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Dead Horse Theory
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Posted on 11/07/2005 5:50:26 PM PST by Kimmers

The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that, "When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount."

However, in government, education, and in corporate America, more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:

1. Buying a stronger whip. 2. Changing riders. 3. Appointing a committee to study the horse. 4. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses. 5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included. 6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired. 7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse. 8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed. 9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase dead horse's performance. 10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance. 11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses 12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: horse; theory
I received this in a email and thought many of you may get a chuckle....we all could use a laugh time to time
1 posted on 11/07/2005 5:50:26 PM PST by Kimmers
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To: Kimmers

LOL


2 posted on 11/07/2005 5:52:51 PM PST by Bigg Red (Do not trust Democrats with national security!)
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To: Kimmers

You're right! Good one!


3 posted on 11/07/2005 5:56:27 PM PST by Vindicator1
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To: Kimmers
If the horse is dead, you are not riding it, whether you 'discover' that fact or not. You are merely sitting on a dead horse.

Bad analogy.

4 posted on 11/07/2005 5:58:26 PM PST by keithtoo (Vast Right Wing Conspiracy - Founding Member)
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To: Kimmers

Living impaired...Love it..


5 posted on 11/07/2005 5:58:58 PM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
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To: keithtoo
I can see you are a practical person full of good sense and wisdom
6 posted on 11/07/2005 6:01:27 PM PST by Kimmers
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To: Kimmers
LOL - would be funnier if it weren't so close to the truth.


7 posted on 11/07/2005 6:01:54 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
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To: Kimmers

LOL!!


8 posted on 11/07/2005 6:05:55 PM PST by GloriaJane (http://music.download.com/gloriajane "Seems Like Our Press Has Turned Against Our Country")
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To: Kimmers

...full of good sense and wisdom

&&
But with no sense of humor.


9 posted on 11/07/2005 6:06:06 PM PST by Bigg Red (Do not trust Democrats with national security!)
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To: Bigg Red

Good sense and wisdom is a good thing....the world needs more of that


10 posted on 11/07/2005 6:09:46 PM PST by Kimmers
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To: Kimmers

11 posted on 11/07/2005 6:11:17 PM PST by texianyankee
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To: Kimmers

First I chuckled. Then I laughed...louder and longer as I read each one. Must go email this to my friends. Thanks for the belly laugh.


12 posted on 11/07/2005 6:59:58 PM PST by goldfinch
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To: Kimmers

And the PETA whackos will really be after you if you try to beat a dead horse although, if you think about it, every other horse in the race can beat a dead horse. But you can't.


13 posted on 11/07/2005 7:26:36 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (By defiintion, we cannot have Consensus until you agree with me.)
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To: Kimmers

bookmark


14 posted on 11/07/2005 7:30:38 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (I jez calls it az I see it.)
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To: Kimmers

You can add:

13. Dragging the dead horse behind a SUV and calling it dressage.


15 posted on 11/07/2005 10:45:44 PM PST by Dundee (They gave up all their tomorrows for our today’s.)
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14. Taking half the money donated to you by horse breeders and giving it to fund the "mechanic" who kills horses.


16 posted on 11/07/2005 10:47:59 PM PST by Petronski (Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
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To: Dundee

Hey I ride dressage!!!.....that was funny


18 posted on 11/08/2005 4:11:30 AM PST by Kimmers
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