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The tribal wisdom of the Plains 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 (and academia) 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.
5 days til GAME DAY at the JOE!!!
@FBSchedules 5m5 minutes ago
Saturday, Oct. 3:
10 Big 12 teams play each other
12 Big 10 teams play each other
#MindBlown
Sooooooo, which Dawg is going to make the first touchdown this Saturday...Dixon, Henderson, Taylor, Turner, Driskel??????![]()
I am thinking Taylor on a pass over the middle and jukes a couple of defenders on a 40 yard catch.
A guy calls a company and orders their 5-day, 5lbs
weight loss program.
The next day, there's a knock on the door and there
stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year
old woman dressed in nothing but a pair of
running shoes and a sign around her neck. She
introduces herself as a representative of the weight
loss company. The sign reads, "If you can catch me, you
can have me."
Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A
few miles later puffing and puffing, he finally gives
up. The same girl shows up for the next four days
and the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he
weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 5lbs,
as promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day/10lbs
program.
The next day there's a knock at the door and there
stands the most stunning, beautiful, sexy woman he
has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but
running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads,
"If you catch me, you can have me".
Well, he's out the door after her like a shot.
This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best,
but no such luck. So for the next four days, the
same routine happens with him gradually getting
in better and better shape.
Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs
himself, he discovers that he has lost another 10lbs,
as promised. He decides to go for broke and calls the
company to order the 7-day/25 lbs program.
"Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone.
"This is our most rigorous program."
"Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."
The next day there's a knock at the door; and when
he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing
there, wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a
sign around his neck that reads:
"If I catch you, you are mine."
FIVE Simple Truths
1. Money cannot buy happiness, but it's more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle.
2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the a-hole's name.
3. If you help someone when they're in trouble, they will remember you when they're in trouble again.
4. Many people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
5. Alcohol does not solve any problems but then neither does milk.
Bonus Truth:
Condoms don't guarantee safe sex. A friend of mine was wearing one when he was shot by the woman's husband.
I don't know why I get so stressed out about the games on TV - I'm going to the game & if I weren't, it's on KPXJ in Shreveport.
Yesterday was Blasphemy Day!