I've done it once or twice.

Never have I ever soft brushed a horse before I used a currycomb.

"The universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."

--J.B.S. Haldane, evolutionary biologist

"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way."

--
Bertrand Russell, british author, mathematician, & philosopher