FlipBoardShut up. Shetland ponies wearing sweaters?
The Shetland Islands are a rugged country full of shaggy cows and tiny ponies who grit their teeth against the cold winds bombing across the peat fields and the North Sea. If only those ponies had the Fair Isle sweaters worn by the locals and inevitably purchased by the intrepid travelers who come to this belligerent corner of Europe. [Huffington Post]
Shut up.
Thanks to Scotland’s tourism board at least two of those ponies, Fivla and Vitamin, are now clad appropriately for the season.
Shut up the hell up.
The sweater ponies — shockingly different than sweater puppies — were photographed for a new advertising campaign trumpeting the natural side of Scotland, the country’s organic knits and farming communities.
Seriously, shut up.
According to their people, they are sporting jumpers made by Doreen Brown of the Shetland Collection.
Oh God. This is so cute. I can’t even handle it. If I see one more picture of those two sweater ponies — especially the black one with the vicious emo bangs — I swear I will just die.
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I have a wholly irrational dislike of horses, but I make an exception for Shetland ponies because they are so damn scruffy and adorable.
This post has improved my day considerably.
Going to Scotland right fucking now, BRB.
I guess Land’s End will need to retire that line.
I hope they don’t end up in the burgers they are serving in England
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Just so we’re all clear here: This has absolutely nothing to do with television, and I couldn’t care less if I tried. (Also, I will not be trying.)
See I thought shetlands just became the new corgis. appropriate.
The Shetland Isles were a plot point* on this week’s episode of Utopia. Therefore relevant. Wait ’til you get to see Utopia. It is good.
*probably not as beneficial to the tourism industry as it involved a dastardly introduction of Russian flu.
Only 4 weeks into 2013 and we already have Time’s Person(s) of the Year: Scotland’s Tourism Board.
Nice shoes, asshole.
Also, sweater puppies tee-hee!
I’M BOOKING MY FLIGHT NOW SCOTLAND, WHERE DO I SEND MY MONEY?!
This combines two of my greatest loves, sweaters and adorable miniature animals.
Throw some shirtless Joel McHale in there and you’d have a Boots trifecta.
Boots Trifecta would be a great name for a shady character who bets on horse races.
Yeh, I’d bet on shetland pony races.
All Shetland pony jockeys must dress like Sancho Panda.
All Shetland pony jockeys must be monkeys, or otters, or red pandas. Or particularly coordinated pugs.
I bet they walked 500 miles.
I would walk 500 more. Of course It’d be hard to get to ireland walking…
Shetland = Scotland.
Proclaimers = Scotland.
At best, it’s a drunken ferry ride.
Wow, I lose my know which brogue is which card….
Craig Ferguson’s Secretariat now needs a makeover.
L’il Sebastian wore it better.
It’s 2013 and we’re just NOW getting ponies wearing human clothes? I’m very disappointed in you, Internet.
/MOAR PONI CLOZE, PLZ!!!1!
//Okay, it’s 2013; no more cheezeburger talk