# Um...I'm Not Sure What to Say About this Story: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446 "2005-11-30T21:39:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/1 "2005-11-30T21:39:24Z")
From Yahoo News: > [@](#): > > SEATTLE - A man has pleaded guilty to trespassing in connection with a fatal horse-sex case. > > James Michael Tait, 54, of Enumclaw, was accused of entering a barn without the owner’s permission. Tait admitted to officers that he entered a neighboring barn last July with friend Kenneth Pinyan to have sex with a horse, charging papers said. [Full story.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051130/ap_on_fe_st/wa_bestiality;_ylt=AhyWgr.TgLNv1fSnc9nzEcEZ.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA4cmUwbnA1BHNlYwMxNzAy) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/2 "2005-11-30T21:46:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Tait pleaded guilty Tuesday and was given a one-year suspended sentence, a $300 fine, and ordered to perform eight hours of community service and have no contact with the neighbors. …Or their livestock, I would presume? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/3 "2005-11-30T21:51:03Z")
Neigh means neigh! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/4 "2005-11-30T22:08:07Z")
No sir. I don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/5 "2005-11-30T22:16:48Z")
Boy, is he ever saddled with legal woes. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/6 "2005-11-30T22:19:23Z")
Aw, give the guy a break. He was just horsing around. At least he didn’t mess with _ewe_. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/7 "2005-11-30T22:22:07Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Neigh means neigh! I was going to post something inane like: “I bet he rode the horse hard” or “I wonder if he was hung like a… like a… nevermind” But, hats off to **crow** that’s one funny post! The guy, I guess, took the phrase “piece of tail” too literally I s’pose ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/8 "2005-11-30T22:23:44Z")
Anyone else wondering how the guy recieved the fatal internal injuries? Did the horse kick him? Please just tell me he got the internal injuries because the horse kicked him. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/9 "2005-11-30T22:23:57Z")
> [@](#): > > fatal horse-sex Band name! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/10 "2005-11-30T22:33:32Z")
Back in the '80s, some dude was caught in Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo getting jiggy with a cow. Jonathan Brandemeier (DJ Extraordinaire) wrote a little song to commemorate the moment. A-hem… "Moo-moo I love you I know you’re a cow but anything’ll do. I said Ooo-weee Can’t ya see I just wanna make loooove to you. And they say some guys just can’t get a date… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/11 "2005-11-30T22:35:47Z")
Come on, did you see the way the horse flipped his tail at the guy? It was asking for it… ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/12 "2005-11-30T22:37:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Tait pleaded guilty Tuesday and was given a one-year suspended sentence, a $300 fine, and ordered to perform \*\*eight hours of community service \*\* and have no contact with the neighbors. Please don’t tell me that, by “service” they mean… ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/13 "2005-12-01T00:32:20Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Anyone else wondering how the guy recieved the fatal internal injuries? Did the horse kick him? Please just tell me he got the internal injuries because the horse kicked him. [Nope.](http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0545/051109_news_horsesex.php) From the article… “The man who died during the incident suffered a perforated colon after being penetrated by the neighbor’s horse, investigators say.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/14 "2005-12-01T00:34:59Z")
When your parents told you to stop horsing around or you’d get hurt, this is exactly what they had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Grits\_and\_Hard\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Grits\_and\_Hard\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grits_and_Hard_Toast)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/15 "2005-12-01T00:59:48Z")
> [@Jeep's Phoenix](#): > > [Nope.](http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0545/051109_news_horsesex.php) > > From the article… > > “The man who died during the incident suffered a perforated colon after being penetrated by the neighbor’s horse, investigators say.” And more from the article, you would think this would have been their first clue this was not a good idea… “Tait and the man who later died both had sex with the neighbor’s horse that night, according to the charging papers. The second man died while Tait was videotaping the encounter. The tape was later shown to the couple that owns the barn so they could confirm it was their horse, known as Big Dick.” You just can’t make this stuff up! And a $300 is a pretty good deal. Some studs around here get $500,000 for the pleasure of their company. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/16 "2005-12-01T01:13:58Z")
I can see the Far Side cartoon caption now: “James and Kevin had heard about bareback riding, but had never tried it before…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/17 "2005-12-01T01:50:37Z")
_A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and with a horse men can’t have intercourse, that is, or course, unless the horse, is the famous Mr. Ed!_ _Ohhhh, Wilburrrr! What’re you doin’ to me buddy-boy?_ ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/18 "2005-12-01T02:14:15Z")
> [@](#): > > a one-year suspended sentence, a $300 fine, and ordered to perform eight hours of community service and have no contact with the neighbors Pity it wasn’t a hanging judge, or the defendant might have been well hung. ---
**Author:** ![woodstock989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@woodstock989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstock989)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/19 "2005-12-01T02:43:20Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Aw, give the guy a break. He was just horsing around. At least he didn’t mess with _ewe_. He wouldn’t dare - that’s **Hal Briston** ’s job ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446/20 "2005-12-01T04:31:32Z")
> [@](#): > > …a one-year suspended sentence, a $300 fine, and ordered to perform eight hours of community service and have no contact with the neighbors… He should’ve avoided contact with the _neighers_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-im-not-sure-what-to-say-about-this-story/333446.md?page=2)