Budweiser Clydesdales

So, I mean, everybody wants to sell, to sell their stuff or at least showcase their stuff here at White Sands because White Sands makes everything look better, from beer and cigarettes to cars and batteries.

You'll find the Budweiser Clydesdales, the Marlboro Man, Rolls-Royce, Energizer Bunny.

So many products have been featured in White Sands as a way to market their product because they, everybody just thinks it makes their stuff look better.

Interesting.

It's a Spuds McKenzie thing, Janine.

Like the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Wait, no, it wasn't...

Was it the Budweiser Clydesdales?

I mean, it was, but I don't remember them having names, though, is the thing.

I'm digging into it.

Named after the Battle of Marengo, the small Arabian gray carried Napoleon through several major campaigns and was eventually captured by the British after Waterloo.

The Budweiser Clydesdales, first introduced in 1933 to celebrate the end of Prohibition became one of the most recognizable advertising symbols in the United States.

Horse-drawn delivery wagons were once a common sight in cities, carrying milk, ice, bread, and other goods.

The milkman's horse often knew the route so well that it would move to the next stop on its own while the driver made deliveries.

But I was getting some intel on just what opening day is like.

And they bring out all the Anheuser-Busch, the Budweiser Clydesdales, and the city shuts down.

And it's a whole holiday.

It's a whole thing.

Mom, meatloaf! Those

cabinets are my mom's old Budweiser Clydesdale collection, whatever the hell, and they've just been sitting in the corner of my room collecting dust.

Because I'm too fucking lazy to take all that shit out and put all my stuff in it.

I saw three or four

...

but now suddenly everyone had a MAGA hat on and was wearing, like, kind of Marlboro Man kind of, you know, jackets, and you could take, you know, photos with the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Um, yeah, I mean, I saw someone on Reddit called it Trumpchella.

You know, they actually had to ban, uh, displays of the Confederate flag because at a certain point people were actually selling it in, like, Confederate flag bikinis.

And by the way, it's a show.

You had the Budweiser Clydesdales in there.

You had Olivia Dunn, Brooks Nader, Theo Vaughn for some reason on this walk with Lane Kiffin.

It felt like a Hollywood red carpet.

They don't even end up using the pro players.

Lane Kiffin comes down the Tiger Walk with the Budweiser Clydesdales.

He's got Theo Vaughn, Livvy Dunn, Brooks Nader with him.

Celebrities everywhere.

ESPN game day in town.

The Budweiser Clydesdales in town.

And about 200,000 people, well, we'll go 180,000 people heading out towards the LSU campus over and under on the game's 50 and a half.

Game day is on the TV screens here at Fat Daddy's in Plaquemine where you can come by and get something on the way to the game, get a last-minute tray.

The event is affiliated with the International Chili Society, with fierce competition in several categories, such as traditional red chili, home style, and even a youth division.

Along with the competition, the event features live music and a visit from the Budweiser Clydesdales.

It's held at Malfield from 11 to 5, and all proceeds from the event, hosted by the Exchange Club of Hanover, are donated to local charities.

A new hiking trail is now open in Lancaster County's Safe Harbor Nature Preserve.