A man was buying a horse and was given a few simple instructions.
To make the horse walk, he would say “few.”
To make the horse run, he would say “many.”
To make the horse stop he would say “amen.”
On the man’s first ride all was going well. “few!” the man shouted and the horse began to walk. “many!” the man shouted and the horse began to run. But the man had forgotten the word to make the horse stop as it ran towards the edge of a cliff.
The man shouted in terror “Lord! Please save me! Amen!”
And of course the horse stopped right at the edge of the cliff-face. The man then mopped his brow and said “Phew! that was clo- AAAAARRRRGHHH!!”