The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

YOU CAN'T PLEASE THEM WALKING OR RIDING. THIS IS A STORY. ONE
DAY A MAN WAS WALKING HIS HORSE THROUGH TOWN ON A VERY HOT DAY.
ALL THE TOWNS PEOPLE EXCLAIMED " WHAT A STUPID MAN! WHY DOESN'T
HE RIDE THAT HORSE AS HOT AS THIS DAY IS?" SO AT THAT, THE MAN
BEGAN TO RIDE THE HORSE. HE SOON APPROACHED ANOTHER TOWN WHERE
THE TOWNS PEOPLE BEGAN TO EXCLAIM "WHAT A STUPID MAN. THAT POOR
HORSE SHOULD NOT BE HAULING THAT LAZY MAN AROUND IN THIS HEAT!"
YOU CAN'T PLEASE THEM WALKING OR RIDING!!!!!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT