Foo - I killed a cat...

:cry:

Delivering pizzas, on some wide street, I all the sudden see this cat run right in front of me. It happened so fast I had no time to react. I guess I swerved but the cat ended up under my car. All I remember is to real hard thumps, then some lady screaming "oh my gosh the cat!".

Apparently I had drug the poor cat 30 feet and now it was a horrible mess :( . I drove up the street freaking out, and came back. I saw this little girl sobbing on the side of the road, I could see me in her. When I was little someone ran over my cat, and I cried for days.

To make matters worse, the cat looked just like my cat that I saved from a box on the side of the road. Lets just say I started crying right there, and cried for about 2 hours... and my boss was not helpful... get over it, it was just a stupid cat... :mad:


I hope there is a cat heaven out there somewhere...

Mandy

:(.

If only that cat could have been a crow...i wish i could run over a crow.

awwwww sorry, I hate cats but yeah...I sure dont want to kill any...
I almost hit a squirrel and I felt terrible, never mind a cat.

I thought curiosity killed the cat? I think you are in the clear.

Did you take it to the chinese resturant? I hear they pay good money for cat. Ummm... taste just like chicken :)

go play video games

Did you take it to the chinese resturant? I hear they pay good money for cat. Ummm... taste just like chicken :)

Why bother? I'd just take it home, deep fry it, and ask the little girl if she wanted some.

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

You people are just awful! Mandy wants sympathy and support, not cruel jokes.

Apparently your boss isn't the only unhelpful one, Mandy.

I feel bad if I hit a raccoon or a possum. I put my car in a ditch once trying to avoid a cat and wound up killing the poor thing anyway.

Sometimes it just can't be helped. I'm sorry it happened to you.

You people are just awful! Mandy wants sympathy and support, not cruel jokes.

I thought they were being serious

:(.

If only that cat could have been a crow...i wish i could run over a crow.


Or a Cane Toad.

:(.

If only that cat could have been a crow...i wish i could run over a crow.

Why? Crows may be one of the smartest animals on the planet.

Why would anyone want to deliberately kill?:( You guys are coming back as roadkill, be careful what you wish for...

crows are dumb. ravens are smart.

Crows,Ravens, and Jays are the same bird. Different regions, different appearance, same genus/species/type.


Sort of like people. Asian/Caucasian/African are the same bird, too.:)

Crows,Ravens, and Jays are the same bird. Different regions, different appearance, same genus/species/type.


Sort of like people. Asian/Caucasian/African are the same bird, too.:)


are you sure? i've read about raven's fishing.... and crows not being able to finish simple tasks.... what you stay goes against the pbs crap i saw.

You people are just awful! Mandy wants sympathy and support, not cruel jokes.

Nearly everything that is funny is based off of tradgedy. Just the same, stacey and I are certainly being pricks.

On the subject of crows, they are indeed very smart. When you hunt them, usually they will send a couple of scouts down from the high above flock if they get fooled by the decoys and you calling them in. The thing is, they are very aware of the range capabilities of a shotgun. That is why I now shoot at them with a scoped semi automatic .22 and a 50 round magazine. I scored a hit once at over 200 yards that way.

i think that is common, cats like to run in front of pizza delivery guys one ran in front of me years ago
wile i was delivering, i heard it thump and roll under the car and then it ran off

Yeah, crows are pretty smart (http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/crow/).

I put my car in a ditch once trying to avoid a cat and wound up killing the poor thing anyway.

I like cats, but they drive like *****.

http://www.abbeycats.org/images/driving.jpg

http://www.catass.com/toonces/
(please, please click here for further proof)

Yeah, crows are pretty smart (http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/crow/).

I haven't seen them except in California, but raven's do seem even smarter. The first time I saw raven's they were feasting on a dead seal on the San Francisco coast. I looked one of them in the eye and I must admit it was among the most creepy things I have ever seen.

I'm sorry you went through that :( Put a set of these on your car and you'll at least feel you've taken a step to improve your chances of seeing unexpected stuff coming from the sides next time:

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I'm sorry you went through that :( Put a set of these on your car and you'll at least feel you've taken a step to improve your chances of seeing unexpected stuff coming from the sides next time:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000DZFMVO/qid=1147546601/sr=8-11/ref=sr_1_11/102-4525633-7524941?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=15684181

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hey.. I got those hella lights.. got 8 of them...hehehe.. yep, could light up a football field!

i've killed one cat, one deer, and innumerable frogs. i've learned you have no control over what runs out in front of you; in each case, there was no way i could aviod hitting the animal(s). you just need to accept it's not your fault.

I hit a dog once in the middle of Georgia on Rt 301, damned thing just ran up the enbankment
and in front of me, not a thing I could do about it.
Mandy, the responsibility is the owners, not yours. The cat should not have been
out running around, end of story. I know it doesn't help but it is the truth
when it comes down to brass tacks.

marty

Sorry to hear that. Maybe you pizza delivery people can slow down instead of speeding through the neighborhoods and running stop signs.

Why? Crows may be one of the smartest animals on the planet.

Why would anyone want to deliberately kill?:( You guys are coming back as roadkill, be careful what you wish for...

What does smartness have to do with wanting to kill something?

I HATE crows, i will always hate them, they're arrogant loud mouth idiots. They scare other birds away, they woke me up at 6am EVERY beeping day. Put one on the road in front of me and i would run it over for sure.

Call me a 'murderer' but if i recall correctly it was a murder of crows in the first place.

I've hit a few animals in my time including a kangaroo. I'll swerve to avoid any animal except foxes and rabbits. I'll actually chase them to get them. I hit a crow in the middle of the road once. Rolled straight over it. Looked in my mirror to see it shake itself off and just fly away. Also had a full sized owl swoop down into the front bull bar of my car once. Presumably it thought the car was something it might like to eat.

no doubt that cat is in a better place now.. I dunno where, but any place has got to be better than smushed all under your front wheel of your car.

Nearly everything that is funny is based off of tradgedy. Just the same, stacey and I are certainly being pricks.

Speak for yourself :p

1 less cat. Good start.

I'm sorry you went through that :( Put a set of these on your car and you'll at least feel you've taken a step to improve your chances of seeing unexpected stuff coming from the sides next time:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000DZFMVO/qid=1147546601/sr=8-11/ref=sr_1_11/102-4525633-7524941?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=15684181

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A long time ago........ (1970's) I had 100w replacement bulbs for those.

I guess people don't really change. :(

That's sad, Mandy. It wasn't your fault. Shame on you that cracked jokes at her. But some of 'em were kinda funny tho http://2guyz.info/images/smiles/lmao.gif

I braked for a baby squirrel yesterday on a sidestreet. Speed limit 25. I was going 25. In my mirror, I saw a very ugly person, who either tailgates or doesn't look where she's going, yelling at me after the fact. I guess it was my fault she doesn't know how to drive, or that a baby squirrel ran out.

I'm not even trying to be mean, but get over it. It was just a cat.

why dont you ride a bike? you'll merely wound animals rather than killing them

why dont you ride a bike? you'll merely wound animals rather than killing them

I don't know about that. I tore the head off of a squirrel running it over. Right time right place and bikes are good at making road kill too

What does smartness have to do with wanting to kill something?


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Nothing. I guess that makes you one safe mofo.:beer:

why dont you ride a bike? you'll merely wound animals rather than killing them


Thats intuitive but it's not always the case. Last summer I decapited a squirrel with my front wheel. It's body dropped off and it's head got caught up between my spokes inside my wheel before it went flying off too. I tell you I was lucky to alive after that, (it almost sent me flying too). Bikes kill criters too.. -only they usually do it in a much more spectacular fashion. :beer:

Bikes kill criters too.. -only they usually do it in a much more spectacular fashion. :beer:

I don't think so. Ever see a 18-wheeler hit an animal @ 80 m.p.h.?

Thats intuitive but it's not always the case. Last summer I decapited a squirrel with my front wheel. It's body dropped off and it's head got caught up between my spokes inside my wheel before it went flying off too. I tell you I was lucky to alive after that, (it almost sent me flying too). Bikes kill criters too.. -only they usually do it in a much more spectacular fashion. :beer:
You actually ride? I thought you were a bike forum troll. I'm shocked. I'm stunned.

Cats belong in the house or on a leash. You killed a cat, you saved a bunch of wild birds.

Cats belong in the house or on a leash.

The place of nature is the dominion of man?:rolleyes: Don't drink all the Kool-Aid, save some for later.



You killed a cat, you saved a bunch of wild birds.

Ahhhhh...The circle of death.:rolleyes:

Cats belong in the house or on a leash. You killed a cat, you saved a bunch of wild birds.

Yep, my furball was quite the avian serial killer until I moved and didn't want to let her out of the apartment because of the cars.

Totally off-topic, but this reminds me of an interview I saw on some hunting show of Ted Nugent. He went off on this long soapbox rant about cats killing birds, said nearly the same thing as Erick L. As he's winding down the bluster, this cat comes sauntering up to Ted and the interviewer - clearly a housecat and clearly a member of Ted's household, as Ted lives out in the sticks far from anyone else. The interviewer asks Ted about the cat and he stutters a little and hastily says it belongs to one of his daughters, but then the cat goes up to Ted and does the typical, I-like-you, cat rub against his legs with accompanying friendly chirp and coo. Clearly the cat likes Ted and expects a certain amount of attention from him. Ted turns all red and then the program quickly moves on to the next segment.

Cats are subversive, little, bird-killing monsters. Just ask Ted Nugent.

Nothing. I guess that makes you one safe mofo.:beer:

No you have it the wrong way around....

Crows,Ravens, and Jays are the same bird...

Jays? Sorry, but you're seriously mis-informaed.

Crows,Ravens, and Jays are the same bird. Different regions, different appearance, same genus/species/type.


Sort of like people. Asian/Caucasian/African are the same bird, too.:)
:roflmao:
And just like in the .,.... :roflmao: that was such a good analogy. You have no idea :D

Totally off-topic, but this reminds me of an interview I saw on some hunting show of Ted Nugent. He went off on this long soapbox rant about cats killing birds....


And the Nuge has a problem with this because why? He wants to kill all the birds himself maybe?

The place of nature is the dominion of man?:rolleyes: Don't drink all the Kool-Aid, save some for later.
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Like it or not, cats are private property.

The do kill millions of birds each year.

Liquid Kool-Aid is for sissies. I sniff the powder.

The do kill millions of birds each year.

Some day, if/after the world gets hit by the bird flu people will appreciate the cat's for their endless devotion to protecting their masters, albeit thanklessly :)

The place of nature is the dominion of man?
The nature of housepets already implies human domination. We don't take pets in order to preserve the species, we get them for personal satisfaction.

When someone takes a pet, they should also take the responsibility to look after that pet's well-being. Which includes making sure that the pet doesn't get hit by a car. The two best ways to do that are to keep it inside or keep it on a leash when it goes outside. Otherwise, the pet-owner is being irresponsible with the pet's life and forcing care of the pet onto the neighbors.

Get off my lawn!