Accidental animal crueltyI once invented a brilliant game - I'd sit at the top of the stairs and throw cat biscuits to the bottom. My cat would eat them, then I'd shake the box, and he would run up the stairs for more biscuits. Then - of course - I'd throw a biscuit back down to the bottom. I kept this going for about half an hour, amused at my little game, and all was fine until the cat vomited. I felt absolutely dreadful.
Have you accidentally been cruel to an animal?
This question has been revived from way, way, way back on the b3ta messageboard when it was all fields round here.
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rob, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 11:13)
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Pheasants are evil.My dear mother used to work in Bolton, and as such used to drive home every evening over a poorly-lit, very twisty road, which is coincidentally very popular with bikers (we're a sadistic lot aren't we?)
One day, she rounds a blind corner doing about 50mph, and there it is, standing in the middle of the road. A fucking massive Pheasant, with a look of pure malice in its small beady eyes.
Startled, she slammed the brakes on and stopped inches away from it.
Unfortunately, the guy in the Range Rover which had been behind her didn't. It ploughed straight into the back of her 3-week-old Toyota Corolla, completely destroying the entire rear end.
Damage to the Pheasant? None. The little fucker walked away, completely nonplussed at the carnage it had just caused.
Damage to the Range Rover? A slight dent to the bullbars on the front.
Damage to my mum's brand new car? £8000 worth. Luckily, she had fully comprehensive insurance.
Not exactly on topic, this, but the moral?
If you see a bird in the middle of the road, run the fucker over.
(, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 11:42, 6 replies)
insuranceThe guy behind ran into her, so his insurance should pay for the repairs, although I suppose he could argue that slamming on the anchors for a pheasant was a bit excessive.
That said, if he was so close that he couldn't stop, then tough.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 12:06,
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Pheasants are THICKI'd stop for any animal - crows, rabbits, cats, dogs, deer, squirrells - but I wont bloody stop for pheasants. They play 'chicken' with cars, as they see them as mating rivals - and they don't seem to grasp that they are in effect committing suicide.
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Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Fri 7 Dec 2007, 12:24,
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"although I suppose he could argue that slamming on the anchors for a pheasant was a bit excessive."Actually, the car that runs into the one in front is always to blame, even if the braking was exessive. The car behind shouldn't be so close that it can't brake in time if the one in front slams on anchors.
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not necessarily...seeing as someone I know has just been quoted 600 quid to have their car wing repaired after a pheasant hit it at high speed
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Insurance...It went 'like-for-like' in the end.
I think stopping in the middle of the road on a blind corner was considered reckless.
And yes, I am aware what damage a massive bird can do to a car - I let my ex-girlfriend drive mine once.
(, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 16:54, closed)
If there's something in the road, hit itUnless it's a deer, a small dent in nothing compared to the damage swerving or braking could do. £600 for a new wing? joking right. Got to a decent mechanic and take a mate. Or go down the scrap yard and pick on up.
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Moonraker isn't the droid you were looking for, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 14:44,
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