Theoretically, would there be anything wrong with giving a HORSE a BEER to drink?????

[SideshowBob]

Last night, SideshowBob was wandering around after attending the "Food & Wine Festival" at Epcot (which was QUITE outstanding, by the way) ....

Happened to be carrying a couple of beers with, in the big plastic All Star Cafe kind of cups that you get at Orlando Rays games, at the Wide World of Sports..... when spotting out in a pasture a couple of large horses (behind a split rail kind of fence).

So.... SSB starts neighing (sp?) at the horses... and sure enough... the smaller of the two comes sauntering over. Then SSB thinks, er, um.... what the heck do I do now. Knew that I had apples.... but a good long walk back to get them. When a kid, SSB once had a HUGE horse named "London" bite me so hard on the shoulder, that I was bleeding like a stuck pig (is that not a horrifying expression, or what!)

So.......... the other BIG horse comes up to the railing now. Having VERY bad memories of what happened earlier in life when a monster horse came up to SSB.... decide that there is just one course of action....

GIVE THE HORSE ONE OF THE BEERS!

SSB remembers seeing one drink one in a movie once (can't recall the flick name).... so knew that it could be done. Sure enough, put the cup up to the horse's mouth (er, um... isn't that some other expression?) .... and the horse CHUGS the beer.... swear!!!

The horse, let's call her "Bonnie", then snorts! And makes some other noises, but seems to have liked it. SSB is kind and all, but no way that I was parting with the second beer. THEN, I start wondering..... "Do horses burp?" .... I always remember the exploding seagull stories from youth, about the alka seltzers and all... and wonder.... is the horse going to explode, or sumpin'?

Having this thought.... decide best to "get the heck out of Dodge", and scurry across highway 535!!!

PS: No evil jokes, SSB has dirt on a lot of you... hehe.

 

[Deb in IA]

SSB, SSB, SSB, you DO have the most interesting encounters!

Sorry, I can't answer your question. I'll let the experts (DocRafiki, DixieDreamer, or ahnalira, or other "horse" people out there) handle it.

By the way, why did you have 2 beers??

 

[browneyes]

I wouldn't want to be around if a horse burps up beer. EW!

 

[ratsrule]

Well you can lead a horse to a keg, but ya can't make him drink

 

[gemmie214]

You gave away your beer? Hmmmm, wanna hang out

 

[pumba]

they boarded at a track near her area....so this one horse had a beer with the guys every saturday evening.....he drank a whole miller ....what ever kind that was.....well this big horse lived forever at the race track even after his racing days were over...cause he was "ONE OF THE GUYS"...I think that the horse was only a one can man though

 

[Poohlovr]

I'm still finding it hard to believe that you actually gave one of your beers away.

 

[Jeff in BigD]

Well horses do like barley, right?

Originally posted by Deb in IA
By the way, why did you have 2 beers??

I think the answer is probably "I have 2 hands, you know", at least that's my usual answer.

 

[Marla Hellwig]

Well I haven't heard of stories of exploding horses around the lemonaide stand - so I am guessing you are safe for now SSB - me thinks maybe you should keep your beers to yourself in the future

 

[oldkicker]

I think it's just fine.

Especially if it's PBR or Bud.

Of course then the real trick is finding a horse who'll take 'em.

 

[catsrule]

very glad simba decided to stay home yesterday.

 

[glo]

YOU gave away a beer????

Was it an oil can? That could make the difference you know...

I still can't believe it....were you feeling ok???

 

[Towncrier]

As long as you didn't give the horse one of those Viking beers from Norway, I think everything will be just fine.

BTW - Horses can burp, they just cannot vomit.
Rabbits cannot vomit either. I heard this on a radio during the "impossible question" portion of the drive-time progam.

Feel free to file that under "Too Much Information".
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[Beauty]

ROTFLOL! My DH hardly ever reads the DIS but when he sees a post or I tell him about a post from SSB he stops and reads......thanks for the laugh!! I'm sure the horse will be fine, and likely your best buddie if you ever cross her path again.

 

[Mickeyfaniam]

it does pay to carry TWO beers...right Bob??

 

[tc]

Where were you walking, with two beers, in cups, where you would find two horses? Isn't there an open container law in Florida? I never know what adventure you're going to have. I hope the horse is okay. But, since beer's made of barley, I'd assume it okay. Sorry about your previous horse experience though, do you feel better now?

 

[DaisyDebbie]

I'll bet you made that horses night He'll be looking for you again

 

[PandyPaws]

Should we expect to see him at DATW?? Is this or new mascot, or sumpin???

 

[NHAnn]

Bob Bob Bob
ROTFLMAO

I will ask my local equine expert (DD), what she thinks. Considering the weight of a horse I wouldn't think a beer could have much impact on the blood/alcohol level.

You are tooooooo funny.

 

[charlie,nj]

Beer drinking horses are corn cool!