# Help me buy an inflatable yak **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685 "2019-09-04T14:31:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/81 "2019-09-11T03:26:49Z")
do we know why he needs a inflatible yak? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/82 "2019-09-11T12:32:43Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > do we know why he needs a inflatible yak? Why ask why? šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/83 "2019-09-11T14:36:12Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Why ask why? šŸ†’ If we knew, we might be able to suggest some alternative plan that would achieve the same goal; or maybe not, but we donā€™t know enough to say. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/84 "2019-09-11T16:13:53Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > If we knew, we might be able to suggest some alternative plan that would achieve the same goal; or maybe not, but we donā€™t know enough to say. [Good, Good! Everything is going according to plan](http://www.quickmeme.com/img/0c/0c5a15b96e2b4b67ceb500b89f2b0463be0a7e0c35fdb69d06afb0c617b0ab5b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/85 "2019-09-11T16:15:35Z")
I hope itā€™s not a diseased yak, that means Johnny Carson is back from the dead. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/86 "2019-09-11T16:24:07Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I hope itā€™s not a diseased yak, that means Johnny Carson is back from the dead. [Shhhhhhh!](https://www.memesmonkey.com/images/memesmonkey/64/6436a9f5b38575b7ac5e1f9cec6a8af0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/87 "2019-09-11T19:34:47Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I hope itā€™s not a diseased yak, that means Johnny Carson is back from the dead. Or at least the weird holy man has returned. With your sister. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/88 "2019-09-11T19:56:34Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Why ask why? šŸ†’ How is [that beer](http://40ozmaltliquor.com/brands/40/buddry.jpg), anyway? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/89 "2019-09-11T21:15:44Z")
Found [one](https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/2017-movable-inflatable-airplane-decoy-inflatable_60675840114.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normalList.1.25a312d4ks88GW). Not hairy but what can you do? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/90 "2019-09-13T20:53:47Z")
Hey, **Qadcop** ā€“ will a Real Yak do? > **[Yak Headed To Butcher Shop Manages To Escape To Virginia Mountains](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meteor-yak-escape_n_5d7bef46e4b03b5fc8833879)** > > Meteor's owners are still trying to lure it back using treats. > [@](#): > > **Yak Headed To Butcher Shop Manages To Escape To Virginia Mountains > Meteorā€™s owners are still trying to lure it back using treats.** > > OVINGSTON, Va. (AP) ā€” Authorities in Virginia say a yak on its way to the butcherā€™s shop escaped to the nearby mountains avoiding animal control officers and treats trying to lure it back into a trailer. > > The News & Advance reports the yak named Meteor was on its last ride Tuesday from Buckingham, Virginia, to the butcher when it got out of its trailer. > The escape was called in as livestock on the loose, and Nelson County Animal Control officer Kevin Wright says he figured he was looking for a cow. > > Wright says the yak crossed a busy highway and avoided officers trying to capture it by heading for the mountains. > > The yak was last spotted Wednesday at an inn, where the owners tried unsuccessfully to lure it into a trailer using treats. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/91 "2019-09-13T22:58:30Z")
[A real Yak?](http://blogs.longwood.edu/baeamigh/files/2016/01/YikYak.png) Sorry, thanks but no thanks. Inflatable or rubber could be considered. But no real ones. The Abbot grows impatient. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/92 "2019-09-15T07:08:14Z")
[Further news of the Virginia Yak. #TeamYak](https://wjla.com/news/offbeat/yak-escaped-virginia?fbclid=IwAR3G44FkEJ9enugVoYfQlAiu5sgQ6qHk9extTS97wLS6QJur2MDrNZd-fU0) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/93 "2019-09-15T23:22:52Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > [A real Yak?](http://blogs.longwood.edu/baeamigh/files/2016/01/YikYak.png) Sorry, thanks but no thanks. Inflatable or rubber could be considered. But no real ones. > > The Abbot grows impatient. :mad: From what I remember of the movies Abbott was always a little impatient. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/94 "2019-09-16T00:40:26Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > From what I remember of the movies Abbott was always a little impatient. You will be among the first to be struck in the cranium with the inflatable yak, assuming I ever manage to obtain one. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/95 "2019-09-16T18:23:23Z")
In best Groucho voice: **Qadgop** wants to blow up a yak. Where heā€™s going to put the dynamite I have no ideaā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/96 "2019-09-16T19:23:27Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > In best Groucho voice: > **Qadgop** wants to blow up a yak. Where heā€™s going to put the dynamite I have no ideaā€¦ Every physician knows the technique of insufflation. No dynamite necessary. šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/97 "2019-09-17T02:13:21Z")
> [@Ignotus](#): > > Uncommon knowledge I happened to pick up from some TV-program long ago: a yak is by definition male. The female counterpart is a _dre_. My brother reported that the locals in Nepal give you a funny look when you say ā€œLook, thereā€™s a Yakā€ā€¦ (Which also reminds me of the laughter when the menā€™s/womenā€™s rooms at a church camp I visited had been signposted (by a volunteer) as ā€œcowsā€ and ā€œsteersā€.) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/98 "2019-09-17T13:07:32Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > **Qadgop** wants to blow up a yak. You know how long it take to blow up a yak? Only about 15 sec more than to properly inflate it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/99 "2019-09-19T18:16:48Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > You know how long it take to blow up a yak? > > Only about 15 sec more than to properly inflate it. Yeah but the permitting process takes months. . . ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685/100 "2019-09-20T14:08:21Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Every physician knows the technique of insufflation. No dynamite necessary. šŸ†’ Just a Mcdonaldā€™s milkshake straw, and some duct tapeā€¦and patience (or should that be patientsā€¦) šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-an-inflatable-yak/839685.md?page=6)