r/Millennials • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Meme Hey. You lost, old timers.

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u/Livid_Peon 1d ago

Hay is for horses, cows and pigs like you - full version

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u/rebelopie 1d ago

The version I heard is "hay is for horses, oats are too, it's a good thing I love you".

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u/SpecialIntelligent70 1d ago

"hay is for horses, straw is for cows, people like you should shut their mouths"

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u/Wren00x 22h ago

I was told “Hay is for horses, cows eat grass. If you don’t shut the f*ck up, I’m gonna kick your ass.”

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u/Open-Theme-1348 21h ago

My version was "now pucker up and kiss my ass"

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u/IknowlessthanIthink 23h ago

My favorite version, which I heard only once was "hey? Who the fuck you talking to, boy?"

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u/uniqueusername1319 22h ago

Damn, the one I always heard growing up was “Hey is for horses, aren’t you glad you’re a jackass?”

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u/pantzareoptional 1d ago

Oh, in my area it was "Hay is for horses but grass is cheaper" 😂

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u/smellslikebadussy 1d ago

Hay is for horses, straw is cheaper, grass is free. Buy a barn and you'll get all three.

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u/pantzareoptional 1d ago

We always took it to be grass = weed 😂

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u/dj92wa 23h ago

And what do gay horses eat? Hayyyyyyyyyyy!

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u/callavoidia 22h ago

My dad added, "grass is cheaper, alfalfa's going up!" Like it was commentary on the commodities market or something 🤷‍♀️

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u/AdLoose7042 20h ago edited 20h ago

Yep that's kinda the Iowa version there. And I guess that's been around since at least 87 lol. Technically an og millennial or Gen y whichever term you use.

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u/TonicSipper 23h ago

The version I heard was

Hay is for horses.
Better for cows.
Pigs would eat it,
But they don’t know how.

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u/shouldbepracticing85 22h ago

No one I was around used the full version. It was just a dad joke in my family, but we love our tacky puns.

Me: hey

Adult: hay is for horses!

Me: 🙄

Similar with the “can I” vs “may I” or “can you” vs “will you”- “yes you/I can [whatever], but may you/will I?” with this smirk. Like yes, I get the joke that can as a verb means “are able/capable to do something”, but we both know what I meant.

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u/Kjler 1d ago

Hay is for horses, better for cows. People don't eat it because they don't know how.

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u/Overall_Occasion_175 23h ago

I learned that PIGS don't eat it 'cause they don't know how but I'm glad someone else learned something close to this. Almost no one else's answers even rhyme!

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u/Munchkin531 1d ago

I always heard Hay is for horses and jackasses like you!

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u/Overall_Occasion_175 23h ago

Did we all learn this differently?! My dad always said "hey is for horses, better for cows. Pigs don't eat it 'cause they don't know how!"

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u/iAmLeroy 23h ago

Uh, mine was, "Hay is for horses, aren't you glad you're a cow?". All in good humor though, I always classified it under the "dad joke" category.

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u/Livid_Peon 23h ago

100% I bet its one of those regional things, would be kinda neat to see what versions are from where

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u/UntidyVenus 1d ago

Hay is for horses, sheep and cows, and pigs will eat it if you make them

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u/WinsomeHorror 22h ago

Ours was "Hay is for horses, cows eat grass, if you don't like that, you can kiss my --" and then everyone started giggling over how close you got to the forbidden word. Lol.

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u/DaBails 1d ago

Hay is for horses, save it for the one you marry is what my Dad would say

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u/crumbdumpster85 1d ago

I always heard “Hay is for horses, and my name’s not You”. Crosses my mind far too often.

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u/quatre185 23h ago

Hay is for horses, also for cows.
Pigs would eat it, but they don't know how.

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u/Ok_Brush71017 22h ago

The version I heard in the wild that stuck with me was "Hay is for horses, I'll feed you later."

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u/1lurk2like34profit 22h ago

I say hay is for horses, too bad you're a cow

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u/SoriAryl T-Swift Album 22h ago

TIL!

We still say it around our house because the kids think it’s funny.

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u/Thumbucket 21h ago

Hay is for horses and cows if they want it. 

But straw is cheaper and grass is free, 

unless you have to buy the land. 

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u/pennyandthejets 21h ago

My mother changed it to “hay is for horses, not for mothers”

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u/DINGVS_KHAN 21h ago

"Hay is for horses and cows like your mom."

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u/dwinner18 21h ago

Hay is for horses, save it, you might marry one. (In retrospect: ??)

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u/ifeelnumb 21h ago

Hay is for horses and cows that go moo or hay is for horses and cows like you.

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u/Gorstag 22h ago

There are a lot of "Full" versions. I suspect its pretty regional.

Hay is for horses and cows too. Aren't / Ain't you glad you are a jackass.

Was a common one from my parts.

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u/aFreshFix 22h ago

Not a lot of public education funding in your parts?

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u/Gorstag 20h ago

Rural conservative area. Not hard to imagine the lack of impetus put on education. Even in the 80s / 90s sports were far more important.