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floppycorpse

floppycorpse's unavoidable death

Jun 15, 2009 21:14

Today....... I killed.

A bird.

With my car.

It was, as the title suggests, unavoidable. I was on the expressway going 60 mph (96kph) in end-of-workday traffic. So there was no changing lanes and no braking for birds.

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fail, life

Comments 6

ninja_tech June 16 2009, 03:17:16 UTC

Oh...sadness! I think I've hit 2 birds in my life and I always felt terrible. Out of morbid curiosity, what kind of bird was it?

floppycorpse June 16 2009, 03:22:53 UTC

I knew you would ask. It was some kind of black bird. Small, all black. I didn't see any wing markings because it would flap them to FLY THE HELL OUTTA THE WAY.

The first time I hit a bird was in Montana and it flew up from the ditch right into the underside of the bumper. I think it was a suicide. I cried when I got to Meagan's. She was slightly dumbfounded that I was crying for a bird, but consoled me anyway.

ninja_tech June 16 2009, 03:29:13 UTC

Well, if it was all black (including beak) it was probably a common grackle. They're a dime a dozen, if that's any comfort. You took out one of the least smart ones - Darwin and all that jazz...

If it had a yellow beak and a short tail, it was a European starling and you shouldn't feel at all bad because they were brought over from Europe way back and are an invasive species.

I can't think of what else it would be...

floppycorpse June 16 2009, 03:35:46 UTC

Starling it was.

aprettyeternity June 16 2009, 03:57:59 UTC

*hugs*
I see your use of the Ima Wa icon.
IT SHALL NEVER BE FORGOTTENNNNN~

Anyway it reminds of a time a squirrel jumped straight at my car, bounced off the window and died. ...it jumped at my car (from the side) but I still felt bad. D8

floppycorpse June 16 2009, 11:21:29 UTC

omg I am glad that my experiences have all been BumperDeath. I don't think I could handle anything hitting the window!