Frederick Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Dont laugh .........I need to know the name of the breed of the big donkey the French used to cross with horses to get mules for the French army . They have long coats that hang like dreadlocks ............. I want to find a photo but a search of " Big French Donkey " on Google is likely to produce some very wierd sites !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I tried Googling 'Big French Donkey' and if you ignore the weirdness you find out that it may well be a Poitou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 cor blimey Dick i bet you found some interesting sites doing that search!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Google it yourself - it's an eye opener... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 Thanks Dick...........now got a photo of a "hairy one " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I saw that site too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 What about the donkey? Har har har ... I'll get my coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 If you do Yahoo then first listed is a donkey kong link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 They are "Poitou". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 That's what I would have suggested too Bugbear, Le Baudet du Poitou although it's not particularly big, unless there are some other big hairy ones.You have them all here http://balade-en-maraispoitevin.chez-alice.fr/htm/baudet.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbykins Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Hi, the correct name for the donkey is a BAUDETS DU POITOU. Hope you can find this on google now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 What a scruffy looking creature, CA. Does it always look like that? Or is it a bad hair day? Poor thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 [quote user="Christine Animal"]That's what I would have suggested too Bugbear, Le Baudet du Poitou although it's not particularly big, unless there are some other big hairy ones.You have them all here http://balade-en-maraispoitevin.chez-alice.fr/htm/baudet.htm[/quote] Christine?... Would you know if that photo was taken in St Martin lès Melle in 79 ?..... only asking as there used to be a little old chap in that village who had 2 of them in his field and as we walked passed it when we were kids, the baudets came to the fence to be fed sugar and carrots!.... I just wondered if that person's family was carrying on the breeding of these rather rare animals.... The lay out of the photo is familiar somehow.... I have somewhere a photo taken the day after my wedding (got married at home) where the whole family is in the garden of the house next door, for a big meal (another one!) and over the garden fence these 2 lovely doppy baudets looked on the noisy mad lot assembled........... sigh!!! long ago...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 You don't mean taken in 1979 do you Missy, but in 79 Deux-Sèvres. Maybe you could find out through the link I gave above. That's where the photo came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Am I posting in invisible ink? I post saying that it's a Poitou. About ten posts later Buggbear says it's a Poitou. Well spotted. Then Christine says - yes Bugbear, you're right.What did I do to offend everybody, then? Or is it a reading problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Sorry Dick, I missed your bit, must have been the excitement of the moment.[8-)]I promise to try not to do it again.......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Yeah, well, alright, OK then. I know this big bloke with a chainsaw, see...Mind you, you think he gives YOU a hard time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 When he insults you it's only the chainsaw's equivalent of a billet-doux. I think it means he likes you really. Well, sometimes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]When he insults you it's only the chainsaw's equivalent of a billet-doux. I think it means he likes you really. Well, sometimes![/quote]Yes, well the way you wheedle around him with your little billets-doux it's not surprising you're on his good side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Ah - I thought there was something odd. You're getting ahead of yourself again, aren't you? Can I not cajole you into going even further back as if in a time machine to an earlier era, rather than stealing a march on tomorrow?Do you know Normandy donkeys (or at least the ones around here) all have a cross on their backs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 [quote user="Dick Smith"]Am I posting in invisible ink? I post saying that it's a Poitou. About ten posts later Buggbear says it's a Poitou. Well spotted. Then Christine says - yes Bugbear, you're right.What did I do to offend everybody, then? Or is it a reading problem?[/quote] So you did Dick, I'm terribly sorry, I missed it.Why do you keep saying félicitations at the bottom of your posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Because I used to say 'Regards', which is also on my email signature, but Chris Head objected, so I changed it and forgot to change it back... No, it doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 No, because félicitations means more congratulations. Salutations would mean regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 It was a weak attempt at humour...I've changed it back, now. But may change it again if the mood takes me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]Do you know Normandy donkeys (or at least the ones around here) all have a cross on their backs?[/quote]It's called the cross of St André and according to legend ...............'on dit que ce serait la Sainte Vierge qui lui a donné la croix qui orne son dos pour le remercier de l'avoir porté jusqu'à Bethlehem et réchauffé l'enfant Jésus ...'RegardsChrisPS Our Normandie donkey, Delboy, has a cross on his back, but the virgin Mary wouldn't have stood a hope in hell of getting on, or indeed, staying on his back!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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