Our friend Sam (an English bloke who saw the American version with us just a week after he had seen the Japanese version" summed up the horse-bit best. He said "Oh, hello Mister Horsie-on-a-boat! You are a pretty boy, aren't you? Yes you are! And even though these mysterious goings-on have definately something to do with horsies, I-I-I think - you know what I would like to do? i think I would like to *poke* you, Mister Horsie. Yes, how about that! Poke, poke, POKE! What do you think of *that* Mister horsie? Eh?"