Things that make your heart jump into your mouth

[Dongle]

I just knocked over my glass of coke and it went all over my desk. :eek:

A few of my books and papers are now wet and stained :( Although thank god it was well away from the computer.

Where's that crying smiley when you need it?

[Adam]

Was it Diet Coke?

[Dongle]

No, even worse... the proper Coke containing 10 spoonfuls of sugar.

I can't stand diet drinks. I find the aspartame taste foul.

[Gemo52]

Seeing an animal running into the road.

[Dongle]

Seeing an animal running into the road.
If you were going at a reasonable speed with traffic behind you, I suppose you'd have to run it over as you can't stop suddenly and cause a pile up. :(

edit: assuming it's a small animal. A big cow or a deer is a slightly different proposition :eek:

[Fenella]

A cat ran under my car not long ago, but it completely missed the wheels and ran out the other side. That was a relief I can tell you!

[Gemo52]

If you were going at a reasonable speed with traffic behind you, I suppose you'd have to run it over as you can't stop suddenly and cause a pile up. :(

edit: assuming it's a small animal. A big cow or a deer is a slightly different proposition :eek:

There’s always pheasants and rabbits running out in front of the car and the roads are generally quiet enough to avoid them. A pair of deer have leaped out in front of the car late one night. We were totally surprised by it because we didn’t know there were any deer in the stretch between Edinburgh and the Borders. They came from a woodland that was quite high above the road and so they almost leaped over us which was as well because there was no way we could have stopped.

[Dongle]

There’s always pheasants and rabbits running out in front of the car and the roads are generally quiet enough to avoid them. A pair of deer have leaped out in front of the car late one night. We were totally surprised by it because we didn’t know there were any deer in the stretch between Edinburgh and the Borders. They came from a woodland that was quite high above the road and so they almost leaped over us which was as well because there was no way we could have stopped.
What's the law on roadkills?

Someone told me that if you run over a pheasant (or rabbit or deer), the driver behind you is entitled to take it home for dinner. :eek: :D

[Gemo52]

I think anybody can claim road kills if they want to. It can be dangerous. A person in this area, Pascal Norris, caught anthrax from road-killed badgers which he skinned and used the skin to make Bodhrans.

[Dongle]

I think anybody can claim road kills if they want to. It can be dangerous. A person in this area, Pascal Norris, caught anthrax from road-killed badgers which he skinned and used the skin to make Bodhrans.

Good grief :eek: Did he die?

[Gemo52]

Good grief :eek: Did he die?

Yes. The first person to die of anthrax in about thirty years.

[Dongle]

Yes. The first person to die of anthrax in about thirty years.
How tragic. Poor bloke :(

[Adam]

I put my hands on an electric fence today. Did I mention? ;):p

That got my heart racing into my mouth!

[Gemo52]

You’ll probably need a weeks bed rest to get over it Adam.

[Adam]

You’ll probably need a weeks bed rest to get over it Adam.

I'll also need someone to come feed me grapes.

Guess what?

The job is yours, Gemo. Yours!

[Gemo52]

I suppose you want the grapes peeling.

I won’t have to give you bed baths will I? :eek:

[Adam]

I won’t have to give you bed baths will I? :eek:

Hose me down :D

[Dongle]

I'll also need someone to come feed me grapes.

Guess what?

The job is yours, Gemo. Yours!
Not olives? ;) :p

[Knickers71uk]

Well, I now live on a main road, and what made my heart jump out of my mouth was when, Betty my dog, thought she was going to school with my daughter, shot out from between my legs and preceded to run after her.

We have a gate between us and the main road, but the fucking postman had left it open.

I cant run, because of my legs, so I kinda did this weird stumbling forwarding, ass over tit down the step, whilst yelling in a very panicked voice BETTY!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

She luckily stopped dead in her tracks and showed me her belly. *phew*

So I need signage for the gate now, to tell them to fucking shut it!

[Dongle]

Well, I now live on a main road, and what made my heart jump out of my mouth was when, Betty my dog, thought she was going to school with my daughter, shot out from between my legs and preceded to run after her.

We have a gate between us and the main road, but the fucking postman had left it open.

I cant run, because of my legs, so I kinda did this weird stumbling forwarding, ass over tit down the step, whilst yelling in a very panicked voice BETTY!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

She luckily stopped dead in her tracks and showed me her belly. *phew*

So I need signage for the gate now, to tell them to fucking shut it!
I hate that too - why can't people shut the door or gate behind them? Is it sheer thoughtlessness?

And another thing - shut them quietly, there's no need to slam!

[Knickers71uk]

The kids do that with the car door's... SLAM, there goes my door hinges lol

[Dongle]

The kids do that with the car door's... SLAM, there goes my door hinges lol
Be careful of fingers too :eek:

[Adam]

BETTY!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.


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[Knickers71uk]

I do a good impersonation of him too *giggles*

[Adam]

Go on then :D

[Dongle]

I just got an electric shock from my laptop which was sitting on my bare knee (I'm wearing shorts). :eek: Ouch. I think it might be static.