EVENTING NATION: News of the Weird: December 2009 Archives

Eventing Nation Contest Results

By John on December 16, 2009 6:37 PM, Filed Under News of the Weird

The FAKE tabloid headline from Tuesday is C, or #3: Performance Enhancing Beer. While I am sure many members of Eventing Nation would argue that beer is performance enhancing, especially with respect to making a fool out of yourself, this was not a current news headline. I heard that German scientists were planning to conduct such a study, but decided to drink all the beer themselves instead.

A) Partying at the Parade: Read more

B) DBUI-Driving Buggies Under the Influence: Full story

Four out of six commenters guessed right, and win the honor of having your name published: Pizz, subk, jo, and Anonymous. Thank you to everyone for participating, and I promise that we are working on getting some legit prizes lined up for the new year. Incidentally, Anonymous voted twice, differently each time, but we will forgive him/her because they are one of our most regular commenters. If you can't think of a creative name, just throw out your area code or something.

Moving on to our Facebook contest, we had 8 friend requests after accepting our 99th Facebook friend Tuesday night. Being a softy, I will give all 8 some publicity, but in the future we will just pick the request that hits the number exactly. Welcome to Eventing Nation Keely Frank, April McClain, Courtney Young, Leslie Threlkeld, Elizabeth Bierman, Fiona Graham, Heidi Lilienthal, and Amy Fritz.

And, congratulations to Denmark for being the 51st country to visit Eventing Nation. Go eventing.

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Tabloid Tuesday

By John on December 15, 2009 6:18 PM, Filed Under News of the Weird

Two of these headlines are ACTUAL headlines from the horse world. One of them is not. Can you figure out which one is fake? Post your guesses in the comments by clicking on the talk bubble next to the star!

A) PARTYING AT THE PARADE: Tennessee woman arrested after riding a horse while intoxicated in the local Christmas parade.

B) DBUI-DRIVING BUGGIES UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Amish man caught driving buggy at twice the legal limit, asleep.

C) PERFORMANCE ENHANCING BEER: Researchers in Germany report that feeding horses beer increases stamina and raises pain thresholds.

Thanks to Visionaire for help with this piece. We will reveal the answer on Wednesday. Also, Eventing Nation has 97 Facebook friends, thanks everyone for joining. We will give a shout-out to our 100th friend on our homepage. Go eventing sober.

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News of the Weird

By John on December 10, 2009 11:06 AM, Filed Under News of the Weird

I have to admit that I am surprised it took nearly two months to have the King of Pop as part of our 'News of the Weird' segment. This 11 by 10 foot painting that Michael Jackson commissioned was recently sold at auction for $175,000. The painting was entitled "Equestrian Portrait of King Phillip II." MJ never saw the painting before his death. Read more