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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

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

Ha! My clients are all horse owners, trainers, and drivers. (Harness racing.) Several times a year I get to bill out not only stud fees, but also semen shipping charges. The studs have it easy, it's the broodmares that get the, ah, not-so-short end of the stick.

[brightly-woven.livejournal.com]

*bwahahahaha*

Origin of "stud" is common knowledge, I would have thought.

[evilstorm.livejournal.com]

Have you read James Herriot's tale of semen acquisition? It remains one of the funniest animal stories I know. Poor bull. Poor vet.

[supermouse.livejournal.com]

The burning!