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38. Thank you, Bear

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #23)

Tue Jun 24, 2025, 11:04 PM

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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 Tuesday OP

Yes, he was The Blue Flower Tuesday #1

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

Same reason Hobbes only talks to Calvin fargone Tuesday #3

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

HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you generalbetrayus. debm55 Tuesday #7

He could certainly order Chinese food. cloudbase Tuesday #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 Tuesday #19

Photographic evidence. cloudbase Tuesday #24

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

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

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

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

Thank you, Bear debm55 Tuesday #38

Perhaps this is a hallucination EYESORE 9001 Tuesday #5

Then he wasn't a Professor---- debm55 Tuesday #8

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

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He was a Stable Genius. Wolf Frankula Tuesday #39

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. That is great. Thanks Wolf Frankula. debm55 Tuesday #40

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

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

Smart horse. Had he talked to everyone Klarkashton Tuesday #11

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

I'm thinking like King Kong. Klarkashton Tuesday #17

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

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

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

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

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

He could speak to anyone. johnp3907 Tuesday #22

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

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

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

You got that right. debm55 Tuesday #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 Tuesday #28

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

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

HAHAHAHHAHHAHA. Thank you taxi. debm55 Tuesday #32

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

Thank you taxi, debm55 Tuesday #36

For hither not, I am the stallion LuckyCharms Tuesday #34

hahahahahhahahahhhahhah, love it LuckCharms. debm55 Tuesday #35

Mr. Ed was simply using Horse Sense LogDog75 Wednesday #41

Thank you LogDog75, that makes sense. debm55 Wednesday #44