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The story often mentions just how bad using drugs is. The second line is "Using drugs is not a good idea", Connie and her sisters are near-constantly described as "bad", and Latawnya is frequently described as naughty.
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*AuthorTractBigStupidDoodooHead: Daisy and Latoya say, "We do not want to be with you because you are bad!" to Connie and her sisters.
* CantHoldHerLiquor: Latawnya has one drink and instantly becomes nauseated and dizzy (it is also partially caused by the "drug smoke", but still).
* CivilisedAnimal: The horses talk, use drugs, and have a civilisation but are otherwise normal horses.
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* CantHoldHerLiquor: Latawnya has one drink and instantly becomes nauseated and dizzy (it is also partially caused by the "drug smoke", but still).
* CivilisedAnimal: The horses talk, use drugs, and have a civilisation but are otherwise normal horses.
* DoubleAesop: The story's two (blatant) morals are "Don't do drugs" and "Don't do things just because you see other people doing them".
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** The author filed one against Amazon, Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} and Website/UrbanDictionary, which assumed the latter two to be the same company. It's [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/45079183/Gibson-v-Amazon-Complaint worth a look]] simply for the grammar, which reads like [[FanFic/MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie's]] VideoGame/ZeroWing [[Literature/TheEyeOfArgon of Argon]].
** The author filed one against Amazon, Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} and Website/UrbanDictionary, which assumed the latter two to be the same company. It's [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/45079183/Gibson-v-Amazon-Complaint worth a look]] simply for the grammar, which reads like [[FanFic/MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie's]] VideoGame/ZeroWing [[Literature/TheEyeOfArgon of Argon]].
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Latawnya is one of eight siblings.
* OutnumberedSibling: Latawnya is said to have seven sisters and one brother.
* OutnumberedSibling: Latawnya is said to have seven sisters and one brother.
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** At one point, Latawnya hears a scary noise, then later mimics it. But what was the noise?
** At one point, Latawnya hears a scary noise, then later mimics it. But what was the noise?
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* FrivolousLawsuit: The author filed one against Amazon, Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} and UrbanDictionary, Website/UrbanDictionary, which assumed the latter two to be the same company. It's [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/45079183/Gibson-v-Amazon-Complaint worth a look]] simply for the grammar, which reads like [[FanFic/MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie's]] VideoGame/ZeroWing [[Literature/TheEyeOfArgon of Argon]].
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* FrivolousLawsuit: The author filed one against Amazon, {{Wikipedia}} Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} and UrbanDictionary, which assumed the latter two to be the same company. It's [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/45079183/Gibson-v-Amazon-Complaint worth a look]] simply for the grammar, which reads like [[FanFic/MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie's]] VideoGame/ZeroWing [[Literature/TheEyeOfArgon of Argon]].
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* FrivolousLawsuit: The author filed one against Amazon, {{Wikipedia}} and UrbanDictionary, which assumed the latter two to be the same company. It's [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/45079183/Gibson-v-Amazon-Complaint worth a look]] simply for the grammar, which reads like [[MyImmortal [[FanFic/MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie's]] VideoGame/ZeroWing [[Literature/TheEyeOfArgon of Argon]].
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* FrivolousLawsuit: The author filed one against Amazon, {{Wikipedia}} and UrbanDictionary, which assumed the latter two to be the same company. It's [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/45079183/Gibson-v-Amazon-Complaint worth a look]] simply for the grammar, which reads like [[MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie's]] ZeroWing VideoGame/ZeroWing [[TheEyeOfArgon of Argon]].
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See three hilarious {{Dramatic Reading}}s of it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWB9MfYoSfo here]] and [[http://blip.tv/file/3380125 here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFC3_ocZLOU&feature=g-upl&context=G2e9dd99AUAAAAAAAAAA here]].
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%% Creator/JimmyFallon profiled the book as part of a "Do Not Read List" [[http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/do-not-read-list-part-1-6911/1333035/ segment]] on his talk show (relevant part starts at 2:35).
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* CluelessAesop: It's a children's book about a non-anthropmorphic horse who learns the dangers of drug abuse. ...Yeah.
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See three hilarious {{Dramatic Reading}}s of it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWB9MfYoSfo here]] and [[http://blip.tv/file/3380125 here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFC3_ocZLOU&feature=g-upl&context=G2e9dd99AUAAAAAAAAAA here]]. JimmyFallon Creator/JimmyFallon profiled the book as part of a "Do Not Read List" [[http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/do-not-read-list-part-1-6911/1333035/ segment]] on his talk show (relevant part starts at 2:35).
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The story doesn\'t seem to explicitly say that marijuana is more toxic than alcohol, and if it did, that still isn\'t an example of a Fantastic Aesop, which is a trope referring to an unrealistic moral portrayed in a story.
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* FantasticAesop: [[http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/plant-list-horses.html According to the ASPCA]] marijuana is toxic to horses (fatalities are rare but possible). Fortunately any horses who read this book will know to avoid it. There's some YouFailBiologyForever in there too, marijuana is less toxic than alcohol where humans are concerned
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* FantasticAesop: [[http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/plant-list-horses.html According to the ASPCA]] marijuana is toxic to horses (fatalities are rare but possible). Fortunately any horses who read this book will know to avoid it.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: Smoking drugs? Overdosing from smoking? A "smoking game"? Has this author ever encountered drugs in her life?
** James horse's friend who overdosed seems to have overdosed on a cigarette.
** The author seems to have failed to notice that horses could not hold bottles or joints with their hooves, let alone raise said bottles or joints to their mouths.
** I've seen a camel that was trained to pick up a Coke bottle with its mouth. Not sure if horses can do it, too.
*** Yes, as someone who had a horse who would frequently steal her Diet Coke and water bottles, I can tell you they can. However, he couldn't pick it up and drink from it. Mostly, he just chucked them around to amuse himself.
** James horse's friend who overdosed seems to have overdosed on a cigarette.
** The author seems to have failed to notice that horses could not hold bottles or joints with their hooves, let alone raise said bottles or joints to their mouths.
** I've seen a camel that was trained to pick up a Coke bottle with its mouth. Not sure if horses can do it, too.
*** Yes, as someone who had a horse who would frequently steal her Diet Coke and water bottles, I can tell you they can. However, he couldn't pick it up and drink from it. Mostly, he just chucked them around to amuse himself.
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* FrivolousLawsuit: The author filed one against Amazon, {{Wikipedia}} and UrbanDictionary, which [[DidNotDoTheResearch assumed the latter two to be the same company]].company. It's [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/45079183/Gibson-v-Amazon-Complaint worth a look]] simply for the grammar, which reads like [[MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie's]] ZeroWing [[TheEyeOfArgon of Argon]].
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*** Yes, as someone who had a horse who would frequently steal her Diet Coke and water bottles, I can tell you they can. However, he couldn't pick it up and drink from it. Mostly, he just chucked them around to amuse himself.
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->''Connie started smoking drugs and drinking, and Connie's sisters also started smoking drugs and drinking; so when Latawnya, the naughty horse, saw Connie smoking drugs and drinking, Latawnya started smoking drugs and drinking too.''
The story of a horse named Latawnya, and the way she learns her lesson not to engage in "smoking games" and "drinking games", just because the other horses are doing it.
This book is hilariously poorly written, and contains some of the most surreal illustrations you'll ever see. Non-cartoony horses with blunts and beer bottles in their mouths, and an OD'd horse lying on the ground while its family cries, are the main illustrative highlights of this fable.
See three hilarious {{Dramatic Reading}}s of it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWB9MfYoSfo here]] and [[http://blip.tv/file/3380125 here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFC3_ocZLOU&feature=g-upl&context=G2e9dd99AUAAAAAAAAAA here]]. JimmyFallon profiled the book as part of a "Do Not Read List" [[http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/do-not-read-list-part-1-6911/1333035/ segment]] on his talk show (relevant part starts at 2:35).
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!!This book contains examples of:
* AuthorTract
* CluelessAesop: It's a children's book about a non-anthropmorphic horse who learns the dangers of drug abuse. ...Yeah.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Quite a lot of reiterating the moral and repeating stuff in the same paragraph!
** The author would like to thank God. "Thank you, God."
** See the quote at the top of the page, verbatim from the book! You can imagine what the author's English teacher did upon reading it to wash that memory out of her head!
** Latawnya's name is rarely mentioned without "the naughty horse" being tagged onto the end, bringing up the question of why there was no 'Connie the manipulative horse' or 'Daisy [[OnlySaneMan the sane horse]]'.
** Also, there's quite a lot of reiterating the moral and repeating stuff in the same paragraph!
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Smoking drugs? Overdosing from smoking? A "smoking game"? Has this author ever encountered drugs in her life?
** James horse's friend who overdosed seems to have overdosed on a cigarette.
** The author seems to have failed to notice that horses could not hold bottles or joints with their hooves, let alone raise said bottles or joints to their mouths.
** I've seen a camel that was trained to pick up a Coke bottle with its mouth. Not sure if horses can do it, too.
* DrugsAreBad: So bad, that Latawnya gets sick the instant she tries them. (Probably because she's a horse.) Why would anyone enjoy using them?
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The story is indeed about a wayward equine who gets the DrugsAreBad message dropped on her.
* FantasticAesop: [[http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/plant-list-horses.html According to the ASPCA]] marijuana is toxic to horses (fatalities are rare but possible). Fortunately any horses who read this book will know to avoid it.
* FrivolousLawsuit: The author filed one against Amazon, {{Wikipedia}} and UrbanDictionary, which [[DidNotDoTheResearch assumed the latter two to be the same company]]. It's [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/45079183/Gibson-v-Amazon-Complaint worth a look]] simply for the grammar, which reads like [[MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie's]] ZeroWing [[TheEyeOfArgon of Argon]].
** In fact, the writing of that complaint seems to imply that the author's DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment isn't for the benefit of child readers, ''she really just writes like that.''
* InformedFlaw: Until she starts playing smoking games and drinking games, the naughtiest thing we see Latawnya do is mimic a noise she hears.
* LongLostUncleAesop: The part about Father Horse's friend that died from overdosing.
* RuleOfSymbolism: In the second book (yes, there are two of them!), Spooky the drug dealer is black, with red horns and a cactus up his butt which is probably meant to be a horned tail. It's pretty subtle for a Latawnya book.
* ScareEmStraight: Attempts to do this, but the massive amounts of DidNotDoTheResearch, the sheer ridiculousness of the premise and the terrible writing make it pretty ineffective.
* SpeciesSurname: All the horses appear to have the last name "horse", not capitalized.
* VanityPublishing: How this got made.
* WatchItStoned: [[{{Irony}} Ironically enough]], this is exactly the sort of book which is best enjoyed while stoned.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At one point, Latawnya hears a scary noise, then later mimics it. But what was the noise?
** Also, why introduce Gregory by name if he's never even mentioned again?
* WriteWhoYouKnow: The horses are named after the author's family.
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->''Connie started smoking drugs and drinking, and Connie's sisters also started smoking drugs and drinking; so when Latawnya, the naughty horse, saw Connie smoking drugs and drinking, Latawnya started smoking drugs and drinking too.''
The story of a horse named Latawnya, and the way she learns her lesson not to engage in "smoking games" and "drinking games", just because the other horses are doing it.
This book is hilariously poorly written, and contains some of the most surreal illustrations you'll ever see. Non-cartoony horses with blunts and beer bottles in their mouths, and an OD'd horse lying on the ground while its family cries, are the main illustrative highlights of this fable.
See three hilarious {{Dramatic Reading}}s of it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWB9MfYoSfo here]] and [[http://blip.tv/file/3380125 here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFC3_ocZLOU&feature=g-upl&context=G2e9dd99AUAAAAAAAAAA here]]. JimmyFallon profiled the book as part of a "Do Not Read List" [[http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/do-not-read-list-part-1-6911/1333035/ segment]] on his talk show (relevant part starts at 2:35).
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!!This book contains examples of:
* AuthorTract
* CluelessAesop: It's a children's book about a non-anthropmorphic horse who learns the dangers of drug abuse. ...Yeah.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Quite a lot of reiterating the moral and repeating stuff in the same paragraph!
** The author would like to thank God. "Thank you, God."
** See the quote at the top of the page, verbatim from the book! You can imagine what the author's English teacher did upon reading it to wash that memory out of her head!
** Latawnya's name is rarely mentioned without "the naughty horse" being tagged onto the end, bringing up the question of why there was no 'Connie the manipulative horse' or 'Daisy [[OnlySaneMan the sane horse]]'.
** Also, there's quite a lot of reiterating the moral and repeating stuff in the same paragraph!
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Smoking drugs? Overdosing from smoking? A "smoking game"? Has this author ever encountered drugs in her life?
** James horse's friend who overdosed seems to have overdosed on a cigarette.
** The author seems to have failed to notice that horses could not hold bottles or joints with their hooves, let alone raise said bottles or joints to their mouths.
** I've seen a camel that was trained to pick up a Coke bottle with its mouth. Not sure if horses can do it, too.
* DrugsAreBad: So bad, that Latawnya gets sick the instant she tries them. (Probably because she's a horse.) Why would anyone enjoy using them?
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The story is indeed about a wayward equine who gets the DrugsAreBad message dropped on her.
* FantasticAesop: [[http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/plant-list-horses.html According to the ASPCA]] marijuana is toxic to horses (fatalities are rare but possible). Fortunately any horses who read this book will know to avoid it.
* FrivolousLawsuit: The author filed one against Amazon, {{Wikipedia}} and UrbanDictionary, which [[DidNotDoTheResearch assumed the latter two to be the same company]]. It's [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/45079183/Gibson-v-Amazon-Complaint worth a look]] simply for the grammar, which reads like [[MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie's]] ZeroWing [[TheEyeOfArgon of Argon]].
** In fact, the writing of that complaint seems to imply that the author's DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment isn't for the benefit of child readers, ''she really just writes like that.''
* InformedFlaw: Until she starts playing smoking games and drinking games, the naughtiest thing we see Latawnya do is mimic a noise she hears.
* LongLostUncleAesop: The part about Father Horse's friend that died from overdosing.
* RuleOfSymbolism: In the second book (yes, there are two of them!), Spooky the drug dealer is black, with red horns and a cactus up his butt which is probably meant to be a horned tail. It's pretty subtle for a Latawnya book.
* ScareEmStraight: Attempts to do this, but the massive amounts of DidNotDoTheResearch, the sheer ridiculousness of the premise and the terrible writing make it pretty ineffective.
* SpeciesSurname: All the horses appear to have the last name "horse", not capitalized.
* VanityPublishing: How this got made.
* WatchItStoned: [[{{Irony}} Ironically enough]], this is exactly the sort of book which is best enjoyed while stoned.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At one point, Latawnya hears a scary noise, then later mimics it. But what was the noise?
** Also, why introduce Gregory by name if he's never even mentioned again?
* WriteWhoYouKnow: The horses are named after the author's family.
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