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From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Riding as a Way to meet Women
Message-ID: <1541@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 6-Oct-85 17:24:29 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct  6 17:24:29 1985
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Summary: going off on yet another tangent

In article <180@ihlpf.UUCP> bithead@ihlpf.UUCP (bithead) writes:
>
>I've often wondered why so many women have this fascination with the
>equine(?) species. The answer is probably Freudian. A man may say
>"no!" but the horse won't (with the possible exception of Mr. Ed).

Of course.  For some reason, people have a need to control things,
to make them do as they please.  The thing being controlled may be
a horse, a sports car, a computer, an airplane, a piano, or many other
things.  Some aren't satisfied with controlling things or animals,
and try to control other people.  This usually doesn't work out so
well, whether the control-ee is a slave, a subordinant, a child,
or a spouse.

The horse may not *say* "no", but he/she may not obey you, either!
They do have minds of their own.  The computer may say "Permission
Denied", but there is always the "su" trump.  If your date says
"Permission Denied", there may be no way to change his/her mind.

Question I have is: Why do we have such a need to control?

Snoopy
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