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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread the 3rd way #124604 03/08/2004 2:23 AM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country Re: I agree with BelM myself: "The expression means...If you want to get somebody to do something, try to use a lure that will make them WANT to do it. Coax them with kindness." There is a 3rd way, perhaps. Drop the carrot and the stick, and treat the mule as an equal. Mules can kick the habit, if the habit doesn't make a mule of himself. How revolutionary is that? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted carrot and stick AnnaStrophic 03/05/2004 10:16 AM Re: carrot and stick dxb 03/05/2004 11:52 AM Re: carrot and stick Jackie 03/05/2004 12:42 PM Re: carrot and stick wwh 03/05/2004 1:27 PM Re: carrot and stick AnnaStrophic 03/05/2004 1:39 PM Re: carrot and stick grapho 03/05/2004 1:42 PM Re: carrot and stick belMarduk 03/05/2004 2:59 PM Re: carrot and stick Faldage 03/05/2004 3:13 PM Re: carrot and stick grapho 03/05/2004 4:00 PM Re: more carats and less shtik jheem 03/05/2004 4:09 PM Re: carrot and stick boronia 03/06/2004 11:13 PM Re: carrot and stick grapho 03/07/2004 4:12 PM Re: carrot and stick wwh 03/08/2004 12:39 AM kicking the habit grapho 03/08/2004 1:03 AM Re: carrot and stick wwh 03/08/2004 1:16 AM Re: carrot and stick grapho 03/08/2004 1:23 AM Re: carrot and stick wwh 03/08/2004 1:35 AM Re: carrot and stick grapho 03/08/2004 1:40 AM taking it in the end grapho 03/08/2004 1:53 AM Re: carrot and stick Bingley 03/08/2004 2:08 AM Re: carrot and stick wwh 03/08/2004 2:28 AM Re: carrot and stick grapho 03/08/2004 2:46 AM Re: carrot and stick wwh 03/08/2004 3:05 AM Re: carrot and stick grapho 03/08/2004 3:07 AM Re: carrot and stick wwh 03/08/2004 3:14 AM Re: carrot and stick Bingley 03/08/2004 4:16 AM Re: carrot and stick belMarduk 03/08/2004 5:53 PM Re: carrot and stick wwh 03/08/2004 6:06 PM Re: carrot and stick of troy 03/08/2004 5:25 PM Re: carrot and stick grapho 03/08/2004 5:51 PM the 3rd way grapho 03/08/2004 2:23 AM Re: carrot and stick inselpeter 03/05/2004 5:43 PM Re: carrot and stick wwh 03/05/2004 5:57 PM Re: carrot and stick grapho 03/05/2004 7:04 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,325 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,168 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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