On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 19:12 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:49:50PM -0500, William Pitcock wrote: > > Have you ever heard the fable concerning a father, a son and a donkey? > > In a nutshell, first, nobody rides down the road on the donkey, and > > instead lead him with a rope. People criticized them for doing so, e.g. > > "why not let the kid ride on top of the donkey?" > > > > So, the father told the kid to ride the donkey. Then people criticized > > them again, for not letting the father ride the donkey instead. So, they > > switched again. Then people criticized that too, so they wound up > > carrying the donkey. Eventually, they reached a stream and fell in the > > water because there was too much weight in once place on the bridge they > > were crossing. > > Wouldn't that happen whether they were riding or carrying the donkey? Mathematically, probably. But this is just a fable, so the laws of physics obviously don't apply completely here. William
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