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01 Apr 2011 00:24

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Offbeat: Dying horse cured with notoriously awful beer

  • problemDiamond Mojo, a six year-old Australian horse, came down with a nasty bout of colic that seemed certain to take his life.
  • solutionOut of options, his owner tried feeding him XXXX beer. Almost immediately, Mojo perked up, and he’s now fully recovered. source
  • » Though we’ve never been to Australia, a friend who has tells us that XXXX is considered “the worst beer on the continent.” Any native Aussies want to confirm or deny?
Posted by Seth Millstein • 0 Comments • Permalink

29 Dec 2010 10:04

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Offbeat: Prison inmate makes vague statement about doing cool thing

  • This is the last thing I thought I would be doing when I came to prison.
  • Nevada inmate James Redmon • Regarding his gig training wild mustangs in prison. Which we admit is pretty darn cool. But it sounds like he could be talking about doing something else, doesn’t it? (Re: The link in that last sentence – yeah, we know, terrible movie, right? But we still heart Bob Odenkirk and Will Arnett.) source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

04 Jul 2010 22:50

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U.S.: Yikes: A bunch of horses freak out, trample an Iowa crowd

  • 23 people were injured, and one killed, at an Iowa parade source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

22 Apr 2009 23:08

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U.S.: OK guys, we have a theory on what killed those polo horses.

  • first Three vials of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, a virus that makes horses very sick, recently disappeared from Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, a fort that houses hundreds of virus samples. The disease spreads to humans through mosquitoes and also makes humans sick.
  • second If you haven’t heard, there was this crazy situation where a bunch of polo horses died in Florida. We think someone with a history of strange trips stole the three vials, went to Florida to a polo match, then got the horses sick as part of their diabolical plan to add dadaism to the media. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 2 Comments • Permalink
 
 
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