Story goes that she was so insatiable that she took to horses in the very intimate sense and was crushed to death by one in the act when some kind of sling broke. It probably stemmed from the fact that one of her lovers was Orlov, who has a breed of horse named after him.
Sorry….. it gave me a chuckle. I never believed the story, however. Still, when you look at royalty, nobility, etc. in the past there are quite a lot of racy stories…
debra4life50 almost 15 years ago
I don’t get it.
razorback2824 almost 15 years ago
Catherine the Great jokes? Can’t believe you got away with it.
dawnsfire almost 15 years ago
You’re not trotting out that tired old story, are you? peers You appear to be. sigh
zero almost 15 years ago
That story was circulated by her detractors & false. Though by all accounts she was a bit playful.
Basqueian almost 15 years ago
Story goes that she was so insatiable that she took to horses in the very intimate sense and was crushed to death by one in the act when some kind of sling broke. It probably stemmed from the fact that one of her lovers was Orlov, who has a breed of horse named after him.
slug_queen almost 15 years ago
I don’t think there was enough funny in this one to balance out the tastelessness…
MissTia almost 15 years ago
well i thought it was funny….
j2p2 almost 15 years ago
Subtle, Pab, subtle…sorta…
kimberphi almost 15 years ago
neigh-sayers~
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
I thought it was funny until I read the comments and realized everyone else had heard the same story. Why do we believe the worst of everyone?
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
I thought it was funny until I read the comments and realized everyone else had heard the same story. Why do we believe the worst of everyone?
grapfhics almost 15 years ago
Cowboys get lonely too.
dianecliff almost 15 years ago
Sorry….. it gave me a chuckle. I never believed the story, however. Still, when you look at royalty, nobility, etc. in the past there are quite a lot of racy stories…
ChiehHsia almost 15 years ago
Well, Catherine herself wrote that “…sometimes one goes further than one would wish.” (or something to that effect, probably in German.)
And for my own curiousity… was the horse breed named for Grigoriy Orlov, or for one of his brothers?
mivins almost 15 years ago
Y’all have naughty minds. Perhaps Catherine was just removing a stone from the frog of the horse’s hoof, or cinching the girth. ;D
talewinds almost 15 years ago
You should talk Mrs. Brown.
Pab Sungenis creator almost 15 years ago
It gets worse. Of course, it gets better before it gets worse.
(By the way, this was a one-off. I may bring Catharine back later, but that’s up in the air.)
missqueenie almost 15 years ago
Oh! How I love this comic!
Plods with ...™ almost 15 years ago
Catherine fall off of horses much?
yyyguy almost 15 years ago
maybe she is just very short??? i liked this one pab, stay true to your muse and don’t let neigh sayers change your mind.
FireMedic almost 15 years ago
She was only a farmer’s daughter but she couldn’t keep her calves together.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Oh! Oh! A Cat and pony show!
alfracto almost 15 years ago
This offends me so much I’m going to look forward to tomorrow’s strip.
Anatomically speaking, aren’t we talking about impossible?
deadheadzan almost 15 years ago
Pab, keep up the history lessons!
craigwestlake almost 15 years ago
Perhaps Catherine is just a bit short…
blumunofky almost 14 years ago
Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes …