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Re: I beg your pardon!
Posted by R. Berg on December 03, 2002
In Reply to: I beg your pardon! posted by Word Camel on December 03, 2002
: : : What does the phrase:
: : : "A camel is a horse designed by a committee"
: : : mean?
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: : It's an ironic expression, used to show that deciding anything by committee, and therefore by taking too many opinions and wish-lists into account, will result in something that's probably vaguely similar to what was originally planned, but which won't be anywhere near as effective as was wanted. A camel and a horse are both ungulates, but the point is that the camel's both ugly and slow in comparison.
: ahem...
: Camels are fast and graceful. We can keep running long after horses have given out. Beauty is a beauty does.
There, there. Don't get your back up.
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