Evi Adams sent this to some of us.  I thought it was priceless! Something
to save for a rainy day at the hospital when you need a chuckle.
Disclaimer:  Is not meant to pertain to anything currently being discussed
on lactnet  :-)  Sincerely, Pat in SNJ

>     Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a
dead
> horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, bureaucracies  usually
> try other strategies, such as:
>
>      1.  Using a stronger whip
>      2.  Changing riders.
>      3.  Declaring "This is the way we have always ridden this horse."
>      4.  Appointing a committee to study the dead horse.
>      5.  Arranging visits to other sites to see how they ride dead
horses.
>      6.  Revising the standards for riding dead horses.
>      7.  Creating training sessions to increase riding ability.
>      8.  Comparing the state of dead horses in today's environment.
>      9.  Changing the requirements for declaring a horse to be dead.
>     10. Hiring contractors to ride the dead horse.
>     11. Harnessing several dead horses together for increased efficiency.

>     12. Issuing statements such as "No horse is too dead to beat."
>     13. Providing additional funding to increase the dead horse's
performance.
>     14. Purchasing products designed to make dead horses run faster.
>     15. Doing studies to see if contractors can ride dead horses more
cheaply.
>     16. Declaring that horses are "better, faster and cheaper" when dead.

>     17. Forming a quality circle to find uses for dead horses.
>     18. Revisiting the performance indicators for dead horses.
>     19. Issuing a press release saying the horse was procured with cost
as
>      an independent variable.
>      20. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
>
>
>