April 06, 2005
A Yak Thread
Yaks are very interesting animals, they are a woolly form of wild ox or something, and appear to wear very large brown shag pile rugs.
Unfortunately there's comparitively few of them left in the wild. There's plenty of domesticated Yaks, though. Yaks are unable to moo, so if you are in Tibet and meet a Yak and it moos, it's not a Yak, but a very lost Highland Cow. Yaks are even-toed ungulates. If you dream about a yak, it represents uniqueness and reliability, depending on the symbolic associations. You can depend on a Yak, but only above 3,500 meters over sea level.
There is even a Yak economy (pdf file).
Rogue Yak Joke punchline (fill in the rest of the joke): "I forgot to tell you, Sahib, the Yak also likes to sit on fish."
Ah, Mr Furious, pray tell, were you inspired by pete's call to yaction, and my yak poetry posting?
*simpers
No.
Yaks are unable to moo...
That makes me sad.
Don't worry, they can bellow and grunt.
And that, as everyone knows, is way better than mooing.
I narrowly missed a chance to see the world's only herd (?) of white yak uselessly tiny gif in Tianzhu County, Gansu on a trip there, to my lasting regret.
Fine post, Mr Furious!
High in the peaks
roams the wild yak
with ice-pick horns
and a felted wool back.
Another titchy gif of the noble White yak. Some day I will view your splendour!
black yak + white yak =
yin yang yak
More about yak and dri. Sponsor a yak for life.
Oh, 'tis a bonny Highland c
owoo
whose thatch of hair it can't see through,
and so it cocks its head to see
if there's some way to knock down we.
Yaks can't moo, they bellow
and grunt and say "Hello!
How do you do?
It's sad I can't moo,
but I can play the cello!"
Abiezer, those white yak are a thing of beauty.
From the Yak and Dri link: The Yak will remain stubborn all though the race, and at the same time will engage in a noisy, grumpy conversation with its rider.
I do not believe this, as everyone knows that yakkety yak don't talk back.
grooooooaaaaaaannnnnn
Sweet. Thanks Mr. Furious! Ren and Stimpy would be smiling in their wacky, boinging, cartoonish graves.
It appears to also relate to bicycles, Airplanes (YAKOVLEV aircraft built for the military, with no expense spared in design and quality...), and a host of Kids magazines.
Our country reeks of trees
Our yaks are really large
And they smell like rotting beef carcasses
And we have to clean up after them
And our saddle sores are the best
We proudly wear womens clothing
And searing sand blows up our skirts
And the buzzards they soar overhead
And poisonous snakes will devour us whole
Our bones will bleach in the sun
And we will probably go to hell
And that is our great reward
For being the-uh ro-yal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen
The Kilties? Fine men, and true.
heheh
This thread led me to think
As I sit down to my evening drink
Way back in my Yoot
I played Trivial Pursuit
and they said Yak's milk is pink.
I heart yaks.
black yak + white yak =
yin yang yak
Bees, post that large and loud. It's beautiful!!
No.
posted by Mr Furious at 10:33AM UTC on April 06, 2005
*pouts
31 ways to prepare yak!
1. yak pudding
2. yak stew
3. broiled yak
4. shaved yak... or if you prefer, unshaved yak
5. fried yak sandwiches
6. grilled yak with lemon sauce
7. yak wings
8. boiled yak
9. yak and spam
10. bacon and yak
11. flapjacks with yak syrup
12. maple syrup and yakjacks
13. yak surprise!
14. A-1 (tm) Yak Sauce
15. glazed yak: a delicious yak steak, glazed with honey and pineapples
16. a yak-shake
17. yak a la mode: your choice of vanilla, raspberry sherbet, or rocky road!
18. chocolate yak (similar to chocolate moose)
19. yak-burgers
20. yak tart
21. bologna and yak sandwich
22. chicken catcha-yak
23. yak parmagiana
24. yak chips
25. yak juice
26. yak kabobs, or the variation: Bar-B-Yak!
27. deviled yak
28. yak salad
29. yak chow mein
30. chili con yak
31. Yak-a-dillas
32. French Yak
33. spaghetti and yakballs
and 12 more ways!
34. yak fondue
35. yak su yung
36. yak with black bacon
37. Yak and Turf, or Surf and Yak
38. blackened yak
39. suki-YAK-i
40. yak and crumpets
41. yak drop soup
42. creamed yak
43. yak au gratin
44. yak-a roni and cheese
45. yak thermidor aux crevettes with a mornay sauce, garnished with a truffle pate brandy, and a fried egg on top of spam.
I've seen yak meat for sale in Tibetan markets up in Kham - they leave the tail on to prove it's genuine. Those crazy Khamba...
I think eating animals is a bad idea.
I'm with you there Mr Furious but it's a hard sell with nomadic pastoralist communities. I understand that despite the harshness of their environment Tibetan nomads actually avoided eating all sorts of species, knowing that where they could not avoid killing they should keep it to a minimum. For example, I've read a lot of official Chinese press complaining at Tibetan unwillingness to go in for fish-farming because it breaks 'superstitious' taboos.
I highly recommend Robert Ekvall's 'Fields on the Hoof' for an insight into nomad economy.
The best thing about this thread is the way the guy linked to the thread itself. Get an infinite regress going.
Oh ...I know a song about yaks too...
er...never mind...I see Pallas Athenas beat me to it.
GramMa - 46. Yak Yakitori
Too bad you have to sponsor an entire yak to get the "Yak for Life" t-shirt. I'm wondering if they'd do better to sell these by themselves? I'd buy one...
Yummy, Islander
A yogi, a yeti and a yak
Were treading a Tibetan track
Said the yogi named Burt
"Let us look in yon yurt,
and see if we can't find a snack"
More Yak, less moo flinging.
This Yak thread r00ls. Let's have more personal experiences with Yaks! People in Toronto, go to your zoo, you fuckers, and come back with info on the Yaks!
a.k.a. Yakfo.
Yak, yak, yak. When are you going to do something about it?
Kayyyyyyyak?
Yakademia?
Yakademia nuts?
Yakintosh?
from the link above:
The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau belong to one of non-polluted region in world, and possess of the most valuable and rare cattle breed-yak. It is one of three breed that is polluted―the rest breeds include penguin, polar bear and yak, but the yak is only can be eaten. There are alpine lands at an elevation higher than 3000m, and it is referred to as the "third pole". Much of this region offers an important habitat for many wildlife species, the yak show a high value in use. From of old, the yak is called “plateau boat”, and it is a very important vehicle on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The yak have a lot of merits, for example their body are very strong, and thick down and hair like skirts to resist cold, their hooves are very sturdy so that they can run smoothly on the rugged mountain road, together with muffle show thin and the ability of agility, their down color mainly take on black.
polluted breeds? Plateau penguins? Something is lost in translation. The description of the yak is beautiful, though.
sing the praises
of the yak
whose down colour
take on black
which come as news
to the eidery goose
but the yak is only
can be use
If this thread goes on much longer, we'll need a yak FAQ.
A quadruple yak! Ye saw it here first!
Yak FAQ maybe, but here where the yak blog should go.
Whoops! Didn't realize that had posted twice
*blushes, ashamed
Forgive me for yak, yak, yak, yaking so much.
Lovely yaks.
A lovely movie of yaks doing what they do.
Whose yaks these are
I think I know
They chew the cud
in mountain snow
They climb high up
Then down they go
My little yak must think it queer
That I drink scotch and he drinks beer
Between each spicy pizza slice
Quenching more than thirst, I fear.
He gives his Yaky bells a shake
and says the barmaid's tits are fake.
The only other sound's a fart,
I dealt the gas, now must depart.
I stink like shit, both dark and deep,
And feel a fool, not far a leap.
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
and, if you want to be a hero, take home yak yak.
*opens door, tosses bucket of slops onto Ralph
*gives Bees the fisheye
*slams door
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