Three horses
 

Consider three horses, each pulling a cart filled with hay. The horses are in a row, walking down the road. As it walks, the second horse gets to eat from the hay that the first horse is pulling. The third horse gets to eat from the hay the second horse is pulling. Which horse would you prefer to be?

The first horse.. it has the best view.

But the first horse goes hungry.

The second horse. His needs are met, and he can give to the last horse.

i need more info to make a clear choice. like how long a walk will it be? what are the road conditions? weather?

short trip, sunny day, i want to be 1st. long trip, 2nd.

i know i dont want to be 3rd.

but i voted 2nd cuz it was my first impulse

My first impule is to be the second horse too.

Not only do you get to eat the hay from the cart in front, your own load gets lighter if the third horse eats off of your cart. Plus, since the first horse isn't eating, you won't have as much poop to walk through. If you get lost, you can blame it on the first horse. Any potholes or roadblocks, the first horse gets stuck and you get to learn from his mistake.

The view stinks though.

That is awesome. My viewpoint from my over-idealistic happy poet stance (giving to others, gawd!) and LabRat's viewpoint with valid scientific observations. And we both think the 2nd horse. :)

yeah, my reasons for the second horse are exactly what labrat said.

Me too, that's what I meant! ;)

I want to be the third horse, if LabRat is the second horse.

Won't do you any good, unless the cart is plexiglass, and you are REALLY hungry...

Hey, no problem, baby. Let me remove that pesky cart for you. See, now isn't that better?

No treadmills?

Oh, goddamnit.

:lol:

:D Now i feel my day has really started. Onwards... (laundry).

BTW I wanna be the first horse because I need to lose some weight and have to be in charge, and I love to enjoy the view.

I'll be the first horse so that i can see the cliff and stop at the last minute. After those two leeches are gone, i'll find some grub at my leisure.

The first horse.

If I were really a horse, I expect I would line up how the people lined me up. Why {c|sh}ould I think about it? Why {c|sh}ould I even consider that I might have a different place in line and that it might be better? As a horse what would I consider "better"?

Horses have eyes on the sides of their heads. They don't care about the view in front like us two leggers do. The middle horse has the best deal. He gets food and his load get lightened by the one in back. And he still gets to see out the sides.

I voted for the first horse because it had to be a strong and healthy position. Possibly true but not so lucky. Then it occured to me that if the logic to pick the second horse is based on hay and position meaning second must be better than third then it is only half right. There is a different perspective than just position. It's luck. The third horse is the luckiest horse because not only does it have hay to eat but no cart to pull. It is the luckiet position to have and I change my vote. I vote for the third horse.

Nope, the third horse is not only pulling a cart, the load doesn't get any lighter enroute.

I don't want to be a horse.

The question is not which horse you'd want to be, but if the first horse leaves Chicago for New York at 9 AM traveling 5 MPH, and the second horse leaves New York for Chicago at 10 AM, traveling at 4 MPH., how fast will horse number three be going when he discovers the meaning of life?

42?

At the end of the trip, the farmer will look at his carts and realize that only the last one still has any hay in it. As the first two horses are now useless to him, he will sell them to the glue factory and keep the only horse smart enough to protect the farmer's goods. Third horse for the win.

We have a winner!

Can I come and sit at your feet Clod?
You are my guru.

I'll be the first horse, because my hay load will be empty really fast.

But the second horse gets it's load lightened just as fast, plus something to eat.

Why must this question have such and obvious answer?
It has to be a trick question. It's not fun otherwise :)



see! Fun think'in

There is no obvious answer, as a matter of fact I think there is no correct answer.
Every horse's position has pros and cons, so the position you prefer would depend on the importance you put on those pros and cons... your outlook on life. :folks:

well that makes sense. Cheers! :beer:

I like Sundae's answer best.

is this porn? I think it should be porn.

We have the power to make anything porn. ;)

Horse porn? You people are sick. Sick!

Lady Godiva? The only sick people were the ones that found they were standing on the wrong side of the street.

Fine Art- might nbsfw
 

That's fake, Lady Godiva rode sidesaddle. :cool:

Surely there should be some horse equality built into this - we are striving for a better society after all. So, after completing one third the distance, the first horse should stop temporarily and drop back to third place. Then at two-thirds distance, the original second horse, now first horse, does the same thing - I think that's laid down in the National Union for Drays and Working Equestrians rule book, somewhere

Most of the time - in the picture above she was taking a moment to part her hair in the middle - instead of her usual side-parting

PETA, is that you?