The Horse Named Pot-8-Os

Potоooooooo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Potoooooooo or Pot-8-Os (foaled in 1773) was a famous 18th-century Thoroughbred racehorse who defeated some of the greatest racehorses and later became an influential sire. Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Racing career 3 Stud career 4 References 5 External links Potoooooooo (Pot-8-Os) Potoooooooo, or Pot-8-Os no but the best part is how he got the name: his name was originally “potatoes”, and his owner, willoughby bertie, told the stable lad who helped him to write the horse’s name on a feed bin. the boy misheard it as, literally “pot-eight-o’s” and wrote it with 8 o’s. bertie found it so funny that he kept that as the horses name. This is the most beautiful horse-related story I’ve ever heard.

A screenshot combines a mock Wikipedia article about the racehorse Potoooooooo with a humorous commentary explaining that his name supposedly came from a stable boy mishearing “potatoes” as “pot-eight-o’s.” The joke is the absurdly elaborate spelling of an ordinary word, making this a reaction meme for unexpectedly delightful, ridiculous, or beautiful stories.

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