It has been said, by presumably humorous persons, that the camel is a horse which has been designed by a committee, but this is surely complete nonsense for the camel is clearly an elegant and well rounded beast, showing consistent adaptations to its arid environment from the closeability of its nose right through to the consistency of its dung. Why, one might as well reverse the claim and say that the horse is a camel designed by a committee of Midwestern irrigation and lawn-care specialists …or maybe of avid rose growers.
No—-here we are merely barking up the wrong tree.
Now if you want to bark up the right tree, and see an animal which really looks like it’s been designed by a committee, look not among the ruminants nor the ungulates but among the rodents. Look, indeed, at that horrid and hypocritical vermin the Gray Squirrel. The Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) is plainly nothing more than a rat designed by a committee of the nastier lawyers from Walt Disney Inc. using the Fuller Brush Company as a focus group.
Phred Premium Member over 7 years ago
Always suspect the squirrels…
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 7 years ago
It has been said, by presumably humorous persons, that the camel is a horse which has been designed by a committee, but this is surely complete nonsense for the camel is clearly an elegant and well rounded beast, showing consistent adaptations to its arid environment from the closeability of its nose right through to the consistency of its dung. Why, one might as well reverse the claim and say that the horse is a camel designed by a committee of Midwestern irrigation and lawn-care specialists …or maybe of avid rose growers.
No—-here we are merely barking up the wrong tree.
Now if you want to bark up the right tree, and see an animal which really looks like it’s been designed by a committee, look not among the ruminants nor the ungulates but among the rodents. Look, indeed, at that horrid and hypocritical vermin the Gray Squirrel. The Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) is plainly nothing more than a rat designed by a committee of the nastier lawyers from Walt Disney Inc. using the Fuller Brush Company as a focus group.
from: http://howlandbolton.com/essays/read_more.php?sid=315
3pibgorn9 over 7 years ago
And this is relevant to this cartoon how? heh heh