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/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/PapaThyme 4d ago

But Bejing BBQ has a way better wing to it.

Fowgive me, I can not pwonounce the dweaded "r"

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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/Ponyboi667 4d ago

And the fresh yak breast milk

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u/mexicodoug 4d ago

What other kinds of fresh yak milk are there? Technically, of course, yak milk comes from udders, which are the type of breasts that bovinae have.

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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/im_dead_sirius 4d ago

And the murmuration of the starlings!

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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/Comfortable-Syrup688 4d ago

Let’s start the Mongolian Throat Singin!

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u/MightyThor211 4d ago

Kahn you say? Suddenly I am very interested.

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u/greendevilbrew 3d ago

5000 yurts