Unicorn Pulls an OJ
On Wednesday, Juliette, a white pony wearing a fake horn, decided she had had enough of her dead-end job (posing with children at a ranch in Madera Ranchos, California) and made a break for it, twice.
Li'l Ponies Raised for Food Slaughter Now Getting Killed by Cars
Dartmoor National Park in southwestern England is home to the Dartmoor pony—a cute, fluffy-looking breed with short legs and broad faces. Sadly, these sweet li’l horsies are at risk thanks to an increase in motor vehicle accidents and, well, other things...
Shetland Ponies Sport Hand-Knit Sweaters, Make Us Want to Move to Scotland
When I look at these Shetland ponies — in handcrafted sweaters by local Shetland knitter, Doreen Brown, no less! — I emit an "awww" that lasts about an hour or so. However, I just showed the ponies to a friend and she said "Them horses aint right."
Don't Tell Them That Half of All Shetland Pony Marriages End In Divorce
Once upon a time in Surrey, England, after (one would assume) living in a stable of sin together for quite some time, two ponies were joined together in holy matrimony. "I brought a present as well," says one sheepish guest. "It's rather embarrassing. But I'm into the spirit of it." A wedding sans in-laws where…
Jumanji Is Real: There's a Zebra and a Pony Running Around Staten Island
A handful of Staten Island shoppers got a cool surprise today when a pony and zebra ran unaccompanied through a local parking lot. They were pursued moments later by the handlers that were attempting to capture them. The pair ultimately were caught and returned to captivity, but don't be fooled. This is real life…
Everyone, Don't Worry, THE PONIES ARE OKAY
Probably my favorite part of watching the storm coverage yesterday (for hours, obsessively, swaddled cozily in survivor’s guilt out here in Seattle) was when CNN, scrambling for new Sandy updates, took a lengthy detour to discuss adorable ponies.
Horse People Sure Can Be Touchy
When you make fun of crap on the internet for a living, you learn incredibly surprising lessons about the utter touchiness of strangers. Hypersensitivity to the point of acting like a dick about it is not only unwarranted, it ends up ultimately doing the overreactor's cause an injustice, as reflects poorly on the…
Mitt Romney's Fancy Horse Is Worth More Than Your Entire Family. Seriously.
Rafalca, Mitt Romney's frou frou Olympics-bound dressage horse, nets the family a $77,000 tax credit per year. Since Normals who produce mere human children only get a $1,000 tax credit per child, it therefore stands to reason that Rafalca Romney is worth 77 human children. Certainly more than your entire family.
All Of Lisa Frank's Nightmares Are Coming True
In a world where ponies run free on rainbows, spreading joy and sunshine wherever they go, there's only one creature who dares to rain on the pretty pony parade: Unicorn, Destroyer Of Ponies. It's time to get magically vicious! [BoingBoing]
