# Farewell to champion ( a bit of humor )

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**Created:** [January 16, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-champion-a-bit-of-humor/709974 "2015-01-16T13:20:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-champion-a-bit-of-humor/709974/1 "2015-01-16T13:20:09Z")

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Sad news from the world of cattle breeding. [Toystory](http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-breeder-apart-the-bull-who-sired-500-000-offspring-is-gone-1421196530?tesla=y), a truly prolific breeding bull has gone to that big pasture in the sky. I guess this is big news for the Wisconsin Dopers who likely got the day off and had flags flown at half mast, but I was surprised that the WSJ covered this story. It does not seem like the kind of news story I would expect them to cover but I’ll raise a bottle of beer and eat some seafood tonight in remembrance of a real stud. 😃

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-champion-a-bit-of-humor/709974/2 "2015-01-16T14:37:19Z")

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> [@DrumBum](#):
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> Sad news from the world of cattle breeding. [Toystory](http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-breeder-apart-the-bull-who-sired-500-000-offspring-is-gone-1421196530?tesla=y), a truly prolific breeding bull has gone to that big pasture in the sky. I guess this is big news for the Wisconsin Dopers who likely got the day off and had flags flown at half mast…

I don’t think half mast is appropriate.

I pass the [ABS location](http://www.absglobal.com/usa/) whenever I go to visit my folks in Milwaukee.

Farewell to Toystory. I think we can safely say he had a long and hard, but happy, life.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-champion-a-bit-of-humor/709974/3 "2015-01-16T15:30:05Z")

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I’d think having a good steak would be a better way to mourn his passing.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-champion-a-bit-of-humor/709974/4 "2015-01-16T22:12:42Z")

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[QUOTE=DrumBum;18057629…but I was surprised that the WSJ covered this story[/QUOTE]

At around $60 per straw of “seed” and over 2,000,000 sold, that bull brought in well over one hundred million dollars. Sounds like a WSJ story to me!