Getting Someone’s Goat
Personal development is about having fun. Sometimes when we get heavily involved in our personal development we tend to get too serious. I would like to share some fun facts with you to brighten your day. And if you like what you read here, I would appreciate you coming back to the top of this page and retweeting it. I check my retweets and will do the same for you if I find value in your tweets.
The expression “getting someone’s goat” is based on the custom of keeping a goat in the stable with a racehorse as the horse’s companion. The goat becomes a settling influence for the Thoroughbred. If you owned a competing horse and were not above some dirty business, you could steal your rival’s goat (it’s been done) to upset the other horse and make it run a poor race.
Have fun,
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When I saw the title, I just had to read it no matter what. Great message Michael. Goats seem very friendly. Thanks!
Yes they are very friendly. One of my summer jobs was to round up goats on a horse. I thought it would be great but they kept getting under trees with low hanging limbs and I had to constantly get of the horse and chase them out. They were pretty smart.