Greg Ewing wrote:

Oleg Broytmann wrote:

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Given that they say "a camel is a horse designed by a committee"

BTW, camels are very suited for their environments...

The quote is actually "a camel is a *racehorse* designed by a committee". Camels are very good at surviving in the desert, but not so good at winning a horse race (not camel race). Which is the point of the saying.

Speaking of which, have you ever seen a camel race? Those things go *fast* ... I think we're getting way too off-topic now ;) Tim Delaney