Hog tie is a rodeo term (cowboy sports). The cowboy rides a horse at full speed and chases a little calf. He lassoes the calf, and it falls down.
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ljswaveSo I exactly don't see what it means that"Hogtie the mailman".Is there something in the plot of the movie that has the mailman delivering something that these characters want to prevent from being delivered? That would be a good motivation for hogtying the mailman.
Aspara GusThe interjection had no relevance to the plot at all and was just used to express urgency. The character that said it was a cowboy doll named Woody, accounting for the hog-tie part; the mailman bit was probably completely arbitrary.Hi~ A.G.
ljswave… so "Hogtie the mailman" means to express" Hog-tie Andy not to leave for college"No, impossible.