Show Hobsons Hobson's Choice T The h e quotation Hobsons choice came into being as the result of oC the eccentricity of Tobias Tobi Tobi- as Hobson an English stable owner When a man came to him to rent a horse he was shown a number of animals in inthe inthe inthe the stable but Hobson always insisted insisted in in- that he take the horse which stood next to the stable door Hobsons choice was thus born to indicate that although although although al al- al- al though the selection was supposedly supposedly supposedly edly yours that of another person was forced upon you |