Horseshoes in the Dark
Horseshoes in the Dark
An experienced, professional horseshoe player does not have to
actually see clearly where he or she is throwing the horseshoe.
It is as though the horseshoe thrower can feel where the
horseshoe is supposed to go. The distance, angle, and velocity
at which the horseshoe is thrown, becomes a part of the
horseshoe player's very being. I realized this phenomenon many
times and tested my theory as I played horseshoes in the dark.
Some may think it is luck that I can throw well in the dark;
however, the quantity of successful dark throws contradicts this
completely false and ridiculous assumption. Some may claim that
my idea of successful horseshoe throws is an inaccurate
quantitative measure of what is in actuality a successful throw,
that my horseshoe throwing is never good whether in the light or
in the dark. However, this assumption is based on completely
false and inaccurate data. Nobody who makes such statements has
seen me play in the dark, and how could they see where my
horseshoes were going anyway if it was too dark to see. The only
way they could tell is if they had the horseshoe sixth sense
which allows expert horseshoe throwers to estimate blindly where
their horseshoe is going as accurately as they do.
The horseshoe sixth sense does not come immediately to the
novice horseshoes
thrower, but is developed over long periods of time. It is a
language that one must learn, the language of the horseshoe. If
you are real quiet and listen very closely you can sometimes
hear the horseshoes whispering. Some people think that I am
crazy for talking to horseshoes, and blasphemously claim that
horseshoes do not speak, but their lies cannot influence the
steady mind of the horseshoe whisperer. So next time you are
throwing horseshoes, or are just sitting around your house
without any friends, because you are a nerd and nobody likes
you, just sit quietly and listen to the horseshoes. Hear what
they have to say. Learn their language and become one with them
and soon the crowds will flock to you; you the horseshoe
champion.
Anyway, as one who has learned the language of the horseshoes,
yes, I am the horseshoe whisperer; I can confidently claim that
I can throw horseshoes in the dark. I know my horseshoes game and my
horseshoes. I know where they are going and how to get them
there, whether it is in the light or in the dark. I can sense
where the horseshoes are going and where they need to go.
When I played horseshoes in the dark, the only guidance I had to
where they were going, that is when I had guidance, or physical
visible guidance that is, there was a small sparkle or
reflection of light off the tip of the pole in the horseshoe
pit. You had to bend over slightly and look very closely to see
it or it would be drowned out in the darkness. Before each throw
I would listen carefully to the horseshoes whisper and whisper
something in return to guide the horseshoe safely to its horseshoe pit home. When I
felt like the horseshoe was ready, I would let it fly, and fly
it did. It flew like a bat into the darkness, silently, except
for those who can hear the whisper. Those who know the
horseshoes can help the horseshoes to find their own way to the
horseshoe home.
With these extra senses and understanding of the horseshoe
language, one who is able to hear and speak the horseshoe
whisper, I have the ability as other horseshoe throwers do, to
throw a horseshoe without a clear view of where the horseshoe is
going. The distance, angle, and velocity at which the horseshoe
is thrown, became a part of my very being.