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A 52-year-old farmer Michael DuPont made a remarkable discovery. And I don't know exactly when this happened, but the story is about Michael DuPont, the farmer who found a gold deposit on his property, estimated to be worth about 4 billion French-Frenche-French euros. So he was walking along a stream on his land. DuPont noticed a glint in the soil and uncovered several gold fragments. However, under French law, specifically the mining code, all subsoil minerals belong to the state, not the landowner. As a result, the authorities swiftly intervened, halting any private exploitation of the find and initiating environmental assessments due to the area's ecological significance.

Now, of course, that ignited all kinds of debates over property rights, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. and, you know, there's plenty of places here in the U.S., specifically where this show originates from in Texas, where you have your land rights on property that you own. You can sell those, actually, separately. However, I will just say this. This also brings me to my point of why say anything? Just keep your mouth shut. Now, I know this was a huge deposit, so it would be very difficult for him to start doing his own private mining,

but why not? If you know the government is going to take it from you, just keep your mouth shut and, you know, come up with gold deposits for yourself. And, well, look what I found. Yeah, I was walking over there on the other side of the country when I found these, not where I live. And I just need to cash them in a little bit.

Oh, it's worth all this money? Yeah, boy, that's lucky me, huh? Yeah, lucky you. Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat. I'm looking at this story that's talking about the 50 most popular chain restaurants in America. And we're talking about the chain. I mean, chain restaurants have been around since, I don't know, 1925 in the U.S.

I guess A&W. root beer became the first American restaurant to franchise. That was in, of course, 1925, the year that I mentioned. So, I mean, there's plenty of chains that are, you know, now defunct. But according to Stacker, they analyzed a quarter 1 to 2025 data from U-Gov to rank the 50 most popular chain restaurants in the U.S. The rating agency surveys people across various areas such as culture, politics, and business to determine what they like and dislike. U-Gov's overall positive opinion scores represent the percentage of people who responded positively out of those surveyed. further breaking scores down by generation, baby boomers, gen Xers, and millennials. So what were the top 50?

And it breaks it down. Number 50 was Chipotle. Okay. Positive opinion score of 52%. Number 49. Chuckie cheese with a 53 positive opinion score? I don't know. I don't know.

Okay. Sure. Whatever. Above Chippole, 48, in and out burger, in and out burger should be ranked a lot higher than what this list has as, come on, in and out, 53% positive opinion score, number 48 in the top 50, no thank you.

Buffalo Wild Wings, 47th. I feel like Buffalo Wild Wings should be higher too, but I'm a little biased. You know, one of my children works at one, and they do some good work. at this particular Buffalo Wild Wings, they do some good work. Then we have 46th Firehouse Subs. All right.

45 is Starbucks. Okay, don't forget this is chain restaurants. I got it. 53% these are all kind of tied. Nathan's famous hot dogs. Just Nathan's famous. Uh-huh. 54% 44th in the list of the top 50.

Let's get through these. Arby's is 43rd. TGI Fridays. Are they still even alive? I guess they'd still have a few stores left. They're 42nd. Jersey Mike's 41st. Well, okay. All right. I guess if you say so, anti-Anne's at number 40. Come on now. 39 is Denny's. 328th is Longhorn Steakhouse. Yeah, you know, I'm a fan of Longhorn. I don't know that I, are they in the top 40? Yeah, probably. Jimmy John's, 37th. Okay, if you say so.

Waffle house is 36th. It's been a long time since I've been a Waffle House. And you know, there's a Waffle House not far from where I live, and I always forget it's there, and I apologize to Waffle House. Because every time I drive by it, I go, oh yeah, there's a Waffle House there. Then we have Davin Busters at 35.

Okay. If you say so, Sonic at 34th. I mean, if we're just rating shakes, they should be higher than 34th, but, you know, if you're reading the food and everything, and it's probably about right. Five guys is 33rd on the list. McDonald's, 32nd of the list. Hard Rock Cafe, 31st.

Okay. Panda Express, 30th. You know, I honestly, I don't know that I've ever been to a Panda Express. I know that comes to a Surprise, but I don't know that I've ever been to a Panda Express. Maybe I've had food from there before, but I don't think I've ever been to a Panda Express. personally gone to an actual Panda Express. Ponda Panda Express. Burger King, 29th. Okay. Subway, 28th. I mean, they've got eight billion stores around the country. So, yeah, they should be in the top 30. Okay. A Panera bread, 27th. Yeah, I used to really like them at one point. And then they changed a bunch of stuff.

And I don't know. It's been a while since I've been there. Little Caesars at 20. 26, no. Should they be in the 50, top 50? Sure. In the top 26, under 30, in the top 30? No, I don't think so. Then we have a cold stone creamery at number 25 as the top chains. Okay, if you say so. Papa John's 24th in the top 25. Yeah, I guess. Red Lobster, 23rd. They're barely around either. So let's calm down on the red lobster in the top 25. And then we have Outback Steakhouse number 22. I'm a fan of Outback Steakhouse. Always have been.

A huge fan started in Tampa Bay. Been to a number of Outback Steakhouses. In fact, I've said all along the best out. And I used to live right next to an Outback Steakhouse. I mean, my fence, my brick fence to my house I lived in, on the other side of that brick fence wasn't Outback Steakhouse. But the best outback steakhouse I've ever been to was in Alabama. Opalaca, Alabama, when my son was being recruited to play football at Auburn.

We went there for one of the weekends, and the Outback Steakhouse there was outstanding. I don't know if it's still around. It's been a long time ago, but it was great then. I'll tell you that. 21st is Applebee's? Yeah, I guess. I mean, it's been a long time since I've been doing Applebee's, but they were always, you know, okay.

Should they be in the top 25? I don't know. IHOP. I mean, IHOP is struggling too, but they've, you know, they're still alive and well and doing pretty good. I don't know that I've been disappointed when I've gone to an IHop, but you know what you're getting, right? You know if you're going to IHOP, this is what you're getting.

So that's good stuff. There's plenty of other breakfast places locally, but IHOP is pretty darn good. Chili's, yeah, you know, I used to go to Chili's, frequent chilies quite a bit. I know it's going to come as a surprise. I used to frequent chilies. When I first moved to Pennsylvania, I lived up there.

My family was still in Florida, so I was on my own. And on weekends, I would just go to this local Chili's and hang out and watch the TVs and eat Chili's food. I know, big surprise. Red Robin at number 18.

You know, the last time I ate at Red Robin, I was not that impressed. I was a little disappointed, actually. Everybody loves them. I love the, you know, unlimited fries and their large shakes with the extra on the side and all of it. I love the whole deal behind Red Robin.

But the last time we went there, I must say I was a little disappointed. So they better fight back the next time I go there. Cracker barrel, number 17 and the top 20? Yeah, absolutely. Deserves to be at least in the top 20. Yeah, you know what you're getting. It's a great place.

And they're all over America. Love them. 16, the Cheesecake Factory. Yeah, I guess they should be in the top 20. Sure. I mean, they're great and never, I don't know that I've been disappointed when I've gone to the cheesecake factory, but, you know, you don't go there often enough. They like to, you know, they, they do tend to charge a little bit more for their, for their food. A&W restaurants at 15.

Are there even A&W restaurants anymore in America? Like, I mean, I guess so. Sure. Are they standalone? Or they are with Long John Silvers on the side with a Taco Bell on the side? honestly I don't know. It's been a long time. I think that in somewhere close to where we live,

there's a long John Silver's and an ANW together. That's the only ANW that I know of. When I was a kid a million years ago, man, there was A&W Roob beers everywhere, and they were freaking good. Pizza Hut at number 14. In the top 20 for a pizza hut? I don't know.

In today's world, that's quite a stretch. KFC, number 13. Okay. Boy, it's been a long time. I've been to bed to a KFC. Chick-fil-A, number 12. Yeah, with top chain, yeah, that's fine. Wendy's number 11.

Yeah, okay. Then we get into Popeye's at Top 10? No. Popeye's chicken and biscuits, top 10, no, no, thank you. I actually have gone to Popeyes numerous times in my life when I was living in Florida. And I did like their chicken.

I did like their chicken, but their sides and stuff, nah, not so much. Number nine, Texas Roadhouse. Yeah, Texas Roadhouse. I get those confused with Longhorn Steakhouse, but they're, I know they're different. Okay, don't look at me like that. But Texas Roadhouse is number nine, and I mean, Longhorn is long since gone. Man, they were in, like, what, the top 30 or 40s.

Cineabon number eight. Is that, is that counting? Well, it's a chain. Okay. So now we're getting into the, we're getting into the chains that aren't, well, we've got to give cinema. I'm a fan of Cinebun. I don't know that I've ever been disappointed going to a Cinebun. So, okay, sure, they belong there.

Olive Garden, number seven. Yeah, I'm a fan. I'm a fan of Olive Garden, no question. Been there multiple times in my life. I know that comes as a surprise. Number six, Taco Bell. Yeah, I mean, you know what you're getting. But number six, in the top 50 chains.

Okay. Domino's number five, no, thank you. No, they do not belong in the top ten. Do they belong on the list? Sure, but not in the top ten. No. Kris cream donuts. number four in the top 50 chain?

I don't know about that. Dunkin' Donuts? I think it's just Dunkin' now, right? The picture is Dunkin' Donuts, but I think they're just Dunkin now. Yeah, I guess. You're not necessarily disappointed when you go to Duncan. You know what you're getting.

I'll give you that. And I don't mind their coffee. DQ restaurants. You know, it's been a while since I've been to a dairy queen. There was one not far from where we lived. And I did stop in there a couple of times, but now it's closed. So we still have DQs around, I guess. So, okay, if you say so.

Number two, though. And number one is Baskin Robbins. Man, it has been a long time since I have been inside of Baskin Robbins. But, I mean, I don't know that I've been disappointed in Baskin Robbins. So, you know, I'm all about the, you know, the 31 flavors and go ahead and, you know, serve it up. Right. No problem. One thing. I've talked about this before. There was an ice cream shop next to a store I used to work at when I was working for Wind Dixie. It was in Madeira Beach, Florida. And there was an ice cream shop. And I do not, I don't think I was a Baskin Robbins. But they served this banana fudge ice cream that was probably it was so, I was just to say this best ice cream ever. It was so good. Banana fudge. I mean, I used to, this is going to come as another surprise. I used to take my breaks and go over to the ice cream shop.

have, you know, a double or triple scoop, banana fudge, ice cream cone. It was so good. All right. Those are the top 50 most popular restaurant chains in the United States. And they were, you know, between Stacker and you gov, they give you the best rating possible. So I don't know that I agree with that entire list. But I guess most of the chains that are. are on that list, certainly deserve to be on that list.

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The top 10 baby names of 2024 just came out. Okay. So if you had a baby, if you named them one of these names, then you were part of the crowd in 2024. If you didn't, then good for you. You came up with the name that nobody else thought of or not the top 10.

So if you had a baby boy and named it Liam, that was the number one name for boys in 2024. Then Noah, Oliver, Theodore, James, Henry, Mateo, Elijah, Lucas, William. Those are your top 10 male names for 2024. Then if you had a baby girl, Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte, Mia, M-I-A, Sophia, Isabella, Evelyn, Ava Sophia were the top 10 girl baby names. So if you named your child something other than that,

then you did not follow the crowd. And maybe you should rethink that. I mean, according to this, the crowd has picked Liam number one for boys eight years in a row. And Olivia has topped the girls list for six years in a row. So there's a whole bunch of Liams and Olivia's running around. around they're going to be running around as adults 18 years from now. Well, I mean, they're, you know, they're now, now the first ones are eight to 10 years old.

So, man, and the next eight to 10 years is going to be a whole bunch of people named, uh, Liam and Olivia. Wow. A couple of up-and-comers. Elaney. Eleni, A-I-L-A-N-Y. I guess that's a Hawaiian name. That means chief. Okay.

And a boys named Truce, which is an old English name meaning peace rose 11,000 spots. So that means, what, two people named their kid truce? I don't know. This is a list from Nameberry. And so that's a baby naming website. And according to NameBerry. and their editor-in-chief, that American parents are increasingly choosing names

that have cross-cultural appeal. Oh, okay. So people want to name their children names that can be used no matter where you are in the world. Okay, calm down. And there was also 3.61 million babies born in the U.S. in 2024, which is an increase from 20, So, giddy up for that.

Now, it's not much of an increase. Last year we had 3.59, I mean, 23, we had 3.59 million babies. And in 2024, we had 3.61 million babies. But it's still an increase. Hey, bigger is bigger. More is more. Am I right? Yeah, you know I am. All right, let's go to the break room.

I need something cold to drink desperately. Okay. Well, we got the news that Warner Brothers Discovery is going to revert its streaming service, Max, to its original name HBO Max. I mean, that's what we were all calling it anyway. So, okay. I guess the head of Warner Brothers Discovery is upfront yesterday, which Netflix made some announcements that they're an little upfront thing yesterday

is going to get to as well. the CEO and President David Zazlov said the company's streaming service will change its name back to HBO Max after topping off the HBO, I mean they chopped off the HBO in 2023. And it didn't though. When it announced the shift to Max, he said the goal was to create the broadcast array of content available and dethrone Netflix as the app for the whole family. Huh. You wanted to broadcast.

array of content available. All right. How'd that work out? Well, I guess it didn't. I guess they're happy with the, you know, they've got, they've added a bunch of stuff, but they still have their own, you know, the HBO shows that are awesome. I mean, you got the White Lotus and the righteous gemstones, I think, just ended.

You got hacks, which I love. They don't mention the pit on here, but the pit was awesome. That was a huge, I love the pit. That was really good. and they need to, if you haven't seen the pit, that's a really good show. And that's still under, you know, there got the lawsuits going on with that show. About the company that owns the show, that's all. The show itself still runs, and it was awesome with Noah Wiley.

And the first season is done. It was really good. And then, now the last of us, season two just started. I think we're like three or four episodes in. I have not started watching it because, you know, I watched the first. first season, and I enjoyed the first season, but the second season, my son, Maximus, who does, you know, talking Walking Dead with us, said that the second season will be interesting to see how people feel if they follow the way the second game went, because when

the second, which apparently is what they did. So the first season was about the first game, the last of us. And then the second season, they're breaking up into two parts to cover. the second game. And he said that the controversy around the second game was, I mean, unbelievable. There were all kinds of hatred for it and there was all kinds of big love for it.

But unlike the first game and the first season where it was all love. And I have seen a number of people unhappy with this season two because of that. And so I'm fast. I can't wait to watch it. but I feel like I'm at the point now where I haven't watched it,

and so I may wait until it's done so I can just binge it and be done with it. But that's the last of us. We're coming up on that. And then hacks, of course, on HBO Max is awesome. So anyway, they're going back to HBO Max. I mean, the world knew them as HBO, right? I mean, come on. And so now they went together.

They're going to be HBO Max. I got it. And so just be that. That's a good movie. on their part and I always thought that Elon would go back to Twitter but he's got his feet in the ground and it's it's now X and I just saw a chart where from X is now getting more searches than Twitter on Google so it's fighting back it's fighting back but that's a big wall I mean the it's a big big, big,

hill to climb. Where it was, the searches for Twitter, and then it dropped down to where the searches of X are. And then it goes along and shows that people are still searching for Twitter all this time since it turned X, and they finally, finally the streams crossed,

where it's, you know, X is out gaining Twitter, because Twitter was part of the lexicon, man, of the world. And it's still, you know, Twitter, formerly acts. It drives me insane, but it still is, and it's not going anywhere because it was ingrained in our mental frontal lobes, man. I think it's maybe the back lobes, Jeff. Okay, whatever.

It was ingrained in our brain that it was Twitter. And it's going to be Twitter forever. I love X. I got no problem with X, but it isn't, you know, it should have been Twitter under the X brand. Right? And then X could just run everything that he's. Elon does, but he didn't consult me. So we just go from there.

And then I see where Netflix has... Oh, one other show that's coming back for season two is Fallout on Prime. I think they're done with filming on that with Fallout Season 2. So that starts in December of this year. Looking forward

to that. Season 1 was really good. I enjoyed the heck out of it. So we'll see what they can do with Season 2. Netflix said in there up front, I guess they all gathered at this up front meeting in New York. And this presentation for advertisers, Netflix ad-supported tier has reached 94 million monthly users across the world.

I do not like that, Sam, I am. Up from 70 million last November. Then they talked about the numbers. Each of those accounts is now 41 hours a month. Wow, engagement on all of those. that's pretty that's pretty darn good and so they Netflix launched this ads business in 2022 after they said we're never going to run ads uh-huh uh they're they're president of advertising amy reinhart who i'm sure makes a darn good living and probably should uh said that the tier reaches more than 18 to more 18 to 34 year olds than any other u.S. broadcast or cable network wow uh so extrapolating the 94 million figure, which is the number of profiles watching ads, as other companies do, she said the net number of viewers tuning in is 170 million.

Ads members in the U.S. are hardly engaged, spending an average of 41 hours a month on Netflix in the U.S. Holy cow. Now, they're going to have this ad suite, which is their advertising platform. It's launched in the U.S. It's going to be worldwide soon. they are going to make so much money from that. And that just bums me out because I'm going to end up having to pay, continue to pay more for the non-ad Netflix.

And that's probably at some point they're going to tell me, yeah, that doesn't exist anymore. I mean, I like commercials. I do. I love commercials. And I kind of chose where we're at is a nation looking at the commercials. And even if I'm fast forwarding through them, you know, I do kind of watch them

if I say, oh, I haven't seen that one before I go back and I watch it because I want to watch them. But if I'm paying, you know, an arm and a leg for your platform without commercials, then, hello, I don't want commercials. And they're going to, at some point, just say tough and you're going to get commercials, and that's our new platform.

Live with it. So I'm sure that's coming very, very soon. well you know what else is coming i saw the trailer for nobody too and that movie is coming to the theater's august 15 that is going to be a fun movie a nobody the first movie was really fun it's with uh odenkirk better call saul bob odenkirk and uh he plays this guy who is this this this killer but he's tried not to be with a family and it was really really kind of funny at the same time You know, you get a lot of violence and a lot of... It was fun.

It's a fun ride, nobody. So nobody, too, with Odin Kirk in theaters, August 15th. That will be a fun ride. In fact, I'll play the trailer on Saturday morning live this week. So it's something to look forward to other than, you know, just babbling. Saturday morning live, I will play the trailer for Nobody 2. And you can see exactly what I'm talking about. how fun the ride will be.

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She did work on, on films like Tron, Carrie, Phantom of the, Phantom of the Paradise. Oh, I'm not sure about that movie. I don't know that I've seen that movie. She passed away at her home in Los Angeles battling bladder cancer. You know, I've said that term way too many times. This year alone. Too many people are battling with bladder cancer.

And I, it's, you know, I get, I don't wish that on anyone. I don't wish anyone to have me struggling with bladder cancer, but it is interesting that I feel like in my head I have said the term bladder cancer of the phrase battled bladder cancer way too many times in this year alone. So what could be bringing that on? What could be bringing that on?

I don't know. I don't know. Don't even look at me like that because it couldn't be that. but rest in peace to Rosanna Norton legend of the costume design world dead at the age of

80. So I see a story talking about how the United States population is older than it has ever been and apparently the country's median age is 38.9 Wow. Which is nearly a decade older than it was in 1980 and the number of adults older than 65

is expected to balloon to 58 million to 82 million by 2050. And so the challenge of caring for the elderly amid shortages and care workers and rising health care costs and evolving family structures, it's an urgent issue. So these MIT engineers have developed this, well, they're calling it a robot, but really it's just robotic arms that are supposed to help people stand up and prevent them from falling as they move around from home because it's kind of like these arms.

It's almost like a walker reversed with these robotic arms. We just need the robots. Elon said that there's going to be thousands of the robots around. The robots need to help, not these. I mean, MIT, get with it. You need to make sure you upgrade the AI systems

inside the robots and then have them assist the elderly and assist anyone. at their homes or at these nursing homes and that's their specific job is to assist you at that time. I don't think MIT is kind of a cute little thing

that they're doing, but we need to upgrade to the robots and let's make them better. I see where Apple has partnered with a tech startup Synchron to create a brain computer interfaces allowing people with disabilities to control iPhones with their thoughts.

Okay. I'm a fan of that. So let's make that happen. Apparently, it's a stint-like implant that's placed... It's not a stint. It's a stent. Like implant that's placed in a vein on top of the brain's motor cortex. It's called the stentroid.

And it reads brain signals before translating them into the selection of icons on a screen. people could use the implant to select icons on Apple devices thanks to software called Switch Control, which is a feature in Apple OS that allows for the addition of new input devices. I mean, really, that's what Elon's been working on with Neerolink as well, right? So they're just going to, Apple's just going to have their own. And so Elon is going to have to have his own too, or he's just going to have to sell the interface and Apple will say,

we've got our own. So he's going to have to have his own phone. And he's going to have to say that the Neurrelink is better than the Apple. So apparently the new software, along with Stentrode implant, can control the Apple Vision Pro and other devices as well. This article is kind of like an ad as well because it says Apple has long been at the forefront of accessibility tech. It launched similar connectivity software for hearing aids all the way back in 2014 that have since become the industry standard.

And more recently, the company brought us accessibility-focused magnifier reader to Max and enhanced its Braille Access Toolset. So there you have it. Apple's on the forefront. I mean, it is kind of cool if you're helping people that are having traumatic brain issues, and they can get by that with either the Apple or the NeuroLink, I'm all for it. And then we have Google's deep mind that just unveiled the Alpha Eval. which is an AI-powered model capable of developing algorithms to solve general purpose problems

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Concerned by your gambling or that if someone close to you, call 1866-3-3-1-2-60 or visitcomex-X Ontario.ca. You know, you don't hear much anymore, but I used to hear it all the time, you know, 100 years ago. And the phrase, I got to see a man about a horse. And that's heavy to go to the bathroom, right? And that's, I mean, I've said it many times in my life. And what made me think of it is I said it the other night. As I was getting up, I was like, I got to go see a man about a horse. And I thought, where did that phrase come from?

How does it even start? You know, I got to see a man about a horse means that you're going to go. to the bathroom. You're going to go relieve yourself. And it doesn't mean you're going to go number two. It means it's just number one. I've got to go see him out about a horse. It means just number one.

So I was looking around trying to figure out, you know, where that phrase came from. And there's an article in this Texas Monthly, I don't even know when this story was written, I guess, I guess sometime recently. And it talked about how the euphonisms for urination abound. You know, powder your nose, draining the lizard, straining the potatoes. You know, answering nature's call, emptying the tank, opening the hydrant, pointing Percy at the porcelain.

Okay, stop. Paying the water bill, making room for more beer, making one's bladder, gladder, shaking hands, shaking hands. with the vicar as shaking the dew off one's lily. But what about, you know, yeah, I got to go see a man about a horse. Or then it says here talking to a man about a horse. No, I don't know. I've never heard that. It's always, you know, I've got to see a man about a horse.

Or a dog. See a man about a dog? No. And he mentions other animals here as well, duck or monkey. No. The phrase is, you've got to see a man. I got to see a man about a horse. and so that means you need a bathroom break.

So, okay, according to this, there's no big database. This article talks to this Professor Lieberman from the University of Minnesota. He's a linguist, Antole Lieberman. He also is the author of Take My Word for it, a dictionary of English idioms. and he says the professor said that he was familiar with the saying you know kidding thanks professor I hope that you are but said he doesn't make it doesn't make an appearance in his database which is he says is very extensive well yeah I mean that's what he's going to say he said it's typical genteel circumlocution C-I-R-C-U-M-L-C-U-T-I-O-N allowing people not

to use the word toilet. Someone used this horsey evasion. Somebody laughed at it. Somebody repeated it. And now we have this idiom. The source, he said, is probably beyond recovery. So we're just saying that somebody came up with it and somebody laughed at it. And so it stuck.

All right. I give you that. Except that it's known all over the country. Right? I mean, it's a phrase that everyone knows. No matter where you live, you know when somebody says, I could see a man about a horse. They're on their way to the bathroom. It's just, or you're, you're, you're out somewhere and you have to, you know, relieve yourself

outside, outdoors. And you're like, I got to see a man about a horse. And you go off and, uh, you know, behind the tree or in the woods or behind the tent or behind the shed or wherever you're at. But the phrase, I got to see a man about a horse. Uh, that phrase is available around, well, for sure, the United States of America. I don't know about Europe and the Middle East The Middle East is I've got to see a man

About a camel I guess But all right It's just It's just the way it is Okay So all right Let's get out of here I'll leave you with the joke of the day

You know what? We'll do a couple of horse jokes Couple of horse jokes And no I'm not talking about Camilla Although you can make the case That when the king

When he was a prince he would say, I got to go see a man about a horse. He wasn't talking about going to the bathroom. He was talking about going to see Camilla. All right, here you go. A couple of quick horse jokes just to end the day. Thank you for coming along for the ride today. What do you call an Amish guy with his hand in a horse's mouth?

I don't know. What do you call an Amish guy with a hand in a horse's mouth? A mechanic. Now, come on, that's a little funny. See, because they don't have... No, you understand. Okay, and one last one, since we talked about the country

getting more and more elderly as time passes here, what did the horse say when it fell? I don't know. What did the horse say when it fell? I've fallen and I can't giddy up. I've fallen. Yeah, you heard it.

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