Hound Dogs Can't Dance

“I’ll tell you one thing, Beth: hound dogs can’t dance,” said Eddie.  “They’ll try, but they just can’t.”

If I recount Eddie’s observation to town friends, they’ll simply look confused.  But when I share it with country friends, they’ll roar with laughter . . . or claim that they personally know a dog that disproves the hypothesis, as in “maybe Eddie’s hound can’t dance, but my pooch can do a two-step like nobody’s business.”

But I’m with Eddie: I don’t care what anybody says and maybe poodles can, but hound dogs definitely cannot dance – they just don’t have the rhythm for it.