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33. Those words came from a crazy nam-era bud.

Reply to debm55 (Reply #32)

Tue Jun 24, 2025, 08:30 PM

Jun 24

One day he saw a tee shirt with a fish on it. Above and below the fish were the words 'Trigger Fish'.
'Ole Bob got all confused about that. His reaction was that Trigger was Roy Rogers horse, and not a fish.
He went from 'a fish is a fish' to 'a horse is a horse' and the rest is where good old Bob went from there.

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I was pondering. Why was Mr. Ed(the horse) only able to speak to WIIIIIberrrr? Was Willlber imagining it? [View all] debm55 Jun 24 OP

Yes, he was The Blue Flower Jun 24 #1

Shouldn't he be called Professor Ed? debm55 Jun 24 #2

Same reason Hobbes only talks to Calvin fargone Jun 24 #3

Mr. Ed wasn't speaking only to Wilbur. He was speaking to the millions of his fans on the TV. generalbetrayus Jun 24 #4

HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you generalbetrayus. debm55 Jun 24 #7

He could certainly order Chinese food. cloudbase Jun 24 #16

And how do you now that it was Mr. Ed ordering the Chinese food. Maybe Ed was a Trojan horse with a person inside. Tell debm55 Jun 24 #19

Photographic evidence. cloudbase Jun 24 #24

Look at the phone, cloudbase. Rotary.Phone. Now how did a horse dial a phone?????? I call your photographic evidence a debm55 Jun 24 #25

no no no. ed wasn't making a call; he was ANSWERING the phone. orleans Jun 25 #42

Thank you orleans. But he can't answer a phone. He's a horse. debm55 Jun 25 #43

was just going to say something about that. AllaN01Bear Jun 24 #23

Thank you, Bear debm55 Jun 24 #38

Perhaps this is a hallucination EYESORE 9001 Jun 24 #5

Then he wasn't a Professor---- debm55 Jun 24 #8

Deb! I should wash your mouth out with soap! EYESORE 9001 Jun 24 #9

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He was a Stable Genius. Wolf Frankula Jun 24 #39

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. That is great. Thanks Wolf Frankula. debm55 Jun 24 #40

He was the only one who truly understood me. n/t Mister Ed Jun 24 #6

hahahahhahhahhahahahhahahhah. Thank you Mister Ed. A horse is a horse, of course of course, unless it is the famous Mr. debm55 Jun 24 #10

Smart horse. Had he talked to everyone Klarkashton Jun 24 #11

Why , he would have been well protected. Who would want to be known for killing a talking horse. Willbuuuuur. would have debm55 Jun 24 #14

I'm thinking like King Kong. Klarkashton Jun 24 #17

Thank for setting me straight Klarkashton. Very ttue about King Kong. debm55 Jun 24 #18

Since Ed clammed up when others were around Frasier Balzov Jun 24 #13

I go for Ed gaslighting Wilbur. Wilbur was the not the sharpest. debm55 Jun 24 #15

Not the case. I remember one episode where Mr. Ed Vogon_Glory Jun 24 #20

HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAH. that is so true. so it was Wilbur pulling a fast one on us. There was no talking horse. debm55 Jun 24 #21

He could speak to anyone. johnp3907 Jun 24 #22

Hahahahahhahahah, johnp3907 That is so funny. Thank you debm55 Jun 24 #37

He just wasn't loquacious for everyone. Some animals are shy. Norrrm Jun 24 #26

That song is very bad to become an earworm. raccoon Jun 24 #27

You got that right. debm55 Jun 24 #29

Shy or not, Mr, Ed was a horse and horses do not talk. I think Wilbur had a little too much to drink. debm55 Jun 24 #28

That is a cartoon. Cartoon animals sing and talk.Norrrm debm55 Jun 24 #31

To the person wearing the Trigger Fish tee shirt: taxi Jun 24 #30

HAHAHAHHAHHAHA. Thank you taxi. debm55 Jun 24 #32

Those words came from a crazy nam-era bud. taxi Jun 24 #33

Thank you taxi, debm55 Jun 24 #36

For hither not, I am the stallion LuckyCharms Jun 24 #34

hahahahahhahahahhhahhah, love it LuckCharms. debm55 Jun 24 #35

Mr. Ed was simply using Horse Sense LogDog75 Jun 25 #41

Thank you LogDog75, that makes sense. debm55 Jun 25 #44

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