I killed 2 animals today

[TheWiz]

illi,

This should help

Wiz

[benza13]

Ugh,

Thanks for reminding me of this one.

I was like 17, on my way to play pool with some friends when this dog darts into the road right in front of me. I slam the brakes, but can't slow down in time. Loud whump. Kids age 5-8 in the yard playing with the dog as it ran out, lucky they didn't follow it...

I had to stop and talk to the parents, who were pissed at the kids for playing with the dog near the street, like they had been yelled at for previously.

Boy, that really makes you feel good.

[siccjay]

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3 deer, 2 dogs, 3 squirels, and a cat. This is just in the last 2 years

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You are a horrible driver. I have hit one bird and one rabbit in 9 years of driving.

[Blarg]

The poem is by William Stafford,

Travelling Through the Dark

Traveling through the dark I found a deer
dead on the edge of the Wilson River road.
It is usually best to roll them into the canyon:
that road is narrow; to swerve might make more dead.

By glow of the tail-light I stumbled back of the car
and stood by the heap, a doe, a recent killing;
she had stiffened already, almost cold.
I dragged her off; she was large in the belly.

My fingers touching her side brought me the reason--
her side was warm; her fawn lay there waiting,
alive, still, never to be born.
Beside that mountain road I hesitated.

The car aimed ahead its lowered parking lights;
under the hood purred the steady engine.
I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red;
around our group I could hear the wilderness listen.

I thought hard for us all--my only swerving--,
then pushed her over the edge into the river.

[marchron]

I've hit a cat, once. I actually tried to hit another. Seriously. The car in front of me had just clipped it and it was spasming in the middle of the road like it had just got a 1000-volt jolt. I wanted to put it out of its misery. I don't know how I missed it.

My best friend hit a fawn with his '93 Camaro. The car was so low to the ground that it punted the deer, really, just booted it into the air like a field goal kick, out of the range of our headlights. Neither we nor Animal Control could find it, so we assumed it lived through it.

I was also in a car that ran over a turtle. I can't think of a more unfair matchup of car vs. animal, and I also can't think of a more disgusting sound than the crunchy-squish it made when we flattened it. It makes me ill every time I think about it.

[IlliniLou]

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illi,

This should help

Wiz

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those meatballs sounds tasty!! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Wires]

Regarding the deer...

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he got a little love tap

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that dented my car.

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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Bambi has been reunited with his mother.

[Klompy]

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3 deer, 2 dogs, 3 squirels, and a cat. This is just in the last 2 years

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You are a horrible driver. I have hit one bird and one rabbit in 9 years of driving.

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I think it has a lot to do with where i live, there's a hunting preserve company right next to my house. This means they have a lot of hunting dogs caged up that ocasionaly get loose and run onto the road. The deer just suck because they're thicker then nats, and they like to jump out of the ditch and infront of your car without any warning.

[daPlayboy]

I just ate chicken wings.

[Bizot]

I ran over a crow yesterday on the freeway... that was perdy dang sweet