What the world thinks

I wander if any dressage fanatic ever thought how we are perceived by other members of the community, it is obvious what we think about our selves from the way we walk talk and dress but do other share the same feelings about our sport and those that take part in it in what ever roll?
Lets be honest ,very few intelligent well adjusted people can see the sense of keeping a machine that converts money into shit which you have to pay even more money to get rid of, why to create this shit to start with?
I once took an old uncle to watch a top dressage competion after sitting through a full GP class he turned to me and asked “when is the show going to commence” . Or a friend that thought the arena was a large sand pit for the village children to play in, a £40.000 sand pit.
We have to admit for the rest of the world we are more peculiar then ET or vegi burgers from Burger King .
The world is going through the most significant economical and social changes, the national health is hardly functioning and the global warming is likly to reach cooking level and we are worried if the judge will notice or not the improvement of our horses tail carriage.
How lucky we are that Mrs Cameron is neither keen or involved in dressage, imagine
10 Dawning street 7 pm David return home after dealing with half the problems of half the world ( Nick Clogg is still in the office dealing with the other halves) DC is looking forward to a good meal and a supporting wife, and there she is on the sofa comatose from grief ,baby nappies un changed,’ children screaming from hunger nothing in the oven.
And DC the understanding husband hugs his distraught wife and says “I know how hard it is for you not to get a square HALT I only rescued 15 million Greeks from hunger today"

Take for instance a real life possibility, BBC contest “ achievement of the centaury award “ the contestants being interviewed by J Pax.
1st contestant the well known explorer Sir R finness
JP “Sir Randolph why do you think you should win this award “
reply; “ I don't think I should , all I wanted was to get away from under the Mrs feet as she was busy redecorating the living room , I took my kit bag and started a march from the north pol to the south pol taking a detour through mount Everest just to retrieve the penknife I left there on my previous expedition ,I lost a foot to Polar bear an eye to sward fish survived snow storms and avalanches and on the way back had to eat my left ear as there was no more water biscuits or dried fat left in the bag ,as regard to the award I am sure there are people more deserving then me, I only did it because I hate decorating”
JP; “But still you have proved that where the mind wants the body will follow”
RF;”In most cases yes although now that I am not so young there are times that the mind wants but the body refuses to come up with it, the Mrs will tell you more that's why she has taken to decorating “
The next contestant Lady Lavonia Roger Smyth, the WILL be well known dressage Diva.
JP ,”Livonia you come from the demanding sport of dressage what was your achievement that single you out from all the other contestants.
reply ;”The other day early morning at 10,30 am, I walked to the out door arena , the weather was fair otherwise the indoor school would have been used, and there was waiting for me, the new Verden elite auction purchased (top price) horse, already warmed up by 2.5 hours of lunging.
I mounted him un aided , rode him un aided with out my trainer for 3 hours and 21 minutes and then I performed the most perfect 20 mitres circle. I have the proof!!!!! the hooves prints are still there we are never going to harrow or ride in that arena ever again”
JP; “Not ride again ??”
LRS";”not ride in this arena again, lord RS promised to build another arena for the other circles”
JP; Aaaand
LRS; The sense of achievement was phenomenal nothing can compare, A 20 MITRE CIRCLE PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JP; “The award is one million pounds donated by the Euro million lottery would that amount of money change your lives contestants ??”
The young boy from Mumbai India who works 36 hours a day in sweat shop in a order to support his family .” I don't think it will change my life, by the time I will pay for my grand mother eye operation, my brother school fees buy my sister back and pay for dads new rickshaw there will be just enough money for one meal in a restaurant so we can all taste real Indian food once.
LRS “It will be amazing if I won , I could buy 2 of them new Totilas foals and have them graze the front lawn , if they don't make it as dressage champions his lordship can have them as polo ponies.
By the way daddy owns the Euro Million lottery I will ask him to give 2 millions so every one can win a prize”

Every one wanders what all this has to do with JT sex life you will soon find out.
On his travels around the country , JT met a young pretty girl he has taken a shine to, totally un horsy or impressed from the fact that he was a JT that soon will become a TT, after heavy convincing a lot of wine chocolate and flowers she succumbed to his amours advances.
It was some few years after JT returned to this remout part of the country to give another clinic for the Glanfenig and district riding club , the first one in was a little girl on a Shetland pony led by a familiar still pretty but not so young woman, there was no mistake the tiny rider displayed all the characteristics of a TT it was clear she was bred for dressage .
JT turned to the mother “ why haven't you called you should have told me I would have married you gave my name to the child be a father don't you have telephones in the high lands”
The young mother looked him straight in the eyes and said “I thought about it, the whole family discussed it for days AND THEN WE CAME TO THE DECISION IT WILL BE EASIER TO EXPLAIN WHY I HAVE AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD THEN HAVING TO EXPLAIN WHY I HAVE DRESSAGE MANS AS A HUSBAND”