Enough Butter to Choke a Cow

“Enough butter to choke a cow.” This phrase popped into my head this morning, even though I had no idea what it meant or how exactly it would be accomplished. I mean, would this require something like taking the paper wrappers from countless sticks of butter and somehow weaving them into some kind of strong rope that could then be used to strangulate a cow or hang him or her from a nearby tree? Cows are pretty burly animals, so this would require a hell of a lot of wrappers. Or would this be shoving enough butter down the cows throat to make them literally gag and choke on it. That would be a lot of butter too, given the size of cows and their throats – and four stomachs can keep up with a lot of down-throat shoving. Although I think this second method might require less butter than the first method. Either way, even though I don’t completely understand the exact logistics of the statement, I think as a statement in general it works since it’s pretty clear about the level of difficulty. So, I feel pretty comfortable sticking with this statement. So, the next time I’m sitting at a restaurant, my baked potato is served and I’m asked, “would you like butter with that?” I will know how to answer.

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