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Cars and deer -- UL-ish?
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Thomas Prufer
Jan 28, 2012, 5:19:15 AM1/28/12
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A story, told to me as true. I was young, and don't remember if it was told a
FOAF, or a an actual and named person. The teller isn't available for PPQ. (I
fully support the BOA! Yesyes, I do!). It has some features of an UL, but I have
only heard it once.
"X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought it a
shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of their car,
and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they arrived at
home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking around.
The put the recovered deer into their back yard.
"Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors complained. So they
decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire it in
town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
Now, I see lots of problems with that: even assuming an old-fashioned car jack
rather than a modern stamped sheet metal scissors jack, beating an animal on the
head that fights it own kind by ramming its head and antlers sounds adventurous.
Also: handling a live deer? Keeping it in a yard, where folks usually need to
invest in ten-foot fences to keep the deer out?
Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have heard this
tale as well?
Thomas Prufer
FOAF, or a an actual and named person. The teller isn't available for PPQ. (I
fully support the BOA! Yesyes, I do!). It has some features of an UL, but I have
only heard it once.
"X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought it a
shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of their car,
and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they arrived at
home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking around.
The put the recovered deer into their back yard.
"Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors complained. So they
decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire it in
town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
Now, I see lots of problems with that: even assuming an old-fashioned car jack
rather than a modern stamped sheet metal scissors jack, beating an animal on the
head that fights it own kind by ramming its head and antlers sounds adventurous.
Also: handling a live deer? Keeping it in a yard, where folks usually need to
invest in ten-foot fences to keep the deer out?
Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have heard this
tale as well?
Thomas Prufer
Charles Wm. Dimmick
Jan 28, 2012, 7:20:25 AM1/28/12
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On 1/28/2012 5:19 AM, Thomas Prufer wrote:
> "X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought it a
> shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of their car,
> and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
> pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they arrived at
> home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking around.
> The put the recovered deer into their back yard.
> "Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors complained. So they
> decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire it in
> town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
[....]
> "X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought it a
> shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of their car,
> and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
> pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they arrived at
> home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking around.
> The put the recovered deer into their back yard.
> "Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors complained. So they
> decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire it in
> town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
> Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have heard this
> tale as well?
The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the deer
> tale as well?
being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I think it was,
told a similar story about a deer and strapping it to his bicycle to
transfer it home.
Duggy
Jan 28, 2012, 8:24:17 AM1/28/12
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in comedies as well.
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Bill Gill
Jan 28, 2012, 9:17:51 AM1/28/12
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many of his books, just his mysteries and one other, but I can
easily see him writing something about bringing a deer home on
a bicycle. He could make something of that.
Bill
Alan J
Jan 28, 2012, 12:46:56 PM1/28/12
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"Thomas Prufer" <prufer...@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote in message
news:t0h7i79vgmrn1n3hd...@4ax.com...
Re handling deer, and the dangers, there are some anecdotes here:
http://www.taxidermy.net/forums/IndustryArticles/03/c/03BE99EFF4.html
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Alan
news:t0h7i79vgmrn1n3hd...@4ax.com...
http://www.taxidermy.net/forums/IndustryArticles/03/c/03BE99EFF4.html
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Alan
R H Draney
Jan 28, 2012, 2:23:30 PM1/28/12
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Thomas Prufer filted:
Yes, it's hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmnLRVWgnXU
....r
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Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmnLRVWgnXU
....r
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Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.
Doug Anderson
Jan 29, 2012, 2:56:46 PM1/29/12
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Writte out (it's faster to read, though not as funny) it's here:
http://www.ibras.dk/comedy/allen.htm#Moose
Lon
Jan 29, 2012, 7:43:45 PM1/29/12
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away, as keeping a deer in one's back yard would typically run afoul of
the authorities. Not quite as afoul as bludgeoning it to death....
It would likely have to have been a very very long jack if the deer was
healthy enough to eat the neighbors plants [1], as the horns aren't as
dangerous as the razor sharp hooves are.
[1] Unless, this was the rare carnivore variety of deer
Ray
Jan 30, 2012, 3:26:38 PM1/30/12
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"Charles Wm. Dimmick" <cdim...@snet.net> wrote:
> The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the
> deer being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I
> think it was, told a similar story about a deer and strapping it
> to his bicycle to transfer it home.
Here's a classic, purportedly a 911 call, about a deer regaining
> The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the
> deer being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I
> think it was, told a similar story about a deer and strapping it
> to his bicycle to transfer it home.
consciousness in the back seat of a car (very NSFW):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBa0blUoE8U
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Ray
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Duggy
Jan 30, 2012, 8:40:41 PM1/30/12
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On Jan 31, 6:26 am, Ray <vortren-ne...@yaxhoo.com.invalid> wrote:
skills.
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> "Charles Wm. Dimmick" <cdimm...@snet.net> wrote:
>
> > The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the
> > deer being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I
> > think it was, told a similar story about a deer and strapping it
> > to his bicycle to transfer it home.
>
> Here's a classic, purportedly a 911 call, about a deer regaining
> consciousness in the back seat of a car (very NSFW):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBa0blUoE8U
I'm beginning to suspect that deer have special ninja-faking-own-death
>
> > The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the
> > deer being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I
> > think it was, told a similar story about a deer and strapping it
> > to his bicycle to transfer it home.
>
> Here's a classic, purportedly a 911 call, about a deer regaining
> consciousness in the back seat of a car (very NSFW):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBa0blUoE8U
skills.
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Andy Walton
Jan 31, 2012, 1:10:10 PM1/31/12
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Duggy <Paul....@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 6:26 am, Ray <vortren-ne...@yaxhoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>> "Charles Wm. Dimmick" <cdimm...@snet.net> wrote:
>>
>>> The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the
>>> deer being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I
>>> think it was, told a similar story about a deer and strapping it
>>> to his bicycle to transfer it home.
>>
>> Here's a classic, purportedly a 911 call, about a deer regaining
>> consciousness in the back seat of a car (very
>> NSFW):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v»a0blUoE8U
> On Jan 31, 6:26 am, Ray <vortren-ne...@yaxhoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>> "Charles Wm. Dimmick" <cdimm...@snet.net> wrote:
>>
>>> The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the
>>> deer being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I
>>> think it was, told a similar story about a deer and strapping it
>>> to his bicycle to transfer it home.
>>
>> Here's a classic, purportedly a 911 call, about a deer regaining
>> consciousness in the back seat of a car (very
>
> I'm beginning to suspect that deer have special ninja-faking-own-death
> skills.
I don't think anything perfected by the opossum can be called ninja skills.
> I'm beginning to suspect that deer have special ninja-faking-own-death
> skills.
Thomas Prufer
Feb 1, 2012, 3:58:40 AM2/1/12
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:10:10 +0000 (UTC), Andy Walton <att...@mindspring.com>
wrote:
>I don't think anything perfected by the opossum can be called ninja skills.
That sentence is sig-worthy.
Thomas Prufer
wrote:
>I don't think anything perfected by the opossum can be called ninja skills.
Thomas Prufer
Duggy
Feb 1, 2012, 5:06:39 AM2/1/12
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On Feb 1, 4:10 am, Andy Walton <atti...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I don't think anything perfected by the opossum can be called ninja skills.
Playing dead and faking death are too very different playing fields.
> I don't think anything perfected by the opossum can be called ninja skills.
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Nasti J
Feb 1, 2012, 5:53:29 PM2/1/12
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On Feb 1, 3:06 am, Duggy <Paul.Dug...@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
> Playing dead and faking death are too very different playing fields.
how two, two interesting
> Playing dead and faking death are too very different playing fields.
Lon
Feb 2, 2012, 7:30:42 PM2/2/12
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