>>> "zsars" joke.com> wrote:

>>>> "sarchasm" wrote:

>>>>> "zsars" joke.com> wrote:
>>>>> (Showing off: A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or
>>>>> taste not the Pierian spring. -- A. Pope. Had to look up how to spell
>>>>> pierian though. )
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a good quote. Whoever said that you could lead a horse to water
>>>>> but, not make them drink may have read A. Pope as well. The response
>>>>> that you can hold their heads under water until they drown would be
>>>>> just plain mean. ;>

>>>> I was curious:
>>>> http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/19/messages/1309.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mean (slap), but inaccurate. Have you ever tried pushing a horse's head
>>>> down?

>>> Even though it was a paraphrase, the inaccuracy is conceded. :-) If one
>>> uses the method of riding a horse into a pool of water to 'break' them,
>>> then it becomes possible to push their heads under water. This teaches
>>> them to drown, so is not being recommended, (and not just for horses).

>> You do have a truly mean streak. Maybe that's why you're fun.

>
> A dark sense of humor comes in handy here.