Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for April 12, 2023

Horsey’s as confused as I am

Rodney’s just following his nose!

It put many horses out of meaningful work.

Now thought of as the infernal combustion engine.

Won’t be long before someone invents manmade global warming

One horse power, sort of. At least the power to move one horse.

How many horses are under the .. I mean on top of .. the hood?

But steam engines are external combustion engines.

and the first hybrid vehicle.

Hey, horses want to go places too.

This makes sense. You drive until the roads are gone or so bad the car can’t use them. Then you get on the horse.

That’s the spare!

Horse’s had a horrible life before the Automobile came along, especially the horses who worked in the cities, all work and for rest, a tiny stall, no pastures for them. Thank god it’s over with, except for New York City. I love horses and I own two, they need pastures and decent stalls and care, they are just like dogs, only bigger…LOL!! Mine come running over to greet me every morning, and they love Dandelions.

So Wiz your responsible for this mess? I have been blaming poor Mr Ford.

Well, if you’re one of the millions who own one of them gas-drinking, piston-clinking, air-polluting, smoke-belching, four-wheeled buggies from Detroit City, then pay attention. I’m about to sing your song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOMcAlO7rQ

There goes all the horsepower….neigh

He’s not smart enough to grasp the concept.

Rodney auto know better than that.

It does look more like an external combustion engine.

The horse enjoys going, too.

PETA approved.

That is like when the EV battery dies, start the generator you are hauling around in a trailer and charge the EV.

Are you SURE that’s INTERNAL?

It cleaned up the street but poisoned the air.

Take it easy wizard. The horse is happy for not doing the work. Rodney has his naive ways, as well.

The horse is the spare motor. Yip yip yip yip yip

The first pick up truck…

A little trivia: Very early “horseless carriages” often still had the poles used to attach towing horses. Modern viewers of these old designs often assume or joke that the carriage makers were too stupid to realise they weren’t needed anymore. The truth is that they often were needed as horses were still necessary to recover the vehicles when the engines broke down (which they frequently did), so you need to have the traces ready for horses to pull them home.

The horse seems to like it.

Hybrid

It seems that there was concern and complaints about horse output on the streets, similar to global warming today.