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| A dead horse wisdom | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 8 2017, 10:31 AM (137 Views) | |
| sooty | Aug 8 2017, 10:31 AM Post #1 |
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This was sent by a friend interstate. I'm unsure how it came to him. The Dead Horse Theory of Bureaucracy 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. |
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| Dialtone | Aug 8 2017, 01:06 PM Post #2 |
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Those are good !!! In Canada, you would have the PM take a selfie with the dead horse, and it would be revived and given a cabinet appointment. 😂 |
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| FuzzyO | Aug 8 2017, 03:13 PM Post #3 |
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Good stuff! |
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| Kahu | Aug 8 2017, 03:24 PM Post #4 |
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Posted Image At least he can laugh at himself! biggrin 04 |
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| agate | Aug 8 2017, 04:15 PM Post #5 |
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Funny DT laugh123 |
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| angora | Aug 9 2017, 02:24 AM Post #6 |
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I love numbers 6 & 8. |
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| angora | Aug 10 2017, 02:14 AM Post #7 |
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I sent this to a friend who replied with this gem. An old Jewish saying....You cant ride 2 horses with one bum. |
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| Trotsky | Aug 15 2017, 01:30 AM Post #8 |
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or tuchas as the case may be. |
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