Dead horse theory
Jul 1, 2020 16:36:20 #
Dead Horse Theory
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 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 the 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.
And, of course...
13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
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 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 the 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.
And, of course...
13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
Jul 1, 2020 16:49:08 #
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Jul 1, 2020 18:30:12 #
Amtrain wrote:
Or you could call it a Democrat and let it vote.
Do you really want to send yet another thread to the attic over these mean spirited and divisive partisan political posts? Based on the last election, the odds are that at least 50% of the members disagree with you and are not amused.
Jul 1, 2020 21:41:38 #
ragon
Loc: Wisconsin
TriX wrote:
Do you really want to send yet another thread to the attic over these mean spirited and divisive partisan political posts? Based on the last election, the odds are that at least 50% of the members disagree with you and are not amused.
Well, I'm amused and that's good enough for me.
Jul 1, 2020 22:07:19 #
ragon wrote:
Well, I'm amused and that's good enough for me.
Then be amused in the attic where it belongs and leave politics out of chit chat, where it does not belong.
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Jul 2, 2020 09:27:18 #
TriX wrote:
Do you really want to send yet another thread to the attic over these mean spirited and divisive partisan political posts? Based on the last election, the odds are that at least 50% of the members disagree with you and are not amused.
I agree with you on this.
This is humor.
Thank you.
Jul 2, 2020 10:30:26 #
tuatara
Loc: Orig. NZ - currently SF area
Amtrain wrote:
Or you could call it a Democrat and let it vote.
or a Republican, then it could rig the vote
Jul 2, 2020 10:31:25 #
Architect1776 wrote:
I agree with you on this.
This is humor.
Thank you.
This is humor.
Thank you.
And not only damn funny, but also true!
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