[PW] Finger in the Dike

John P. Dyson dyson at indiana.edu
Tue Dec 18 05:33:26 PST 2007


Obviously, Jim; I never can fool the truly perceptive.

Cheersback,

John


Quoting burchell at telusplanet.net:

> Hi!
> Mr. Dyson, you were obviously not born and raised in farming or ranching
> country!  When not mounted on a horse, and needing to direct it to water
> or to a different location, if it is wearing a halter, or has a lariat
> around it's neck, one leads it where one wishes it to go. If it happens
> to be a wild horse, there may be some question as to who is doing the
> leading!
> Cheers!
> Jim
> Quoting "John P. Dyson" <dyson at indiana.edu>
>
>> Quoting sylvia ryals <sylviaryals at yahoo.com>:
>>
>> > Your mission, Tom, should you decide to accept it, is
>> > to write a story illustrating the aphorism "You can
>> > lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."
>>
>>
>> I know you can bronze a baby shoe, gild a lily, iron a sheet, tin a pot
>> and silver a mirror, but I never heard of leading a horse.
>>
>> John Dyson
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Project Wombat
>> list at project-wombat.org
>> http://www.project-wombat.org/
>>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Project Wombat
> list at project-wombat.org
> http://www.project-wombat.org/
>





More information about the Project-Wombat mailing list