So did I. "Man about dog" is included in an (I think) Ogden Nash
poem composed of a list of euphemisms for excretion.
Johanna
Excerpts from mail: 22-Feb-101 Re: A Man about a Horse by Sallie
Lemons at MSDW.COM
> Horse and dog are interchangeable in my experience, but...I thought it meant
> having to go to the rest room. Did I ever get this one wrong!