On the lower right is the dead horse. The way the story goes, the sailors would stuff a canvas horse with symbols of everthing that annoyed them. On the day that the boat caught enough whales to break even finacially, they threw the "dead horse" overboard after a rousing round of rum swilling and song. The metaphore is that of a farmer who buys a horse on credit, the horse dies and then the farmer has to work for some months to pay off the dead horse. Maybe the modern equivalent is working until the middle of June just to pay taxes.

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	On the lower right is the dead horse. The way the story goes, the sailors would stuff a canvas horse with symbols of everthing that annoyed them. On the day that the boat caught enough whales to break even finacially, they threw the "dead horse" overboard after a rousing round of rum swilling and song. The metaphore is that of a farmer who buys a horse on credit, the horse dies and then the farmer has to work for some months to pay off the dead horse. Maybe the modern equivalent is working until the middle of June just to pay taxes.

11/24/01 9:13:14 PM.PA280085_96