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 about 15 years ago
I don’t get it.
razorback2824 about 15 years ago
Catherine the Great jokes? Can’t believe you got away with it.
dawnsfire about 15 years ago
You’re not trotting out that tired old story, are you? peers You appear to be. sigh
zero about 15 years ago
That story was circulated by her detractors & false. Though by all accounts she was a bit playful.
Basqueian about 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 about 15 years ago
I don’t think there was enough funny in this one to balance out the tastelessness…
MissTia about 15 years ago
well i thought it was funny….
j2p2 about 15 years ago
Subtle, Pab, subtle…sorta…
kimberphi about 15 years ago
neigh-sayers~
lewisbower about 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 about 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 about 15 years ago
Cowboys get lonely too.
dianecliff about 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 about 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 about 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 about 15 years ago
You should talk Mrs. Brown.
Pab Sungenis creator about 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 about 15 years ago
Oh! How I love this comic!
Plods with ...™ about 15 years ago
Catherine fall off of horses much?
yyyguy about 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 about 15 years ago
She was only a farmer’s daughter but she couldn’t keep her calves together.
Coyoty Premium Member about 15 years ago
Oh! Oh! A Cat and pony show!
alfracto about 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 about 15 years ago
Pab, keep up the history lessons!
craigwestlake about 15 years ago
Perhaps Catherine is just a bit short…
blumunofky about 14 years ago
Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes …