{"id":4279,"date":"2026-01-13T15:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/?p=4279"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:29:41","slug":"a-cowboy-fresh-from-texas-strolls-into-a-bar-in-montana-and-orders-three-mugs-of-bud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/?p=4279","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 <strong data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"306\">three beers<\/strong> and 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 <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 <strong data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"761\">I quit drinking<\/strong>\u2026 but my brothers didn\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cowboy in Montana orders three beers and sips them one by one in rotation. The bartender says, \u201cBeer goes flat\u2014why not order one at a time?\u201dThe cowboy smiles: \u201cI\u2019ve got two brothers in other states. We promised whenever we drink, we\u2019d have one for each other.\u201dHe does this for weeks\u2026 until one day he &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dfd.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4281,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions\/4281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}