Today I overheard a conservation between a elderly woman and a young man. She had a situation involving a family member that she was desperately trying to explain. In the midst of her giving description, she dramatically said, “just like a dog sitting on an haystack in a pasture!” This caught my attention and started my thought process. As relevant to her conversation; I realized she was making an analogy about a stubborn and selfish person. As we know; dogs don’t usually eat hay but horses do. So if a dog is sitting on a haystack…. the dog is out of place and probably just trying to block the horse from getting to its food source.
We all have encountered people with this nature. They don’t really want a certain thing but don’t want anyone else to have it either. Furthermore, that certain thing could be detrimental to someone else or to a situation. The analogy of it being a Dog would be synonymous with having a dogmatic personality( having a strong set in ways, doctrine, opinion…etc). Additionally, having the characteristic of being territorial like a dog.
So if you ever hear quote, you will know what it means. FYI…. This is a famous Chinese proverb…but it got southern-fried.
So Hopefully no one will be making this analogy about you!
Have a Gooden,
SouthernBee
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