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."
- excellence adv. Being the supreme example of its kind (the short story par excellence). [french]
- n. - average or normal amount, degree, condition, etc. (feel below par).
- equality; equal status or footing (on a par with).
- golf number of strokes a first-class player should normally require for a hole or course.
- face value of stocks and shares etc. (at par).
- (in full par of exchange) recognized value of one country's currency in terms of another's. par for the course colloq. What is normal or to be expected. [latin, = equal]
