I killed a cat once...
Was driving home at night and, as I passed a row of cars I saw a flash of cat leg it out from underneath one. By the time I'd moved my foot to the brake it was already underneath the wheel (it basically ran into the side of the front wheel, neither of us stood a chance). I heard it go round the wheel arch a couple of times (whoomph, whoomph). Dead.

Felt genuinely terrible for at least a few weeks... I killed someone's pet. Even thinking about it now makes me sad.

Happy Christmas.
(Mr_Kipling_, Fri 23 Dec 2011, 15:38, 5 replies)

Don't feel too bad
cats didn't evolve to cope with roads, the dumb fucks are always doing the last second dash.
I think there may be some evidence that hedgehogs are evolving to cope with cars now though. The ones that run instead of curling up are the ones who get to shag.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Fri 23 Dec 2011, 15:45, closed)

I skimmed the text and saw "I saw a flash of cat leg"
and thought that even the most disturbed Victorian gentleman cat fancier wouldn't admit to that.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Fri 23 Dec 2011, 15:59, closed)

Had a similar experience many years ago
Was delivering pizzas during my youth for some extra spending cash. A cat ran straight in front of me, and I hit it. Stopped to look for it but it had legged it - it may well have been injured, but it was walking wounded at least.

Problem was, it looked very similar to the cat owned by a mate of mine, who lived on the same street. I was convinced I'd marmalised my mate's cat. Couldn't do anything at the time, so I finished my shift off and went down the pub for a beer.

Next day I agonised, and went round to my mate's place. He was away - university I think - and I had to face his dad, who I'd met about once previously. Not good.

Anyhoo, it turns out their moggy never left the house and so it wasn't theirs.

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I didn't have any such soul-searching over the dog I flattened while doing the same job. I could have cheerfully watched it gasp it's last, except that the burgers in the car would have got cold.
(_(_(_(_(_(_(_(_(_ =o.o=, Fri 23 Dec 2011, 16:32, closed)

from your final paragraph
I surmise that you are a bit of a cunt. And you were legally obliged to report the incident with the dog. And you're at least a bit of a cunt.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Fri 23 Dec 2011, 18:32, closed)

From a purely legal standpoint you did nothing wrong.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Fri 23 Dec 2011, 18:13, closed)