I suspect what I heard was a deliberate modification of this sexist quote from Samuel Johnson, which I only found by this thread piquing my curiosity: "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all." - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/252983-sir-a-woman-s-preach...

Trying to find where I got my version from, takes me back to my own comments on Hacker News from 8 months ago, and I couldn't remember where I got it from then either:

> "your dog is juggling, filing taxes, and baking a cake, and rather than be impressed it can do any of those things, you're complaining it drops some balls, misses some figures, and the cake recipe leaves a lot to be desired". - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39170057

My comment there predates this Mastodon thread, but the story in Mastodon may predate whoever told me the version I encountered: https://social.coop/@GuerillaOntologist/112598462146879765