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Re: Dog In the Manger

hga@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (hga@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Jul 17 19:20:04 1990

As I remember, it's biblical or from Asops's fables.  It involves a
dog who sits in a manger with hay that is no use for him, and his
preventing a cow from eating the hay.  It's a classic example of envy.

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