tonite i was driving... and in the middle of the road was what appeared to be a broken animatronic cat. Immediately i knew i should look away...but instead i stared directly into the poor things eyes...it must have just gotten hit..its legs were still moving...oh my god...it looked right at me...i wish i had like morphine or something i could of eased its pain with...ugh worst thing i have ever seen.
and although you may think its funny...or natural selection...or that you hate cats..its not when you see it.
and it ruined my life.
whats new with you?
life is a thrill, when your skill is developed, if ain't got a skill or trade, shut the hell up!
09:59 pm, Saturday, October 11, 2003 (6 years ago)
don't feel bad, i just came back from outside and i saw a man probably drunk, and he was in the middle of the road, yelling and yelling. He was saying when i became god i will distroy earth, and was yelling at all the cars passing by, the man could have easily got ran over, just one step off the yellow line and he gets hit, so don't feel that your life is ruined about hitting a cat. feel good that it wasn't a person
How banal . . . in the kind of world we live in to have the time and luxury to feel like that. I hope you were joking, because I'm worried when people feel that kind of angst over fucking ROAD KILL. Shit, why the hell didn't you pick that sucker up off the road (use the flat part of your snow scraper if you have to), get it stuffed and mounted and cleaned up a bit and sell it!! AND it looked right at you?? Did it smile and say "sheeeeeyit . . . man, das' anuthah life right down da shitter!!"
So drop this mawkish crap and get back to making the damn fine wall you usually do.
hitting the cat has got to suck, some people really freak when they hit someone's pet, or even a stray. not to be preachy, but wonkus, i hope you learned your lesson about driving drunk. to help change your perspective a bit, just be glad for two things: 1. it wasn't a car you hit, or a moose, or a doughnut shop 2. be glad the cat's owner didn't see you
Oh I knew it. I might have known this would bring you out of the woodwork, merk. ;-) How wonderful! The champion of the sad and downtrodden. You're so deliciously predictable. This is great. Always a pleasure :-)
Oh Fenris, you too! Well, I should have known, wherever merk is . . there you are :-) It's super that you made the effort to put down that bag of Doritos and post a comment.
Sir Wonkus, its alright yes it was a living creature that god created but fate always sets in u cant undo the past, but what u can do is make sure that u look out for things like that more carefully...and how do u think when my cousin felt when he stepped on a kitten and broke its back?...its just life man...life will always throw a curve ball at u when your least expecting it... LTD, Ignore the peanut gang and dont fight back with words it will only get u in trouble
yeah now see, stepping on a kitten would kill me, that would serriously suck. but hitting a cat with my car wouldnt, thats just a normal thing that happens.
Viper: I took my car in to the shop about a year ago to get a tune up. I overheard a conversation between the guy at the front desk and one of the mechanics. The guy at reception was telling the mchanic a story, and by the end of it we weere all on the floor (true story.) Some lady was about to drive to work one morning. She got into her car and heard a meowing coming from somewhere INSIDE the car. Now, she had a cat, and was dumbfounded, couldn't figure out how her cat got in to her locked car. Well, she didn't find it, but the mewoing persisted. She assumed the cat must be outside under her car. She started the engine, thinking that the cat would immediately get away from the car. There was a squishy, kind of sickening noise, and fur flew everywhere. She found her cat. Took the shop a while to clean all cat remains out of her engine.........
Sad, Had the same incident 2 times before also Sirwonkus. Fist one was on the night of our winter formal dance at my school,and my boyfriend was driving me home,and there was a poor deer that had gotten hit,and was dying,because she could'nt get up,and the truck must have done something awful to her brain,because all she did was move her neck around in circles with her tongue stuck out.Poor thing. I first thought that my boyfriend should move her,and then we decided no,that he could get hurt,so when we got home I called the sheriff and they sent someone out to put her out of her misery. She's up there with Bambi's dad now. ;) The other incident had to do with a puppy. My boyfriends dog had a litter of pups about a year a a half ago,and after they had gotten to 6 weeks they were given away. They were dachshund pups,and if you've ever seen one you'll know what I mean. One was given to a lady that lives down the street from me,and she was VERy well taken care of, but one day she got out,and I was coming down the road and saw it laying there in the road,and went up to it to see if it was still alive,and the poor thing had been dead for at least about an hour. Her little black beady eyes were still shimmering in the sunlight and it broke my animal loving heart to have to tell the lady that her pup had been hit and was laying in the road. It broke my heart the most watching her go out,and try to revive the pup,by picking it up,and just hugging it and crying. :( Those were some sad memorable days i'll never forget,but they are very similar to yours Sirwonkus. I am planning on working with animals in my future,mainly horses,but who knows,I may get into the 8 years vet school and become a veterinarian and save all of those innocent animals someday. :)
Not only does LTD make sensible and sane posts, he's one of the few guys here that makes me laugh with his written word. Admittedly, he used to be a bit over-whelming when he actively started posting but he's quite entertaining these days.
Wonkus: Another kind of pussy will eventually ruin your life. >:)
who says i hit the cat....xir0 your reading comprehension leaves something to be desired.
also hyperbole for the vast majority of you who don't understand means an exaggeraton.
eh it was weired tho because like all americans im pretty desensitized but seeing that poor little cat...
also ltd.... you clearly have never had a good pet... my dad had a cat that he got as a post doc...that lived 23 years... so it was alive my whole life until it died. Pets become part of the family, so thats what i was thinking about when i saw that cat.
its not funny like a kitty stuffed in a glass is.
life is a thrill, when your skill is developed, if ain't got a skill or trade, shut the hell up!
Oh sure I've had pets. I used to raise birds (parakeets) . . . that was from 1989 to 2002. We also had two German Shepherds, and I used to help my uncle breed German Shepherds at his cottage. He only a has a couple of dgos now.
I'm just as saddened to see a poor animal injured/in pain . . . . . . . I just don't go on to a customization site to FORM A SUPPORT GROUP. That kind of crap is private. While you have every right to post what you want, reading mawkish, sentimental, personal stories is not what I signed up for when I joined custo. Having said that, you can of course post whatever you want - although there are other sites for the emotionally unwell.
There's enough sadness in the world and even more people to indulge in it. You should be finding new and innovative ways to entertain and amuse us.
By the way, when that cat looked at you, with it's forlorn, glassy eyes, it was actually looking at you in accusation, blaming you for the misdeeds of your fellow mankind it's four-wheeled death machines. You might have to asnwer for this upstairs one day.
Have fun, and keep making those awesome walls! Your last pack was truly superb. :-)
It's certainly not easy to see animals in pain. I'm an animal person myself, and all I can tell myself when I see an animal in pain is that I at least spoil the hell out of my rabbits. I've come across dying animals before, and I always do what I can to ease their suffering. Just do your part, and that's all you can do.
Most importantly, keep a sane mind about it. Animals will be hurt and killed - your favorite kind included. Do what you can if you care enough, and don't let it get to you. The sooner you accept it, the easier things become.
While I think he may have been harsh, LTD really had a point in his first post; yes, it's sad, but I think that if your life is either:
A) in a state that is so wrecked that it only takes the sight of an injured cat to "ruin your life," you've got much bigger problems
B) in a state that's so good that this is the type of thing you call sad enough to "ruin your life" you've grown far too sensitive from never experiencing anything.
I mean, I could understand you being a bit more traumatized if you'd actually hit the cat, but your post just says that you "saw" a near-dead cat. Sad? Yes. Life-changing? Doubtful. Life Ruining? Not a chance.
If you're gonna get dramatic....you've gotta expect someone else ot get sarcastic.
Death is the destination of life, sad as it may be...we must move on from it.
hitting a deer depresses you people? good grief i hunt deer. if im going to feel sorry for anything it would be the person who has to pay for the damages. but i do have an intersting story that came from my science teacher.
a few years ago he driving along late at night and there was a civic in front of him. out of nowhere a buck jumps from the side of the road into the guys front end. it hit the front just right to split the deer in half and spew all of the inerds on the inside of his car from where the antlers crashed through the winshield. the other half went across the road and almost hit an oncoming car. another guy who was oncoming stopped as a witness and stated, "that was one of the coolest and most disgusting things i have ever seen."
Call me a dick, but it seems like if your life could be ruined by that, you probably didn't have much of one to begin with. Not trying to be an asshole but that's just a bit too sympathetic.
Main Entry: an·i·ma·tron·ic Pronunciation: "a-n&-m&-'trä-nik Function: adjective Etymology: short for audio-animatronic Date: 1978 : of, relating to, or being a puppet or similar figure that is animated by means of electromechanical devices - an·i·ma·tron·i·cal·ly /-ni-k&-lE/ adverb
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maybe it just needed fresh batteries?
__________________________________ New York, New York I won't go back Indelible reminder of the steel I lack I gave you seven years What did you give me back? A jaw-grind, disposistion to a panic attack
_________________________________ New York, New York I won't go back Indelible reminder of the steel I lack I gave you seven years What did you give me back? A jaw-grind, disposistion to a panic attack
