They Had To Shoot The Horse

This is a true story from Irish television from when I was a lad. There were still a lot of horses being used for transport...

A young lad showed up late for school one day and the teacher asked why. The lad explained that a hole had been dug in the road for some waterworks maintenance and a horse had fallen in and hurt itself badly amongst other injuries it had a broken leg, the police were called and they had to shoot the horse.

The teacher, engrossed in the story, without thinking asked, 'Did they shoot the horse in the the hole? To which the lad replied, 'No, they shot it in the head!'

Made me laugh for days after I'd seen it...