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    What is Hobson's choice?

    Question #110520. Asked by serpa. (Nov 05 09 9:34 PM)


    Zbeckabee

    		A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one option is offered, and one may refuse to take that option. The choice is therefore between taking the option or not; "take it or leave it." The phrase is said to originate from Thomas Hobson (1544–1631), a livery stable owner at Cambridge, England. To rotate the use of his horses he offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in the stall nearest the door or taking none at all.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson%27s_choice

    Nov 05 09, 10:07 PM
    great2beme

    		Hobson's Choice is also a play by Harold Brighouse.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson%27s_Choice_(play)

    Nov 05 09, 10:12 PM
    ozfei

    		It is also a bar in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood.

    http://www.hobsonschoice.com/directions.html

    Nov 06 09, 12:16 AM

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