• Having lived on the site of Hobson's stables in my student days, I will explain Hobson's choice (there was a plaque). Hobson used to hire horses out and to ensure that his best, and hence most popular, steeds didn't get worn out, he operated a strict rotation policy. You took the horse offered or you didn't take a horse at all. Basically "take it or leave it"

    It was Hobson who started the campaign to change the word 'cunter' to 'canter'. That was his other choice. Not sure if it was because he was a racist and had something against the Swiss.

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