Here's a riding story that I don't think BK has ever heard. When I was in high school, my friend Lulu (Lolo in KRITZER TIME) wanted to go horseback riding. I don't think she'd ever been on a horse, but I certainly had; I'd had riding lessons as a little tyke. She didn't have any serious problems with her horse, surprisingly. But I soon had a problem: I was wearing a pair of stretch denim jeans, which started to split at the seams. And split, and split, and split. There was really nothing I could do to stop them. We were riding along a freeway, no less. All I could do was ride back to where we started, return the horse, and get into Lulu's car. We both had a nice ride (aside from my profound embarrassment), and fortunately, we got back home without incident (unusual given I was with Lulu). Of course, I felt quite mortified at the time.