There once was a man who was talked into horseback riding but he did not want to do it, so he hesitated. The owner of the horse told him, "Don't worry. This horse is very, very well trained, very, very gentle. He will take you over there, beyond the hills and he'll bring you back by himself automatically. He knows his way back and forth - no problem." So the nervous rider said, "Okay." But before he rode away, the owner said to him, "There are only two things you have to do: If you want the horse to go ahead, then say, "Thank God." And if you want him to stop, say, "Hallelujah". So for about an hour, they strolled along just fine, but suddenly they came to a cliff. The horse had begun galloping very fast downhill and they were almost to the cliff. The man became very panicky and then he remembered. He said, "Hallelujah" and the horse just stopped right there, right at the edge of the cliff. "Oh," the man sighed in relief, "Thank God." 

The Dead Seagull Horseback Riding