Dead Horse Theory

[cu@thetop]

Just got this one doing the rounds. It's funny cause its true:
The Dead Horse Theory

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 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

 

[lizzie]

OMG - that is soooo funny! I was on the phone at the time and had to explain my sudden laughter to the insurance person ...

 

[BayView]

Just got this one doing the rounds. It's funny cause its true:
The Dead Horse Theory

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 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

We have a winner for joke of the year!

I particularly liked no.3. - typical Gubbmint strategy - just chuck a feasibility or other study/committee at it.

 

[Aaron_C]

This is why small government is a good thing.

 

[Player]

We have a winner for joke of the year!..............

Have heard this in an abridged form before and typifies the "rear view mirror" approach of "we've always done it this way....." and let's not offend anyone for having lesser ablities or being past their use by date for a particular role/job/sport/whatever.

I agree it's humerous, however on a serious note it is reflective of the nanny state that govt, biz, education system, etc and the soft jelly society that we are becoming.

 

[Nemo30]

My work recently shot the horse. It was a very expensive thoroughbred that went lame at a young age.

They are now looking at re-saddling the old horse.