The horse with a hump
“A camel is a horse designed by a committee.” Sir Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)
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I think he’s beautiful! Did you look at that face? Like the horse, the eyes reveal the soul. Sure, he could use a bath & some grooming, but would that make him/her more worthy of our respect? I doubt he smells very good except to another camel.??
Beauty’s in the eye of the beholder, Linda. I wouldn’t call him/her beautiful – expressive, striking, but not beautiful. With that thick, ungroomed coat, I’m sure he had a rich smell.
I don’t care who designed him – what he needs is a good brush-up.
I agree, Maria – but I was afraid to challenge him.
If the committee had voted to put the 2 humps of the Bactrian Camel side by side tranversally they could have shortened the foot base of the camel by a couple of feet, thus improving parking at the oasis?
But would that have made the camel more comfortable to ride on, Eliot? I don’t think so.