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Just Horsin' Around

Some airlines allow a small pet
To stop folk from getting upset
But a ‘comfort horse’
Isn’t par for the course
I’d challenge this airline’s mindset!

I’m allergic to animal fur
Of kitties who meow and purr
It would drive me insane
If pets were on my plane
I wonder do others concur!

2/19/20

https://news.sky.com/story/miniature-horse-called-fred-travels-first-class-on-american-airlines-flight-11937051

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Lindsay Laurie Date: 2/22/2020 5:53:00 PM G'day Jan … I've got a very comforting ten foot python here. How do you think I'll go? I enjoyed your limericks Jan. Certainly food for thought - Lindsay Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 2/20/2020 4:38:00 PM That is so true. What if a guy near your comfort dog were allergic. Where do they draw the line? Miss not hearing from u lately. In sauna Haha. Login to Reply

Alkas Poetry Date: 2/20/2020 5:12:00 AM THEY ARE FRIENDLY, JUST TAKE IT EASY AND FORGET ABOUT... SALUTE ALKAS Login to Reply

Charles Messina Date: 2/19/2020 11:34:00 PM LOL..I love this, Jan. I am an animal lover so this would not bother me. Unless of course, the horse...took my seat. LOL Hugs // Charlie xx Login to Reply

Quoth Theraven Date: 2/19/2020 10:00:00 PM Jan, Why not if it relieves stress. I need the emotional support of a giving, caring crocodile, complete with smile. Plus he's hypoallergenic. -Richard Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/23/2020 1:48:00 PM ha ha ha I was thinking of my pet elephant :-) hugs Jan xx

Gershon Wolf Date: 2/19/2020 8:13:00 PM 1,000,000% concurrence here: Get those pets off of the plane now! ~ Lassie Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/23/2020 1:47:00 PM thanks GW:-) hugs jan xx

James Edward Lee Sr. Date: 2/19/2020 11:47:00 AM Ride on!!, Jan... What's next an Elephant and a Zebra LOL!! Great funny write. :D James Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/23/2020 1:45:00 PM thanks James:-) hugs Jan xx

Ts Poetry Date: 2/19/2020 9:30:00 AM I totally believe this has gotten out of hand. I just don't know anymore Jan... someone had a service bird on a plane and even a pig...I just saw this...https://apnews.com/c78235bd8a3408e39de28847c482ff84 Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/23/2020 1:45:00 PM aww that means I can't take my emotional support elephant on my next holiday on a jumbo jet lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/18/2020 10:05:00 PM It's funny how they don't have peanuts on flights anymore - because of allergies! - but a companion horse is OK (and I love horses) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/19/2020 4:05:00 AM It's a crazy world lol:-) of course this story is going to open up the flood gates to more bizarre creatures going as 'comfort pets' :-( hugs Jan xx

Maurice Rigoler Date: 2/18/2020 7:08:00 PM Unless your pet, cat or dog, fits in your pocket and its cage under your seat, and id quiet, fine. Otherwise they end up in the cargo area. I've read where animals have frozen to death at those altitudes! Plus animals, like humans, must get certain shots depending on the countries they are going to – all of this isn't cheap. Yout two limericks were well written, Jan. / M Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/19/2020 4:04:00 AM Thanks Maurice, personally I'd prefer not to have any animals on the plane!:-) hugs Jan x

Ilene Bauer Date: 2/18/2020 6:25:00 PM i totally agree with you, jan, no matter how cute the pets are! i wrote a poem about someone bringing a peacock on a plane a while back, which i found totally ridiculous. your poem is great! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/18/2020 7:01:00 PM It beggars belief what some consider to be a comfort pet .... I read the peacock had been refused a seat - I wouldn't allow any animals except in exceptional circumstances like for blind or deaf, that sort of medical need. hugs jan xx

Joseph May Date: 2/18/2020 4:49:00 PM There should be a limit on what pets people can bring, Nicely expressed Jan Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/18/2020 4:57:00 PM If it was my way it would be none! I wonder what certificates and injections are needed for them to travel ... and what about err poop and pee and folk like me who have allergies:-( hugs jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 2/18/2020 2:22:00 PM ... let him fly ... he's so cute ... I love his suit ... and fluffy hair ... you can take the next flight, Jan :))) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/18/2020 2:49:00 PM I wouldnt get on if they had pets on - couldnt afford to get asthmatic from the fur - I don't go near horses or some dogs and cats - weird cos we had a cat when i was growing up and i was fine but I always used to get wheezy when we went to stay with my mum's pen pal in Holland - they had a cat:-( hugs Jan xx

Tom Cunningham Date: 2/18/2020 2:21:00 PM A horse on a plane, what next, what if he bolted in panic, don't bear thinking about. Hope you had a great time Jan. Tom Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/18/2020 2:39:00 PM It's crazy Tom, so glad they don't allow it in the UK!:-) hugs Jan xx

Rico Leffanta Date: 2/18/2020 12:31:00 PM The corona virus kills tourism, but I quite agree with you as I don't like by accosted by pets in a lift, and find it bloody ludicrous to be stuck by one for a 7-hour flight to the mainland! Happy to see you are back in form! Aloha! Rico Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/18/2020 2:36:00 PM Thanks Rico it's amazing what folk are trying to get onto planes as comfort pets... I've read of a peacock and a squirrel being refused ... but a pony is acceptable - it beggars belief and just imagine the smell any pooping or weeing animal would make - yeuk I am glad they dont allow it in the uk! ! I've been away for a while (no animals on the flights lol) but back now:-) hugs Jan xx

Line Gauthier Date: 2/18/2020 10:27:00 AM Enjoyed your poem, Jan. Actually these days I'm thinking about giving up flying at least for a while. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/18/2020 11:50:00 AM I don't blame you Line - just come back from a break in Madeira - the airports have been frantic especially after recent storms in the uk. :-) hugs Jan xx