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This morning I did a research report on a famous man in the world of horse racing, and the SCANDAL that is his love life, which includes an ex-wife who owns a racing stable called the [Name Retracted] Stud Farm.

I just sent the report to my boss, who works across the corridor from me. A few minutes later I heard her voice drift hesitantly out of her office.

Boss: So....a stud farm...that's a...horse racing stable?
Me: Yeah, it's a breeding farm. Male horses of breeding age are put out to stud.
Boss: They're studs.
Me: I think it's where the term came from.
Boss: Oh...kay...
Me: You sound nervous.
Boss: No, I'm just...going to assume the high-level VP who's going to be looking at this report will know that...

Comments

[slice254.livejournal.com]

You are a city slicker, but you are well read and you have spent time in Texas. I have found that even when you live in a city, if you live in the deep south, you can't escape animal husbandry.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, but I'm fairly sure I've known what "stud" means since I was a kid, in the horse-breeding sense. It's pretty possible these days to live in an Austin suburb and not encounter that much agriculture. :D