Oh, Wilbur!
Of the tens of thousands of stories published by the Seattle Times on its web site in 2005, a brief series of articles stands out as the most popular — by far. In fact, “a case can be made that the articles on horse sex are the most widely read material this paper has published in its 109-year history,” Times columnist Danny Westneat admitted. The articles were about a man who ...um... mounted a horse in Enumclaw, Wash., and died in the act. Police reported no crime had occurred since such activity was not against the law. Westneat noted that none of his own columns made the Top 20, so what does he conclude from the statistics? “It’s clear,” he said, “I should have focused more on people having sex with horses.” (Seattle Times) ...Of course the editor immediately fired him. His offense? “Horsing around on the job.”
Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 12