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elffster

2011-10-24 11:16:57 AM

SEXY YAKS!

/and for some reason, yakkity sax..

domo_kun_sai

2011-10-24 11:17:14 AM

"The mushroom, which feeds on and then grows out of the body of the ghost moth caterpillar, is the subject of widespread pharmaceutical research".

Read more: http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/himalayan-viagra-earns-bhutans -yak-herders-a-fortune-ncxdc-102411#ixzz1biFTA5uJ

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

domo_kun_sai

2011-10-24 11:18:08 AM

Oops

cgraves67

2011-10-24 11:18:25 AM

yakety-yak yakety-yak, don't talk back.

Goldstien Sachs

2011-10-24 11:19:04 AM

It sells for as much as $80,000 a kilogram (2.2 pounds) in Hong Kong after a Chinese running coach credited it with the success of his record-breaking athletes.

Jesus Christ...that's more expensive than cocaine!

This text is now purple

2011-10-24 11:19:53 AM

So to increase our penis size we need more Bhuts Yaks?

BarbadoSlim

2011-10-24 11:21:11 AM

Yaks are garbage animals, I prefer the Nerf.

/scruffy looking

BitwiseShift

2011-10-24 11:23:18 AM

Phones in his approval.

snowybunting

2011-10-24 11:28:37 AM

This made me giggle:

They are slaughtering far fewer yaks and spend a lot more time on their archery."

uksocal

2011-10-24 11:31:59 AM

I don't get the archery part?

Bahumat

2011-10-24 11:34:46 AM

... holy shiat, Cordyceps?!

NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE

mod3072

2011-10-24 11:35:54 AM

Goddamn people are stupid.

Also, I have this, um, stuff growing in my shower that is guaranteed to make your penis grow 15 inches. If you're a chick, it makes your boobs bigger and firmer and your ass smaller. I'll sell it to you for the low, low price of $500/oz. Send me an email if you are interested.

smallerGov

2011-10-24 11:37:32 AM

the article sucked Yak balls..

/don't know what that is like
//really
///Yak herding doesn't seem to be profitable, just finding a good fungus on your land seems to bring the bucks..

FerneJohn

2011-10-24 11:38:42 AM

NPR did a story on this. The mushroom is apparently a placebo. There are no provable effects, but the Asians (who also think tiger penis makes them virile) are convinced.

olapbill

2011-10-24 11:39:49 AM

What about a nerf herder?

BitwiseShift

2011-10-24 11:43:05 AM

FerneJohn: NPR did a story on this. The mushroom is apparently a placebo. There are no provable effects, but the Asians (who also think tiger penis makes them virile) are convinced.

Now, Alf is most disappoint. Mrs. Alf has a headache.

Fizpez

2011-10-24 11:55:01 AM

So, if I am reading this correctly - this is good for US jobs?

/well I'll be...

Mega Steve

2011-10-24 12:00:34 PM

olapbill: What about a nerf herder?

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/What a nerf herder may look like

SapperInTexas

2011-10-24 12:08:41 PM

Did somebody say Nerf Herder (new window)?

www.nerfherder.net

domo_kun_sai

2011-10-24 12:10:08 PM

olapbill: What about a nerf herder?

HEY. That's OUR word.

SapperInTexas

2011-10-24 12:13:04 PM

domo_kun_sai: olapbill: What about a nerf herder?

HEY. That's OUR word.

Nerfer, please.

WolfinPDX

2011-10-24 12:18:12 PM

As a kid, I wanted to be a Nerf herder when I grew up.

Porous Horace

2011-10-24 12:30:45 PM

I did become a yak herder but went into logging instead of mycology - still, things turned out alright.

I'm a lumber-yak and I'm ok...

brantgoose

2011-10-24 12:36:30 PM

The future of yak herding is in getting hipsters to drink fermented yak's milk while wearing hipster sweaters made of yak hair and wool.

Who has Wil Wheaton's number?

Maybe you can just post the idea to his Twitter, Facebook, or Blog. I'd love to see him in a hairy Yak's wool sweater on The Big Bang Theory. It could be a plot point: everybody is wearing hairy Yak's wool sweaters because Wil Wheaton did it and Sheldon is allergic to yak.

Maybe Wheaton isn't big enough a trend-setter to carry the hipster market, but I know a few other people who could add to the buzz. You don't need a bulls-eye. Hitting close to the nodes of the fashion web is good enough: these people steal ideas like a fox stealing chickens.

davidab

2011-10-24 01:10:01 PM

so what do I need to grow this crap in a warehouse?

Entheogenic

2011-10-24 01:19:38 PM

Tatterdemalian

2011-10-24 06:16:20 PM

At least they're killing off parasitic fungus instead of endangered mammals (google Cordyceps, it's like a real-life "The Stuff" for insects). I'd never use it myself, even if it did make my wang grow 30 inches. As with all parasites, the hard part is getting it to let you go after you get what you want from it.

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