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Ginnits and mules

  • 18-08-2014 10:59AM
    #1
    NipNip
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    Am I correct in thinking that

    A ginnit has a father who is a donkey and a mother who is a horse
    A mule has a father who is a horse and a mother who is a donkey

    What if you're a horse's ass of a donkey?

    Are you the child of a ginnit or a mule bred with a horse?


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  • #2
    Kovu
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    A hinny/jennet is the offspring of a horse stallion and a jenny donkey.
    A mule is the product of a jack donkey and a horse mare.

    Both are sterile.


  • #3
    NipNip
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    So I had it arseways?


  • #4
    Kovu
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    NipNip wrote: »
    So I had it arseways?

    Yes, you had it roundabout.


  • #5
    NipNip
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    Which one has a cross on their back? A ginnit?


  • #6
    Kovu
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    As far as I can recall, a donkey has. Yet so does a dun/buckskin horse. So either may pick up on the trait.

    'Zebra stripes' on their legs are also seen in some cases.
    zebra+stripes.JPG


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  • #7
    NipNip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 656 ✭✭✭NipNip


    No, my father said it's the ginnit. It has a white cross on its back.


  • #8
    NipNip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 656 ✭✭✭NipNip


    A donkey doesn't have a cross on its back.


  • #9
    whisky_galore
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    These do.

    https://www.google.ie/search?q=donkey+cross+on+back&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=2-HxU7uROLP07Aa8hoCwCA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1393&bih=683


    There was an old saying, 'he'd steal the cross off a donkey's back'.


  • #10
    NipNip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 656 ✭✭✭NipNip


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    These do.

    https://www.google.ie/search?q=donkey+cross+on+back&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=2-HxU7uROLP07Aa8hoCwCA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1393&bih=683


    There was an old saying, 'he'd steal the cross off a donkey's back'.

    Ginnit.


  • #11
    NipNip
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    Come to think of it, it's from where the donkey carried Holy Mary to Bethlehem yeah?


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  • #12
    whisky_galore
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    NipNip wrote: »
    Come to think of it, it's from where the donkey carried Holy Mary to Bethlehem yeah?

    That's one of the fairy tales about it.


  • #13
    KatyMac
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    NipNip wrote: »
    Come to think of it, it's from where the donkey carried Holy Mary to Bethlehem yeah?

    Hehehe! I got in trouble at school many years ago over the cross on the donkey's back!!! Was drawing a picture of the Holy family's flight into Egypt and asked the teacher if the donkey should have a cross seeing as how this was before Jesus rode into Jerusalem. Got an awful ear bending with such a "stupid" question, but I never got an answer:D:D:D:D:D


  • #14
    NipNip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 656 ✭✭✭NipNip


    You were clearly being disruptive.


  • #15
    KatyMac
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    Positively angelic.


  • #16
    frazzledhome
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    KatyMac wrote: »
    Hehehe! I got in trouble at school many years ago over the cross on the donkey's back!!! Was drawing a picture of the Holy family's flight into Egypt and asked the teacher if the donkey should have a cross seeing as how this was before Jesus rode into Jerusalem. Got an awful ear bending with such a "stupid" question, but I never got an answer:D:D:D:D:D

    Lol, brilliant question from a child


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