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November 2008 
Oprah's Favourite Gifts!
Posted on Dec 12th, 2007
by 
Brondu
Brondu
I was watching Oprah give away a bunch of free stuff on television today. I laughed heartily throughout the entire program at the pure excitement of these women who were receiving a few thousand dollars worth of new stuff. Their expressions were so intense, so overwrought, like someone was handing them a better life than they ever hoped to imagine and not a set of night clothes or a scrabble board. I thought it would be pretty funny if Oprah brought a horse on stage (not counting Josh Groban) and said, "See how pretty he is? You're all getting one." I can see everyone in the audience sort of cheering along, giving each other sideways glances, some of them just standing in frozen anticipation of the moment Oprah reveals it's all a joke, others calculating how big of a ripple a horse in their suburban back yard might cause and how much it would cost to remove the animal. I can see them starting to ask questions, "Is mine going to be just like that one?" pointing to the black stallion on stage. Oprah replying, "No, no, we culled a wide variety for you and assigned them randomly." Everyone wondering if their horse is broke to ride, is a raging terror, has been delivered already. The most disastrous possible move and half of the crowd would be uncritically elated beyond measure.
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Whoa, what a picture! I've been giggling to myself because once upon a time, one of my daughters went to Girl Scout camp and came home with a horse. Most moms get arts and crafts…
Brondu, are you one of those people? You know, the ones who give the gift they'd like to receive? And is Josh Groban a horse? He doesn't look like one.
But, seriously, LOL!
Mamakat, your daughter must have been ecstatic! But what did you do with the horse?
Vicki
what's the deal with your obsession with horses?
“what's the deal with your obsession with horses?”
It's been about ten minutes since I read your comment and I'm still laughing. What's the deal with my obsession with horses? Jeez, I don't know. Isn't that like asking a person, “Why do you think you were born a male instead of a female?” And, did you really just think to ask this question??
“And is Josh Groban a horse? He doesn't look like one.”
He's hairy and good-natured. What's not horse-like about that?
“Brondu, are you one of those people? You know, the ones who give the gift they'd like to receive?”
yeah… It's shameful! I'll give people CDs and then go, 'just let me burn a copy after you open it.' or I'll get them a book with the disclaimer, 'it's really good.' meaning, I just read it. I've never given someone a horse, though, something I've always wanted to do… but, really, that's an intimate gift. It's not like buying a toaster or a video game. Different horses are right for different people. I, of course, would accept a horse as a gift, knowing that almost all horses are right for me. When I grow old I am going to ride the most amazing looking horses, and own them, and I am going to buy horses as gifts for any nephew or niece of mine who expresses an interest.
Mamakat:
I'm with Vicki. Tell us more about this horse story of yours. How did it happen? What did you do?
Brondu, did you ever happen to see when Oprah gave the entire audience $1,000 and a video camera….and the catch was that they had to use it to help others or give it away, and document how they did it.
The looks on the faces in the audience were hilarious. VERY disappointed. :)
Some of them ended up doing some really amazing things with the money. Others, um, not so much…
Oh man! I missed that episode. That's hilarious. That would be a sweet gift. Oprah stuck to no-catch gifts on Tuesday.
A horse walks into a bar, and the bartender says, “Hey bud, why the long face?” *Rim Shot*
Now that you mention it , Josh Groban does have rather a long face.
And Oprah does some amazing things at times, not ALWAYS just for ratings.
A horse walks into a bar and the bartender says, “Listen, pal, I don't know how you got in here but we only serve horses between three and seven in the morning.”
Soon amazingly charitable acts will garner both a larger voyeuristic stronghold and a greater number of participants (or at least we can hope). In the meantime: go Oprah!
And the horse (who is an Equus caballus) answers: “What, do I look like a Dawn Horse?”
We made a joke!
have you seen this snl skit of oprah's favorite things? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5386228219602874528