high speed, and pop one with a stick with a spike on the end of it. It is harder that it looks for a number of reasons, including that some horses are afraid of balloons or the popping thereof.
By , at
Mon Jun 09, 03:25:00 PM:
So it's kind of like "jousting for snakes". Must be fun to watch, especially when you know the players!
