Roadkill.

Sky King · 02-08-2012 11:17PM

But the duck story is bull.

It happend brah.

Pottler · 02-08-2012 11:22PM

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Did you know most successful entrepreneurs had near death experiences? I believe it gives you a sense of invincibility.

Furniturely enough, I'm an entrepretneuriser, and I'm vaguely successful. I sadly don't feel that invincible, my knees hurt. On the plus side, yer mans ok on the duck front, as Dave is, apparently, according to the good folk of AH, full of shit, as is Starbelgrades radiator. I will get a chisel and give Dave a good poke.

grindle · 02-08-2012 11:22PM

Confab wrote: »

grindle wrote: »

Really left an impression.

On the rim?

Of course the rim.
We were teenagers - only delighted to see a small dead frozen-bird corpse stuck to a bus!
Would've been the most talked-about topic of the trip, if one of the lads didn't, earlier, get an erection.
In the boys shower room.

AngryHippie · 02-08-2012 11:25PM

took out a badger in an avensis once, he kamikazed his head out of the ditch and straight under the front wheel. Though I'd have trashed the car, but no damge. Delighted. sad face for mr. badger.
Saw a Boomer (big red kangaroo about 6ft tall) get hit by a B-double (articulated truck and Dolly) hauling coal. Drive could do nothing, I was ploughing a field about 100m away, boomer hops across the field in front of me, over a 6 ft fence like it wasn't there and straight in front of the Kenworth. He got dragged about 50m under the truck and came rolling out under the wheels of the dolly. Mangled is not the word. I needed a drink after seeing that one. Roos are stoopid

starbelgrade · 02-08-2012 11:26PM

AngryHippie wrote: »

took out a badger in an avensis once

Did you go anywhere nice?

AngryHippie · 02-08-2012 11:30PM

nah, I went to work. Dropped him off in badger heaven on the way

Pottler · 02-08-2012 11:30PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Did you go anywhere nice?

Nah, the badger insisted on going to some hole.

starbelgrade · 02-08-2012 11:32PM

AngryHippie wrote: »

took out a badger in an avensis once, he kamikazed his head out of the ditch and straight under the front wheel. Though I'd have trashed the car, but no damge. Delighted. sad face for mr. badger.
Saw a Boomer (big red kangaroo about 6ft tall) get hit by a B-double (articulated truck and Dolly) hauling coal. Drive could do nothing, I was ploughing a field about 100m away, boomer hops across the field in front of me, over a 6 ft fence like it wasn't there and straight in front of the Kenworth. He got dragged about 50m under the truck and came rolling out under the wheels of the dolly. Mangled is not the word. I needed a drink after seeing that one. Roos are stoopid

That post is cooler if you read it in Alf from Home & Away's voice.

EoghanIRL · 02-08-2012 11:33PM

Yup alot of suicidal birds where I live . Thu go straight into the car. I ca was knocked over the other day.
The worst one was when my dad was driving by the canal. I swan landed on our car and slid off the windscreen. It got stuck in the wheel of the car. It was winter so it was freezing l. Ended up dragging it down the road for a bitm. Got a lot of strange looks.

Pottler · 02-08-2012 11:34PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

That post is cooler if you read it in Alf from Home & Away's voice.

I read it in a Mick Dundee voice, it was bonzer.

starbelgrade · 02-08-2012 11:35PM

Pottler wrote: »

I read it in a Mick Dundee voice, it was bonzer.

I knew there was another famous Australian - I just couldn't think of his name.

eire-kp · 02-08-2012 11:37PM

Yes unfortunately hit a large stag doing 70 mph:(

Luckily it was in a truck with a huge bull bar so I was ok. Can't say the same for the deer though it was like a scene from the Texas chain saw massacre it literally got cut to pieces..blood every where.

If it was a car I probably wouldn't be typing this:eek:

They had special whistles fitted that were supposed to help scare them, Didn't work.

dirtyden · 02-08-2012 11:37PM

Shryke wrote: »

That would be the council giving it 110%.

Well they turned a fo into a dog, that is impressive

mauzo · 02-08-2012 11:43PM

dirtyden wrote: »

Well they turned a fo into a dog, that is impressive

Haha nice spot.....no it was still a fox!!!

Pottler · 02-08-2012 11:45PM

Apparently(accoring to Mythbusters, jammie gits btw, what a way to make a living) hitting a biggie like a horse or a moose(not too many of them around Ireland though, apart from in Offaly-mooses,not horses) will really mess up your day - they tend to come in for a seat with you and having a horse sit on you at 100kph with a windscreen on its forehead has got to hurt. One lad who works for me(otherwise fairly normal) deliberatly swings out to hit dogs he sees on the road, which I reckon is totally cnutish. WTF is that all about?

Uriel. · 02-08-2012 11:46PM

Never hit anything so far but came very close to hitting a deer and fox (not at the same time).

Feckin' deer in particular scared the crap out of me, driving along at 2am pitch dark and these glowing eyes appear in front of me. Thankfully I was just coming out of small town and doing less that 50km/h and thankfully deer had the sense to stop, missed him by about 2 inches.

gammygils · 02-08-2012 11:46PM

A crow or a jackdaw whichever,(it was black) ploughed into my windscreen one morning
Left a right bloody mess. Big bang! Frightened the bejaysus outa me at the time. I was passing a graveyard at the time
Thankfully I never killed an animal

Uriel. · 02-08-2012 11:47PM

Pottler wrote: »

One lad who works for me(otherwise fairly normal) deliberatly swings out to hit dogs he sees on the road, which I reckon is totally cnutish. WTF is that all about?

Clearly he's a pr1ck

mauzo · 02-08-2012 11:49PM

Pottler wrote: »

Apparently(accoring to Mythbusters, jammie gits btw, what a way to make a living) hitting a biggie like a horse or a moose(not too many of them around Ireland though, apart from in Offaly-mooses,not horses) will really mess up your day - they tend to come in for a seat with you and having a horse sit on you at 100kph with a windscreen on its forehead has got to hurt. One lad who works for me(otherwise fairly normal) deliberatly swings out to hit dogs he sees on the road, which I reckon is totally cnutish. WTF is that all about?

Jesus thats ruff!

Pottler · 02-08-2012 11:49PM

Uriel. wrote: »

Never hit anything so far but came very close to hitting a deer and fox (not at the same time).

Feckin' deer in particular scared the crap out of me, driving along at 2am pitch dark and these glowing eyes appear in front of me. Thankfully I was just coming out of small town and doing less that 50km/h and thankfully deer had the sense to stop, missed him by about 2 inches.

what was the deer driving? My guess is a Triumph Stag.

Pottler · 02-08-2012 11:51PM

gammygils wrote: »

A crow or a jackdaw whichever,(it was black) ploughed into my windscreen one morning
Left a right bloody mess. Big bang! Frightened the bejaysus outa me at the time. I was passing a graveyard at the time
Thankfully I never killed an animal

Because, obviously, Crows are ....

Uriel. · 02-08-2012 11:51PM

Pottler wrote: »

what was the deer driving? My guess is a Triumph Stag.

lol

no, he was wandering onto the right from the passenger side. It was pitch bloody dark and its eyes lit up. It just stopped dead, a very slight change of course for me and I managed to avoid him. Had he kept strutting along, there was no hope.

cocoshovel · 02-08-2012 11:55PM

Have hit a Pheasant, and nearly have hit a dog, cat, badger, rabbit, fox, and a few more small animals.
But luckily I tend to reamain calm in those kind of situations, unlike my mother (terrible driver) who screams, swerves, and covers her eyes.

I abuse the ****e out of he when she does it as it downright dangerous and annoying. She did it last week on the motorway because of a squirrel. She SLAMS on the brakes if a bird were fly too close to the windscreen. It drives me mad, she cant react to save anything.

One night we were coming home from town, and I noticed a flock of sheep in the field beside the road (as you do), I immedately became suspicious because the wall was very low and crumbled, at the exact same time as I was thinking "I hope one doesnt get out on the road", one jumped right out in front of our car.
My idiot mother swerved into the wrong lane on a blind bend immediately, but the sheep got a fairly hard wack on the head.
He was still walking when we looking in the mirror so we continued on :pac:

A few weeks ago I was driving at night, when I noticed something moving on the side of the road. I slowed down thinking it was a dog or something, but no it was a little rabbit. I was only doing 50km in a quiet area so I brough the car to a stop while the rabbit ran rings in front of my car in a desperate panic. He didnt have anywhere to go due to the fencing on either side of the road.

Pottler · 03-08-2012 12:04AM

We were going over the wicklow gap one night, it was bogging down with snow, a deer ran out in front of the jeep and I swerved, err, a bit. The jeep came to a stop hanging over the edge of a severe drop down into the valley near where they filmed "Reign of Fire". I no longer swerve for things that step out in front of me, unless they are blonde.

Uriel. · 03-08-2012 12:14AM

Pottler wrote: »

We were going over the wicklow gap one night, it was bogging down with snow, a deer ran out in front of the jeep and I swerved, err, a bit. The jeep came to a stop hanging over the edge of a severe drop down into the valley near where they filmed "Reign of Fire". I no longer swerve for things that step out in front of me, unless they are blonde.

Holy Crap:eek::eek::eek::eek:

That must have been a scary few moments...

hedzball · 03-08-2012 12:15AM

Lil silka jumped out in front of me one night on a main road in kildare.. I was up for a job interview at the time. Was on the 2 wheel horse doing well close on double the limit trying to get home handy..

passed in front of me.. I hit the anchors.. about a foot in it id say..

have prob killed a dozen odd foxes and a few bunnys .. i try to save the bugs mind..

One less fox really isnt a bad thing..

gammygils · 03-08-2012 12:16AM

Pottler wrote: »

Because, obviously, Crows are ....

....... Birds.....
.........Black....

Rich11 · 03-08-2012 02:42AM

hit a rabbit on the m7 once:( going around 140k/ph, broke the fog light which i fixed and the lip on the front bumper which is a little loose still:(,
by the time i seen him a couldnt do anything and then...bang.

and a few weeks ago was on the m50 a suicidal bird flew right towards my windscreen:eek:, and swooped up just in time, gave me a real brown trouser moment:o

FanadMan · 03-08-2012 04:54AM

Was driving an old Land Rover a few years ago. Was only toodling along and came round a blind bend and ended up hitting a young deer. Was at night so couldn't help but hit it.

Got out to check it but it was dead. My passenger was a decent hunter and had a knife with him so out he got and gutted and skinned it. Talk about beautiful meat! Well, it was dead and seemed a waste to leave it. So def a good result for road kill.

xzanti · 03-08-2012 09:28AM

I hit a pigeon one morning, I just saw a big POOF of feathers flying up from the bumper.. I felt horrible for the whole day.. My OH had to go out and clean the carnage off the bumper

RIP Goodfeather.

Roadkill.

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