Possibly Drunk Football Player Caught With Possibly Gay Sheep

[FatMan]

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State football had a stolen sheep in the bed of his pickup when he was pulled over for speeding last week, Benton County authorities said.

Defensive tackle Ben Siegert, 20, was charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants after failing field sobriety tests.

Siegert told the (Corvallis) Gazette-Times that he had nothing to do with the stolen ram.

"I don't know anything about that," he said. "I'm from a city. I don't know anything about sheep."

Benton County Undersheriff Diana Simpson disagreed, saying Siegert might have been "too intoxicated to remember."

The 200-pound ram lives at the university's Sheep Center, and is part of a study on homosexuality in sheep, said Sheep Center manager Tom Nichols.

"We have at least one prank a year where we have to go to a dormitory or a sorority house and pick up a ram or a lamb or a ewe," Nichols said. "It's one of those springtime pranks."

The deputy chose not to arrest anybody for taking the sheep.

[jakethebake]

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[wonderwes]

Jim Rome was mentioning this on his show.

Article off jimrome.com
"It has been a rough few months for Oregon State University's Football Team. A number of arrests and problems with players. There have been racially motivated beat downs. Of course there were the two knuckleheads who tried to pay for a cab fare with pot, and some others.

Now this. Beaver football player Ben Michael Siegert was arrested last Friday morning for driving under the influence. Not good. Anytime you get a DUI, you are not having a very good day. That onto itself would be another bad day for Siegert and the Beaver Football program.

But that isn't it. When he was stopped, authorities found a ram in the bed of his pick-up. A male sheep. Ok, now this is getting even more bizarre. Dude is drunk, it's a little after 1:30 in the morning, and the guy has a male sheep in the back of his truck. Wait, it gets weirder. Much weirder. Not only did the guy have a ram in his truck, but apparently the ram in question was stolen from the University and was part of a study on homosexuality in sheep. It was a gay ram.

So, to review quickly, the guy was picked up hammered with a gay ram in the back of his truck. Look, we have all had night where we have had too much to drink. We have all had night where we woke up the next morning and thought, 'Wow, I really shouldn't have done that'. A lot of us have even had nights where you wake up and there is someone in the room with you and you aren't all that sure how they got there. That happens. But a gay ram? That doesn't happen to all that many people. Siegert was driving and there were two other passengers in the car as well. So there were three people and a gay ram. That sounds like the set up to some stupid joke.

Look, I know that Corvalis isn't the most cosmopolitan city in the world. I know that college is a time of experimentation. But swiping a gay ram? That's not ok. Ever. For any reason. A regular ram would be disturbing. A gay ram makes is downright deviant… Siegert is trying to deny it. "I don't know anything about it. I'm from a city. I don't know anything about sheep." Nice try. Too bad that Benton County under Sherrif Diana Simpson confirmed your deviant act. "Either Mr. Siegert isn't being truthful with you, or maybe he was too intoxicated to remember." I am sure he was. I think I might try and forget that I was arrested with a gay ram. I would like to pretend it never happened either. Good luck living that one down. I am sure you can look forward to a stadium full of bleats when you show up next season."

[pc in NM]

A ventriloquist was traveling, and approached a farmer's house to see if he could get a night's lodging. The farmer was initially suspicious, and asked the traveler what he did for a living. The farmer misunderstood, and thought the traveler was a veternarian - "Sure, you can stay, if you'll give my animals a check-up in the morning. The venrtiloquist was a bit confused, but agreed, since it was a long way to any other places....

The next morning, after a great night's sleep, and an excellent breakfast, the farmer took his guest out to the barn, to see the animals.

First they visited the cows. The ventriloquist approached the cows, and asked them "How are you cows doing?" There was an immediate response: "We like it here. The farmer treats us well, and we get food and water every day." The farmer was a bit shocked, but they moved on...

Next they saw the chickens. The ventriloquist approached the chickens, and asked them "How are you chickens doing?" There was an immediate response: "We really like it here. The farmer protects us from the fox, and we have a warm place to stay at night."

The ventriloquist was feeling pretty confident now, and looking around, said to the farmer: "Let's go see those sheep over there next."

The farmer looked flustered, and said: "Naw, we don't need to check on them. And, besides, they're all a bunch of liars, anyway...."

[WC64]

I heard this on Bob and Tom yesterday morning lol