r/AskReddit • u/Previous-Ad3911 • 5d ago

You can have 5000 of anything that starts with Y. What do you choose?

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u/thrumplewart 5d ago

I'll take 5000 yaks please. No you can't ask why.

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u/Jeramy_Jones 5d ago

You’ll be a king in Mongolia.

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u/PMA1898 5d ago

What a win! Think of the barbeques!

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u/StockingDummy 4d ago

Fun Fact: Mongolian barbecue isn't actually Mongolian.

It started with a guy from Beijing who opened a street food stall in Taiwan. He wanted to call it "Beijing barbecue" but decided against it; he was starting business right after the Chinese Civil War, so he called it "Mongolian barbecue" instead.

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u/PMA1898 4d ago

That is a fun fact! I've never been there before (not a king).

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u/billy_twice 5d ago

Think about getting stomped to death by 5000 yaks!

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u/Wishbone_508 5d ago

Don't kink shame me.

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u/astride_unbridulled 4d ago

Kink defrocked

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u/im_dead_sirius 4d ago

I'd rather not.

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u/Jamesmateer100 5d ago

And the milk, don’t forget the fresh yak milk.

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u/Tomwhyte 4d ago

Oh sure, you have to pick the hairs out, but it's sooo good for you!

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u/astride_unbridulled 4d ago

I think yak butter was what originally inspired bulletproof coffee

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u/TheAlcoholicMolotov 4d ago

I'm down for a BBQ

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u/TWH_PDX 5d ago

Now down to 4999 yaks

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u/Divebarkeep1 4d ago

Four thousand nine hundred ninety nine yaks on the wall, four thousand nine hundred ninety nine yaks….

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u/im_dead_sirius 4d ago

Four thousand nine hundred ninety nine yaks on the grill, four thousand nine hundred ninety nine yaks….

Fixed that for you.

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u/Its-my-dick-in-a-box 4d ago

and the lamentation of the women

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u/ttchubbo 4d ago

And also think about the amount of feces they produce, there will be a mountain of poo.

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u/-Titan_Uranus- 4d ago

Great fertilizer production for the crops

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u/im_dead_sirius 4d ago

And hair stylists really like the taste of yak. Imagine the barber queues!

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u/Hofeizai88 4d ago

Can befriend someone with 5000 yurts

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u/Jeramy_Jones 4d ago

Form an alliance and marry your son to their daughter.

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u/Beautiful-Star-5431 4d ago

Hey, I am actually Mongolian 😂 We usually have animals in the millions, 5000 is not a lot

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u/Jeramy_Jones 4d ago

Shit, I forgot to account for inflation!

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u/PharmToTable15 5d ago

Gosh dang, Mongorians!

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u/yuyuyashasrain 5d ago

Can i help you name them? Yakkie O, Yak Nicholson, a group of them called NickelYak…

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u/Bigtomhead 5d ago

…Hugh Yakman, Bo-yak Horseman, Gene Yakman…

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u/bearmissile 5d ago

Yakov, Yak Francis, Bernie Yak, Yak Miller, Captain Yak Sparrow, Yak Reacher, Tim, BarYak Obama, Dan Yakroyd

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u/Hallelujah33 5d ago

Yakkie Chan

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u/VeterinarianThese951 4d ago

Samuel Yakson mutha fuckah!

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u/MrVolOpt 4d ago

Yak the Knife.

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u/Naznarreb 4d ago

Weird Al Yakovic

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u/CherimoyaSurprise 3d ago

I got one...Yaklemore! Yak and the Beanstalk! Magic Yak! Yak the Pumpkin King! Wait, what was this thread about again?

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u/CherimoyaSurprise 3d ago

Scott Yakula, Yak Magic Woman...Yak motherfuckin' Sabbath!

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u/Balzovai 5d ago

Made me lol, tip o the cap

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u/Key_Piccolo_2187 4d ago

So we're all buying yaks now ... I'm doing a quick craigslist search ...

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u/Hallelujah33 4d ago

Oh... I'm not buying a yak. I'm in the market for something more like a yak daddy

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u/-Titan_Uranus- 4d ago

Careful what you wish for

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u/Matdup2 4d ago

Nice

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u/Eastern-Ad6824 5d ago

I'm laughing way too hard at ...., Tim, ....

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u/jpog07 4d ago

Tim is always pronounced like John Cleese in Holy Grail.

"Some call me....Tim?..."

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u/SpottyNoonerism 5d ago

Don't care how hard you're laughing, it is indeed the appropriate amount. That's hilarious.

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u/MediumStability 5d ago

Don't forget Yak of Alltrades, Yak McYakface, Yakleberry Finn, Yak Inthebox, Kay, Yak Lemmon, Yak Gleeson, and Nancy.

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u/1887_Mar_BCOU 5d ago

but don't leave out Weird Al Yakovich.

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u/Sh0toku 5d ago

And Yak-a-doodle-dandy!

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u/FlutterbyFlower 4d ago

And the black yak of the family - Yak The Ripper

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u/horschdhorschd 4d ago

Old Yak Donalds, Mick Yakker, Paul YakCartney,

But as Yak Astley sang "Never gonna give you Yak". Sad.

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u/AvatarAda 4d ago

Micheal Yakson, la yaka de papel, Matthew Yakconaughey drinking Yakkermeister, Yaky perry, Kenny, Tom Yank in Yak Away and Yakmothy Chalamet.

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u/BroadBaker5101 4d ago

and Just Yak with the jazz hands

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u/mcnathan80 4d ago

And Yakhoo Serious

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u/Mewone65 4d ago

Or Seth Yakfarland.

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u/DevoidNoMore 5d ago

Yak Dawson, Michael Yakson, Yak Daniels, Yak the ripper

And of course, there has to be one just named Jack

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u/DevoidNoMore 4d ago

Just noticed no one said Yak Off, I'm proud and disappointed with everyone having this level of maturity on Reddit

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u/StephDos94 4d ago

Wasn’t he the 1st Russian on the Moon?

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u/str4ngerc4t 4d ago

Yak O. Lantern, Yaklemore, Yakson Pollock, Yakkie Robinson, Yak Sabbath, Yak White, and my personal favorite Yak Skellington.

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u/52-Cutter-52 4d ago

N Y Yakys.

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u/yuyuyashasrain 4d ago

Oh these are real winners lol i love them all

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u/hmchic 4d ago

😂😂😂 I cannot with all of these

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u/WillyBluntz89 5d ago

No, I said "M" as in "Mancy!"

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u/Gems_and_Jade 4d ago

And don’t forget Yak the Ripper, Yakalyn Kennedy, and Michael Yackson!

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u/EyelandBaby 4d ago

Yak of Thrones and Yak Ming

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u/No-Problem2744 4d ago

You’re all forgetting the best yak of all…Kevin.

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u/im_dead_sirius 4d ago

And that hit 70s TV show, Yak with Yan!

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u/IronLanternGamer 5d ago

Yak septiceye

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u/yuyuyashasrain 4d ago

Oh hell yak

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u/DHLthePhoenix0788 5d ago

Hah fuckin eh... For some reason the Obama one took me out..

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u/jh3553 5d ago

Tell me more about this Tim.

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u/Klarok 4d ago

Don't leave Shakespeare out of things:

Yakbeth, Much Ado About Yakking, Julius Yakker, Henry the Yakth

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u/KittyKratt 4d ago

I'm loving the random "Tim" thrown in there, lol.

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u/Le-Brit 4d ago

Yakuille O'Neal

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u/TamarackSlim 4d ago

Yak-Tuah

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u/canoe6998 4d ago

Huge Yakman

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u/ArtisticLibrarian896 4d ago

Michael Yackson

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u/DogmaLovesKarma 4d ago

Yakky McYakface, checking in

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u/Mr_Bob_Ferguson 5d ago

Yak Nicholson.

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u/ekkthree 4d ago

TIM?

Bwahahahahaha

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u/-Titan_Uranus- 4d ago

Lmao. The random “Tim”

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u/pghfordguy 4d ago

Bahahaha love how you threw Tim in there

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u/False_Solid 5d ago

Weird Al Yak-ovic

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u/ohyeahwell 5d ago

Yak White and Yak Black

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u/Sea_Structure_8692 5d ago

I need this album collab.

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u/firsttoblast 4d ago

Yakert Deniro. Al Yakino. Leonardo Yakaprio.

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u/PablOScar1 5d ago

And that's aaaaalllll I have to say... about yak!

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u/VAShumpmaker 5d ago

Yak Costeau

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u/mela_99 5d ago

End the thread here it cannot get better

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u/No_Carry_3991 5d ago

favorite one

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u/Cronuts13 4d ago

Yak Galifianakis

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u/Boxofbikeparts 4d ago

Its spelled Yaque!!

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u/AlanaIsBananas 5d ago

Yak Black, Yak Tuah

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u/paradisedisco 4d ago

ah man I came here to write yak tuah

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh 4d ago

Bo-yak Horseman

Along with esteemed character actress Yakgo Yakindale

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u/Loveillustrator 4d ago

Not Hugh Yakman! Had me floored!!!

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u/jewels94 4d ago

Hugh and Gene are brothers

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u/jpylol 4d ago

Yakuille O’Neal, got a ring to it ERNEH

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u/kamalamading 4d ago

Yak and Yaxter

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u/flareon141 4d ago

One has to be Zak. Zak the yak

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

Yakie chan

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u/Skink_Anansie 5d ago

My favourite is Yak Black, he sings and swears a lot.

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u/AccomplishedMemory16 5d ago

Are you talking about Jack Yak?

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u/TheLooza 5d ago

Yakkity (Yak)

Don’t talk back.

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u/mustbethedragon 5d ago

No, that's Yak Black's twin.

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u/AccomplishedMemory16 5d ago

Ahhh that’s right the Blackyak twins. I always get them confused.

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u/sippingsami 4d ago

Jack Yak and Yak Black try to convince everyone they aren’t actually related even though they are twins

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u/PowerfulPickUp 5d ago

The power to kill a yak from 200 yards away... with mind bullets!

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u/owlgood87 5d ago

Yik yak paddy yak

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u/SallyRoseD 5d ago

Yackety Yax

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u/Thediciplematt 5d ago

lol yes. American dad

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u/yuyuyashasrain 5d ago

Gwen stefani, gwen stefani.

No doubt

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u/Wybaar 4d ago

Yak Quaid (one of The Boys, also known for being the voice of Brad Boimler in Star Trek: Lower Yaks), the Yakstreet Boys, former president of the United States Yak Kennedy, and George Yakei (Oh my!)

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u/CaptainThick1672 4d ago

Yak tripper, black yak, yak harlow, yak off, don’t forget to take a yaket

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u/MegaGrimer 4d ago

Look at this NickelYak! Every time I do it makes me yak!

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u/sarah_pl0x 4d ago

Omfg NickelYak 😭😭😭😭

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u/InevitableAd9683 4d ago

The Yakstreet Boys

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u/Tanky50 5d ago

Burt Mcyaken

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u/Pitiful_Winner2669 5d ago

Stupid reddit is best reddit.

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u/Mike_with_Wings 5d ago

The funny one is yakety sax

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u/prairie_girl 4d ago

We can play them the song Hey Yak every night before bed.

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u/Ornery-Pay5835 4d ago

Yak Prescott

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u/horsebag 4d ago

yakety sax

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u/hmchic 4d ago

😂😂😂

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u/derpstickfuckface 4d ago

Yak-itty Sax

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u/Tomwhyte 4d ago

Yumpin Yak Flash

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u/3BallJosh 4d ago

Yako Warner

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u/IceFire909 4d ago

Can't believe you forgot Yakholas Cage

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u/alan2998 4d ago

If one of them is good at handyman tasks, he'd be your yak of all trades.

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u/TheWackoMagician 4d ago

Yaxel Rose

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u/Ygomaster07 4d ago

I'm so happy you made this American Dad reference.

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u/TDYDave2 4d ago

Except for Yakety Yak, he talks back.

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u/Fresh_Employee_6783 4d ago

Idk if you’ll miss nickelyak if he were to go away 😂

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u/jncarolina 4d ago

Yakity yak

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u/HanMan3000 4d ago

Yakuille O’Neal

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u/SuperTaster3 4d ago

Yakko Warner, Yakht(one of the 5000 yachts), Yaksophone, Sticky Yak, KaYak, Yakety Sax(not to be confused with Yakety Yak, Don't Come Yak)...

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u/Rolihlahla86 4d ago

Yak Prescott

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u/Lord-Lobster 4d ago

Yak the Ripper, Yak Uzzi, Yak Johnson & John Yakson, Motheryaker and Yakoff

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u/agnessawyer 4d ago

😂😂

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u/Sure_Ad7622 4d ago

Don't leave out Yakkity Yak (Don't talk back- popular 50s song!)

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u/Putmeincoach98 4d ago

Yakmehoff, Yakameehoff, Yakayoohoff

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u/Thugnificent83 4d ago

Yak Prescott, Yak Daniel's, captain Yak Sparrow

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

AD IN THE WILD!!! Youre the best

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u/mr_remy 5d ago

4,999 and we get to ask why

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u/DaniTheLovebug 5d ago

4,998 and you can make vague inquires

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u/shaggydog97 5d ago

And don't talk back!

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u/dukesinatra 5d ago

If you piggyback a yak, you'll get a stack of yaks. Piggy back 5,000 yaks and you have a problem.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_CUCUMBERS 5d ago

They'll just slide off, silly. You need a roof rack on the back of each yak so they stack with you on top in an Adirondack chair making knick knacks listening to Return of the Mack leading the pack to a shack full of tic-tacs because they all lack fresh breath. Boomshakalak-a

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u/dukesinatra 5d ago

I stand corrected. Well played.

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u/hmchic 4d ago

This thread has me laughing so hard I’m about to yak! 😂😂😂

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u/hmchic 4d ago

Shouldn’t it be Return of the Yak?! 😂

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u/chubba4vt 5d ago

You mean they can’t ask… Y

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u/Klutzy-Result-5221 5d ago

I'll get 5000 yurts. We can team up.

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u/Longjumping-Grape-40 5d ago

"Our yaks are reallllyyyy large...
And they smell like rotting beef carcases..."

(Please say someone else remembers this)

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u/audiate 5d ago

Our country reeks of trees, our yaks are really large, and they smell like rotting beef carcasses.

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u/micahamey 5d ago

Don't talk back

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u/loose_lucid_elusive4 4d ago

Yakkity yak, don't talk back

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u/ExperienceInitial364 4d ago

ok jeffree star

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u/refused26 5d ago

Thought this too. But changed my answer to 5000 yetis.

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u/LookAtMyKitty 5d ago

Every time you're in the street you hear YAK YAK YAK YAK?

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u/iama_bad_person 4d ago

The warplane or the animal? 🤔

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u/Any-Run393 4d ago

The concert lineup is wild yo:

YakPink Yakstreet Boys Yak Eyed Peas The Yak Keys Yak Sabbath Yaque (Blaque is a girl group) Yak Antonoff A Yak! A Yak! Weird Al Yakovich Yak Yak Yaks Yak Johnson

Opening Yaks: The Lonely Yland Yron Maiden

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u/CharonsLittleHelper 5d ago

Sounds like the beginning of a Dr. Seuss book.

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u/auntiepink007 5d ago

I'm picturing you rolling around in a vault of quivut.

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u/Jesse1179US 5d ago

Knick Knack Paddy Yak

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u/kadje 5d ago

Needlework aficionados would love you. Do you know how expensive yak fiber is? I decided one time to make a yak fiber sweater, until I realized how much it would cost me.

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u/Forikorder 5d ago

is it for their milk?

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u/Writerhowell 5d ago

Yak milk isn't as widespread as it could be, nor yak milk products, but you could certainly change that with that size herd.

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u/rustytortilla 5d ago

Yak was my first thought too and I haven’t thought about yaks since I was in elementary school

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u/SleestakWalkAmongUs 5d ago

The fuck I can't. Why do you want 5000 yaks?

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u/BiteFull8717 5d ago

Okay, I won’t ask why.

So… How come?

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u/Rukanau 5d ago

Pff, yak yoghurt, obviously.

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u/Lilsammywinchester13 5d ago

They’re so cute!!

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u/Galooiik 5d ago

But can I ask Y?

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u/PuzzledSituation3014 5d ago

But I wanna know why 😂

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u/mjoav 5d ago

We all know why 🙄

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u/Gymrat777 5d ago

Starting a yak cheese farm, that has to be the reason!

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u/AuntEtiquette 5d ago

Came to say yaks. Multipurpose animal.

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u/BallDiamondBall 5d ago

Don't shave them. A hairy yak is a happy yak.

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u/stowRA 5d ago

Is it cause they can’t talk back?

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u/Y_ak 5d ago

Me too

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u/oyM8cunOIbumAciggy 5d ago

I like your username.

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u/RareGeometry 5d ago

Yak yarn is expensive and really lovely, yak cheese chews are expensive, I'm sure other yak items like kefir, butter, etc could be lucrative if marketed. If you have the space, this would be a really neat investment

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u/Far_Investigator9251 5d ago

Ouch 5000 years of my salary and still not a billionaire!

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u/Ok-Inspector4997 5d ago

they can carry and fetch, , you can ride on their back,and lead them about with a string. Anybody?

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u/DrPeGe 5d ago

Damn only thought of 5000 yellows before reading this…

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