28 April 2012
In our house we have this book of Buddhist proverbs, with a new one for each day. Today's proverb was "Don't judge a horse by its saddle," and I found myself wondering what the fuck that meant. At first I thought it might mean "Don't judge a book by its cover," but that means something completely different. As would "Don't judge a horse by its rider," which would mean don't judge something by what's controlling it. Rather, it means "Don't judge something by the means of which it is being controlled," which makes no sense. Something similar would be "Don't judge a car by its steering wheel," or "Don't judge this Opuss by the iPad on which it was typed." I guess this is true, but only because it never fucking happened anyway, like saying "Don't judge a horse by the fly loitering around its ass," or "Don't judge a horse by the pH level of the water it urinates." Thanks for the words of wisdom, anonymous Asian proverbian.
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