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The Beer Nuts of 2007

Written by DJ Spiess

Sunday, 06 January 2008

Looking back at 2007, several people made news for one reason or another. In our Beer Nuts articles, these people made worldwide headlines (and our top 3) when they weren’t quite their best.

Megan Jane Conroy – Drunken Schoolgirl

This story was very popular with the Fermentarium community and the internet at large. Megan, 17, returned home to find her mom throwing a birthday party. Megan had also been partying that night before returning home. She took exception to one of the patrons of her mom’s party, because he was a “kiwi” (someone from New Zealand).

Being born in New Zealand was only this man’s first crime. His next crime helped land Megan into Fermentarium’s Beer Nuts hall of fame. He mispronounced her name. His crime caused this drunken schoolgirl to go into a fit of rage and to kick the kiwi “in his kiwis” – three times. Ouch.

When we first posted this story, we thought it was humorous. Somehow we pictured her yelling “say my name biatch!!” just like the girl in American Pie while kicking him. The world thought the story was even funnier. We received searches and hits on this story for many months afterwards. This story was so popular that it received more hits than all but six of the stories on Fermentarium for 2007. We still get hits on this story.

Bare man eaten by bears at beer festival

This was our second most popular Beer Nuts story, even though it received less than half the hits of Megan Jane Conroy. This man’s moment of internet fame not only landed in our Beer Nuts section, it also landed him a Darwin Award.

After partying at a nearby beer festival, a 23 year old Serbian man took off all his clothes, folded them into a corner of a bear cage and tried to cuddle up with the bear. The bare man was then attacked by the bear. We’re guessing the bare man barely knew where he was, before climbing in the bear cage.

Doughnuts in the Park

The third most popular Beer Nuts story was a girl who was arrested for driving drunk. What made the story slightly funnier was that she was driving in the middle of the park doing doughnuts. However it was her picture that really made the story. She just looked so gosh darn happy in her mug shot.

Notable mentions

Here are the other articles that didn’t make our top three, but were still popular:
Naked Male Hula Dancer Steals Beer
Couple takes beer from store after hours: Jailarity ensues
München "Wiesn"'s Up To Paris [Hilton]

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