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Everything started to fall apart when the horses seized power

The legislature and judiciary soon fell to stasis and stagnation. Nothing could be achieved in the face of so many "neigh" votes.

Roman emperor Caligula supposedly appointed his horse as a consul.

At this point I'd be willing to try a hippocracy.

you and Sandra Boynton both

The rule of hippos?

[Edit] Thanks for clueing me up.

Rule of horses. "Hippos" means horse. "Potamus" means river. "Hippopotamus" means "river horse."

And Hippopotamus are closest related to pigs.

I'd prefer the rule of Hippocrates :D Not doing any harm seems like a good maxim for CEOs...

"Hippocrates" means "horse holder".

Unfortunately, they turned out to be a bad investment.

How do you drop-ship horses?

Just like you drop-ship everything else - buy it and set the destination to the customer's address.

BRB, securing funding

so it looks like a voyage to the land of the houyhnhnms is in order http://4umi.com/swift/gulliver/houyhnhnm/

I saw a movie about that once - think it was called "planet of the mares".

The cake is a lie.

Ok, got it. Not enough Portal fans here.