Friday, February 02, 2007

The Rugged Individuality of the Stockman!

Mine Host was raised, lived and worked as a ringer until the age of 27 before he noticed (to his everlasting delight) that occassionally he unwittingly wore an informal uniform.

These two fellows (pictured) would react with mildly irate disbelief were they to be informed that every day for a week they had worn exactly matching outfits.

The can't-tear-em shirt being sold in only 4 colours:....
Dark Green
Navy Blue
Khaki
Grey
...sometimes resulted in entire stock camps being clad in exact match clothing.


PostScript: A question to sort the hobby farmers from actual Ringers:


What is it about the accoutrements of the ringer on the white horse which indicate he has done little if any scrub riding?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wearing a vest ?

BwcaBrownie said...

bare arms.

Anonymous said...

Heel in the stirrup, not the toe?

Dataceptionist said...

no freakin clue.
Hint?