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in the hoosegow

Thursday, September 16, 2004

racially insensitive

What's the offspring of a male horse and female donkey called? A Hinney!

But what if the horse is the female and the male is the donkey? Gosh, it's gotta be a Honkey, right?

Believe it or not, that sad little joke stems from a library-wide discussion concerning a new Library of Congress Subject Heading:

150 Hinnies
550 Livestock
550 Donkeys
550 Horses
670 Work cat.: 2003070232: Grovet, Heather. Beanie, the horse that wasn't a horse, 2004. 670 Wikipedia, Feb. 12, 2004 ßb (Hinny: the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) 670 Am. heritage dict. ßb (Hinny, n., pl-nies: The hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)

You can't ever say we don't have fun here at the library.

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