{"id":7124,"date":"2026-01-15T21:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=7124"},"modified":"2026-01-15T21:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:19:44","slug":"a-cowboy-fresh-from-texas-strolls-into-a-bar-in-montana-and-orders-three-mugs-of-bud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=7124","title":{"rendered":"A cowboy, fresh from Texas, strolls into a bar in Montana and orders three mugs of Bud."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cowboy in Montana orders\u00a0<strong data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"306\">three beers<\/strong>\u00a0and sips them one by one in rotation. The bartender says, \u201cBeer goes flat\u2014why not order one at a time?\u201d<br data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"413\" \/>The cowboy smiles: \u201cI\u2019ve got two brothers in other states. We promised whenever we drink, we\u2019d have one for each other.\u201d<br data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"536\" \/>He does this for weeks\u2026 until one day he orders\u00a0<strong data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"596\">only two<\/strong>. The bar goes silent. The bartender whispers, \u201cI\u2019m sorry for your loss.\u201d<br data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"672\" \/>The cowboy laughs: \u201cNobody died! I just joined the Baptist church, so\u00a0<strong data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"761\">I quit drinking<\/strong>\u2026 but my brothers didn\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1848522\" data-uid=\"0931a\">\n<div id=\"mgw1848522_0931a\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\" data-template-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A cowboy in Montana orders\u00a0three beers\u00a0and sips them one by one in rotation. The bartender says, \u201cBeer goes flat\u2014why not order one at a time?\u201dThe <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=7124\" title=\"A cowboy, fresh from Texas, strolls into a bar in Montana and orders three mugs of Bud.\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7125,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7124\/revisions\/7125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}