Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door.
Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.
He asked the store manager, "Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that"s him," he replied.
The stranger couldn"t help but be amused.
"That certainly doesn"t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."
n. - a any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals, esp. From the human head. B these collectively (has long hair).
- thing resembling a hair.
- elongated cell growing from a plant.
- very small quantity or extent (also attrib.: hair crack). get in a person's hair colloq. Annoy a person. Keep one's hair on colloq. Keep calm; not get angry. Let one's hair down colloq. Enjoy oneself by abandoning restraint. Make one's hair stand on end colloq. Horrify one. Not turn a hair remain unmoved or unaffected. hairless adj. [old english]
- of the dog n. Further alcoholic drink taken to cure the effects of drink.
- shirt n. Shirt of haircloth, worn formerly by penitents and ascetics.
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