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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yarm, post: 2885322, member: 5795&quot;]A private token issued by James Burleigh which featured Hobson&#039;s livery stable.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]692415[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A <b>Hobson&#039;s choice</b> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_choice" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_choice" rel="nofollow">free choice</a> in which only one thing is offered. Because a person may refuse to accept what is offered, the two options are taking it or taking nothing. In other words, one may &quot;take it or leave it&quot;. The phrase is said to have originated with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobson" rel="nofollow">Thomas Hobson</a> (1544–1631), a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livery_stable" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livery_stable" rel="nofollow">livery stable</a> owner in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge" rel="nofollow">Cambridge</a>, England, who offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in his stall nearest to the door or taking none at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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