Latest / The Cubby and Christine Morning Show / Sad Horse Going Viral
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- 0:01Speaker 1: One O six seven. Why are we playing a horse?
- 0:06Speaker 1: You're wondering, why, oh.
- 0:07Speaker 2: Why it's going to be a Year of the horse.
- 0:09Speaker 1: There's a reason for us. It's Cubby Christine, producer Kristin
- 0:12Speaker 1: and uh yeah, what is it Year of the horse
- 0:14Speaker 1: in China?
- 0:15Speaker 2: Well, yeah, the lunar New Year's coming up, it'll be
- 0:17Speaker 2: Year of the horse.
- 0:18Speaker 1: Last year was a snake. Yes, twenty twenty four was dragon,
- 0:22Speaker 1: twenty three the rabbit. I can go on and on
- 0:23Speaker 1: if you want, but it's all about the horse. But
- 0:26Speaker 1: there's something going on with this particular horse that's gone viral.
- 0:29Speaker 2: The Sad Horse, and he is absolutely adorable, and I
- 0:33Speaker 2: just want to say I want him and I don't
- 0:35Speaker 2: need him. But he's a little stuffed horse, right, a
- 0:38Speaker 2: little toy that appears to be crying. So he's being
- 0:42Speaker 2: manufactured in China and right now is China's hottest toy.
- 0:47Speaker 2: And it's supposed to be a happy horse, celebrating Year
- 0:50Speaker 2: of the Horse. But there was a manufacturing problem and
- 0:54Speaker 2: his smile was sewn on upside down.
- 0:57Speaker 1: It is cute, I'll looking at it.
- 0:59Speaker 2: Right, and then his nostrils make it look like he
- 1:01Speaker 2: has tears and it's the cutest little toy, and apparently
- 1:05Speaker 2: people in China can't get enough of it. It's selling
- 1:08Speaker 2: out and they're saying the vibe perfectly captures how overworked
- 1:12Speaker 2: young professionals feel, with some people posting this is just
- 1:16Speaker 2: the way I feel at work. This sad horse.
- 1:19Speaker 1: This must have been done on purpose now because it's
- 1:21Speaker 1: so cute and so many people are talking about it.
- 1:24Speaker 1: I bet you they say it's quote mistake, but maybe
- 1:28Speaker 1: they meant to do it because it's got people talking.
- 1:31Speaker 2: Or they made a mistake and then they'll like make
- 1:32Speaker 2: more mistakes too. Yeah, but like the sad horse. He
- 1:37Speaker 2: really is like a very cute little sad horse.
- 1:40Speaker 1: And it's hard to find right well in.
- 1:44Speaker 2: Producer Kristin and I are searching eBay right now. We
- 1:46Speaker 2: can get it how much, but we're all talking about it.
- 1:49Speaker 2: It's not so like twenty dollars, but you know, it's
- 1:52Speaker 2: shipping and everything on top of that. But it's not horrendous.
- 1:55Speaker 2: It's not like the Bary stuff where we were seeing,
- 1:57Speaker 2: you know, yeah, ten thousand dollars in something alright, well crazy,
- 2:01Speaker 2: it's just another little trend.
- 2:03Speaker 1: The Year of the Horse. Yes, twenty twenty six, and
- 2:06Speaker 1: the sad horse at that