when most of them ride horses?
2007-05-10 06:47:53 · 10 answers · asked by Dylanne 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
LOL PHAT! Now you have give something else to ponder :)
2007-05-10 06:58:55 · update #1
Because "horseboy" doesn't sound right.
2007-05-10 06:52:23 · answer #1 · answered by kitten lover3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because back in the day, their primary jobs were to handle the cattle on ranches and drive the cow herd to market in far away cowtowns, such as Abilene, Kansas. And the cowboys would sing songs like:
"Whoopie--ti-i-o-o git along little dogies
It's your misfortune and none of my own.
Whoopie ti-i-o-o git along little dogies,
You know that Wyoming will be your new home."
Cowpokes are the guys at the stockyards who stand or sit along the top rail of the fence and prod (by poking) the cattle along as they are moved into or through the chutes to get branded, board the cattle cars of a train, whatever.
2007-05-10 13:54:26 · answer #2 · answered by Jacky Shecky 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's because they take care of cows. The horses are just a tool they use.
2007-05-10 13:53:01 · answer #3 · answered by Chairman LMAO 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard them called cow pokes , don't know if that's code for broke back mountain
2007-05-10 15:14:44 · answer #4 · answered by HEY boo boo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They herd Cows?
2007-05-10 13:51:24 · answer #5 · answered by MikeDot3s 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
some are called wranglers
2007-05-10 13:51:20 · answer #6 · answered by ♪JOKER♪ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
CATTLE RANCHERS + MEN = COWBOYS
2007-05-10 13:53:03 · answer #7 · answered by Joan J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know.
2007-05-10 13:50:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
*LOL*
never thought of that
2007-05-10 13:51:14 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Sabre♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I dunno, did anyone actually break thier back on brokeback mountain?
2007-05-10 13:53:53 · answer #10 · answered by Phat MD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋