Sleeping Like a Horse

This morning I was standing against the wall on the first floor waiting for my engineering class to begin. I must have been looking at the floor or something, because a man walking by stopped and commented, "Are you sleeping horse-style?"

"What?" was all I could muster.

"Are you sleeping horse-style, or are you meditating?"

"I was just standing restfully."

"Yes, that's what we call sleeping horse-style. You know, horses sleep standing with their eyes closed..."

"Actually, my eyes were not closed. I was just looking down."

"Oh." He continued on his way.

Why anyone would have thought I was sleeping, I can not imagine.

-Philip