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The Most Dubious Moments of 2010

2010, we’ll never forget you. But just to be safe, we’ve gone ahead and collected the moments most worth remembering. Look at it as a pleasant stroll down memory lane. Unless, of course, you happened to share a hotel room with Charlie Sheen this year.

JULY 14

A Dead Horse Sells for 266K at Auction

Some purchases are seen as investments. Others, like the quarter-million-dollar acquisition of Roy Rogers’s preserved horse, Trigger—well, those are seen as crazy. Although, if you think about it, the money they’ll save in horse feed means the stuffed animal will practically pay for itself in about 200 years.

AUGUST 9

When JetBlue Stewards Attack

Every man has his limits. And JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater found his after a heated disagreement with a passenger about overhead luggage. This led to an expletive-filled tirade. And that led to Slater quitting, grabbing two beers and escaping via inflatable emergency chute. A much more dramatic exit than the seat-cushion floatation device.

OCTOBER 2

Facebook Versus Provocateur

Apparently, being played by Justin Timberlake in a movie isn’t the same thing as actually being Justin Timberlake. Sean Parker (of Napster and Facebook fame) found this out the hard way when he was denied access to Mike Satsky’s MePa club. Voices were raised. Profanity was used. And Facebook profiles were threatened.

OCTOBER 4

Client 9 Gets a Talk Show

When you’re a disgraced governor who is booted out of office for his involvement in a prostitution scandal, there really is only one course of action. Get your own talk show. Unfortunately, the show focuses on politics, as opposed to adulterous elected officials and the call girls who love them.

OCTOBER 26

Charlie Sheen Rampages in the Plaza

If you learned one thing in 2010, it’s that hell hath no fury like a scorned Charlie Sheen. Try to pull a fast one on him, and he very well might retaliate by destroying your hotel room in the name of justice. Or while in the middle of an incoherent bender.

NOVEMBER 10

Catching a Ride on Mister Softee

Late night in the West Village: you catch a cab any way you can. Even if that ride happens to be currently transporting several hundred ice cream bars—and isn’t a cab at all, but rather a fully operational Mister Softee truck. Allegedly, the driver paid his fine in Choco Tacos.