The Ultimate Answer to Kings: If you give a horse a cookie...

They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means "The Ultimate Argument of Kings," and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. "We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it's about: You'll do as I say or I'll send my goons to kill you."

I thought about that for a long time. If there's an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I've got bullets - he's got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that's not going to happen. So if there's an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain't bullets.

It finally came to me - and that's when I left the city, abandoned a goodly percentage of my goods, and gave all that was behind me a good, stiff Randian Shrug.

The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.

Friday, May 4, 2012

If you give a horse a cookie...

He's going to say, "WTF is this? I want my big play ball!

Comet turned a year old last month, which was about when this was shot.

3 comments:

MamaLiberty said...: That is one beautiful horse. :) And it is so good to see him run and play. So many horses around here do nothing but walk between the feeder and water trough for months on end. Really pitiful.; May 5, 2012 at 6:55 AM
Anonymous said...: Watching that video capped off an already perfect weekend.

Buck.; May 6, 2012 at 11:51 PM
Joe said...: I first read this as: "Comet turned a year old last month, which was about when HE was shot." Of course I did a double take and re-read it.; May 7, 2012 at 12:09 PM

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