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Maybe The Horse Might Sing!

During the time of the Roman Emperor 'Caligula'.... a certain Roman Senator was sentenced to death by Caligula. The Emperor offered the Senator a choice.... between a simple "painless" death that very day........or a short term reprieve with a caveat......which was.... that the Senator had six months in which to teach Caligula's favourite horse to sing.

After six months if the horse did not sing to the Emperor's satisfaction, then the Senator would be put to death in the slowest and most painful way Caligula's executioners could conceive.

The statement "Make him feel he is dying" really applied in Caligula's day.

Surprisingly.... to the Senator's friends.... the Senator chose the latter choice.

One of his friends asked him why he had made a choice which was without doubt.... going to result in the Senator dying in a horribly painful fashion.

The Senator replied that: "In the next six months, maybe I might die, maybe Caligula might die.... and maybe the horse might sing."

Ed's note: Thanks anonymous!