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It rained really hard before I went to work today.
Wet grass attracts frogs really well.
And I ran over a frog!
Frogs are cool animals! They held an entire empire hostage before! Why couldn't it have been something like a cat!?
It was alot like running over frogs in Diddy Kong Racing, which makes it worse!

Oh, and by the way... the whole "getting things off your chest" is total crap. Now I feel worse.

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Quote (Dark Paladin @ 29th October 2003 10:12)

Why couldn't it have been something like a cat!?

If it makes you feel any better, you're going straight to hell.

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Quote (Dark Paladin @ 29th October 2003 10:12)

Why couldn't it have been something like a cat!?

If it makes you feel any better, you're going straight to hell.

Heh.
Frogs are cool. Like I said, they've held an empire hostage before. What have cats done? Nothing, that's what.

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"I had to write four novels before they let me write comic books."
-Brad Meltzer

I almost ran over a squirrel once...actually, I'm pretty sure I DID run over it. But it somehow survived. That was a really confusing car ride. There's a huge hill near my home, and I was going down it, and right at the bottom, the squirrel jumped out from behind a car. I slammed on the brakes, and slowed way down, and then it made a horrible noise. But then the squirrel ran out from underneath it, so I don't know what the horrible noise was. Maybe I just ran over its tail or something.

It's not a good feeling.

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Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

I've been careful not to run over anything when I drive. But I remember one time last year... I think it was maybe the second day after I got my license... I was driving on a backroad just cruisin' around (You know how you like to take that first joyride). Anyway, out of nowhere, a white-tail deer jumps out into the road. I slam on my brakes and stop like maybe like 6 inches or so from hitting it. It's not like it was even dark outside, it was just barely the afternoon. That was my closest call to actually hitting something or someone...

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"When I turn the page
The corner bends into the perfect dog ear
As if the words knew I'd need them again
But at the time, I didn't see it."

~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear

one time a bunch of us were out driving and it was wet weather. anyways, it must have been frog migrating season or something because for a full 10km, the road was covered with squished frogs, and more were constantly hopping accross. the when we saw the front of the car in the light next morning it was gross, covered with frog paste.

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Shhhh! I'm trying to hear the voices!

Well, I'm sorry you ran over a frog, DP :( But I'm sure the frog realizes it was an accident and that if you hadn't run him over, someone would have a minute later. And he's probably happier in Frog Heaven anyways, all the flies he can eat etc.

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"Turd-cookies!...they're hot and soft, though..."

Rose leaves, when the rose is dead, Are heaped for the beloved's bed; And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone, Love itself shall slumber on.  - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Don't worrie I've ran over a lot of frogs before, maybe thats why I've yet to find prince charming . I think its the rain that brings them out...they always seem to be on the roads when its raining. poor little guys don't see it coming

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Things have not changed
You have changed

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Being gun toting, southerners who's envyroment breeds more animals than a zoo, we hit alot of animals on the road. There aren't a lot of places with leash-laws so a lot of dogs get hit. We've hit a few birds, but the quirrels seem smart here. We hit a rabbit once cut we were fine with that, They multiply like rabbits! Hahaha! ...ha... what?!

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At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

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Quote (Tiddles @ 29th October 2003 06:01)

Quote (Dark Paladin @ 29th October 2003 10:12)

Why couldn't it have been something like a cat!?

If it makes you feel any better, you're going straight to hell.

Heh.
Frogs are cool. Like I said, they've held an empire hostage before. What have cats done? Nothing, that's what.

Actually, Cats were treated as royalty in ancient times, I believe it was in Egypt.


A few months ago, I was driving and a kitten was crossing the road, I easily swerved out of the way of course, but then guess what happened? I look in my rear view mirror and see a big jacked up pick up truck go at it at full speed...it wasn't a good sight. Stupid hicks where i live, they make me so mad sometimes.

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"

*ahem*... I once ran over a frog with my lawn mower He was in my path, and I was sure he was going to jump out of the way... but he didn't . Poor guy. It was really gross, too.

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I sat two years in the same old chair,
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Quote (Hsiu @ 29th October 2003 12:27)

if you hadn't run him over, someone would have a minute later.

Actually, no one would have run over him. It was in a parking lot at 3:00 AM

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Actually, Cats were treated as royalty in ancient times, I believe it was in Egypt.

I was Egypt, and they didn't earn it.

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Quote (Dark Paladin @ 29th October 2003 10:12)

Why couldn't it have been something like a cat!?

If it makes you feel any better, you're going straight to hell.

Hey, cool, hes coming to Paisley?

Anyway, dont worry, the poor little froggie didnt feel anything... just pretend s/he was a politcian. you'll find all remorse fade if you think like that...



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Quote (Dark Paladin @ 29th October 2003 21:49)

I was Egypt, and they didn't earn it.

They don't need to earn it. Cats make themselves royalty if you give them the chance.

But I have yet to kill something on the road. I remember my dad getting a kangaroo in the night(poor thing). I always seem to have near misses with pigeons. But if I got one I wouldn't care those things are rats with wings anyway.

Frogs, squirrels, coyotes, dear, and even wild turkies, are all common place where I'm from. I havn't hit one yet, but I've had some VERY close incounters. Let me tell you that comming inches from a dear is a scary experience, especially when you're riding a bicycle.

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I remember my dad getting a kangaroo in the night(poor thing).

Oh, well. Now the conversation turns to exotic animals/animals only in certain areas. In that case, my dad ran over an alligator in his fishing boat when I was with him. Man, was that thing pissed. That was not fun.

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"I had to write four novels before they let me write comic books."
-Brad Meltzer

first off, cats are the incarnation of perfection on the earth in Jesus' absence.

second, the only thing i;ve killed on the road is a dog -- a little poodle that really had it coming because he ran right in front of my car on a back street with no lights late at night. hardly my fault. i also his a bird, or, rather, the bird hit me. even less my fault. what kind of stupid animal that can fly in 3 dimensions runs into a moving car?

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I remember my dad getting a kangaroo in the night(poor thing).

Oh, well. Now the conversation turns to exotic animals/animals only in certain areas. In that case, my dad ran over an alligator in his fishing boat when I was with him. Man, was that thing pissed. That was not fun.

I don't know, it would have ruled. Crocs love fishing boats because they know they'll get a free feed one way or the other.

This post has been edited by MorgueN on 30th October 2003 04:25

The only thing I've hit was a squirrel. What freaked me out was what happened afterward. It kept jumping in the air. Apparently when I ran over it, I crushed it's head(poor guy), but the body was fine. I stopped to look at it(morbid curiosity), and it jumped about three feet in the air 4 or five times before coming to a rest. It was very strange as you can probably imagine, guess it was a reflex like a snake baiting you after it's dead.

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Why wasn't it a cat?

That's really lame of you to say. You should feel worse about saying that than almost hitting a frog. Can a frog make you feel better when you're sad? I think not. Can a frog keep you company? Not like a cat does.

I cannot believe you would say that. I take great offense to that statement.
My sister hit a cat once and she was positively mortified. It's jerks like you that leave poor unfortunate pets lying in the middle of the road bloody and dead, worrying more about a slimy animal nobody has as a pet and then let go outside, than a pet that someone probably loves a lot, that gets ripped from them by means of a heartless person like you, or someone else, who would probably rather hit a cat than a frog. Heartless.

This post has been edited by Hikaroo on 30th October 2003 14:40

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I was driving with my brother and a crow hits the glass. It's not like he was speeding or anything. The crow just flew and hit us, broke the glass and just flew off.

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Hiding only delays the inevitable.

He was joking, I think. But God knows it wasn't funny.

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Quote (Hikaroo @ 30th October 2003 09:39)

Why wasn't it a cat?

That's really lame of you to say. You should feel worse about saying that than almost hitting a frog. Can a frog make you feel better when you're sad? I think not. Can a frog keep you company? Not like a cat does.

I cannot believe you would say that. I take great offense to that statement.
My sister hit a cat once and she was positively mortified. It's jerks like you that leave poor unfortunate pets lying in the middle of the road bloody and dead, worrying more about a slimy animal nobody has as a pet and then let go outside, than a pet that someone probably loves a lot, that gets ripped from them by means of a heartless person like you, or someone else, who would probably rather hit a cat than a frog. Heartless.

I was joking. Sort of.

Just so Tiddles and Hikaroo will stop crying, I'll re-phrase that:
Why couldn't it have been my cat?

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I once ran over a frog with my lawn mower

It's a bit weird-feeling to know that there's a poem about that.

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Well, Hik, in my opinion I don't think it makes a difference. Some people prefer frogs, lots of them have them as pets. Some people hate cats. I understand where you're coming from, but I personally think your post wasn't much better because you claimed that cats are superior to frogs. Honestly, should there be a difference between a cat or a cow? I think it's horrible that any animal was hurt for no good reason (don't get me started on eating meat or killing insects that are destroying a crop harvest, notice I said "for no good reason"). Besides, he was just joking. No offense, Hik, I understand what you mean, but these are just my 2 cents.

I haven't begun driving yet. Gonna start pretty soon though, that's a scary thought. I'd feel really bad if I ran over anything.

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Lou: There's a couple of guys fighting down at the aquarium, Chief.
Wiggum: Do they still sell those frozen bananas?
Lou: I think so.
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Once I sat in the car and watched as a car coming the other way ran over a dog in the road. It was walking...just walking down the ran. Guy didn't stop, didn't even slow down. I refused to watch, or even look in the mirror.

Once I hit something in the road at night. I have no idea what. It was two dark shapes, moving along the road in front of me. I slowed down, but they dashed out in front anyway. At that speed, no way. Something tumbled and...hit...banged against the underside of the car at the front. I kept going, and didn't see anything in the rearview mirror. Too dark.

I thought I'd killed it, but on the way home the next day, there wasn't a body in the road. I hope I didn't kill it, but it's not like I'm any better for being so coldhearted about these things.

Oh, almost hit a deer once. Driving along at night, came to a curve, it was on the side of the road. Funny, it waited for the car ahead to pass before leaping out in front of me. I slowed way down, it passed, I resumed. Kinda shook up there for a moment, me and my brother.

It's...strange for me to read these little stories and debates because personally, I feel so detached when something or someone dies, and in this case, if it dies because I ran it over. Only the ones closest to me...those're the ones I cry for.

...I suppose there's not much real point to this post. It's not like it isn't anything I could've just thought over in my head instead of wasting time typing and thinking and wasting bandwidth and drive space.

So, what does this post contribute? That heartless things like this are wrong, and I'll also add that doing and saying such inconsiderate things (you know who you are), or even insinuating them, is just not something that you do for kicks. All you end up doing is hurting people, and...I think I'm one of those people. Excuse me...

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Wow Vicks you hit a cow? that must have been awful...we have ALOt of cows around my area.But I've yet to hit one. Though I've almost hit a moose before that was not fun.

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Things have not changed
You have changed

Henery David Thoreau

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Wow Vicks you hit a cow? that must have been awful...we have ALOt of cows around my area.But I've yet to hit one. Though I've almost hit a moose before that was not fun.

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I was driving with my brother and a crow hits the glass. It's not like he was speeding or anything. The crow just flew and hit us, broke the glass and just flew off.

Wait... I thought you lived in an area where there aren't any moose.

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Quote (Jlombardi13 @ 1st November 2003 01:29)

Some people prefer frogs, lots of them have them as pets. Some people hate cats. I understand where you're coming from, but I personally think your post wasn't much better because you claimed that cats are superior to frogs.

I understand that completely, but in that respect there should have been some thinking before this topic was even posted.
You can't tell me it wasn't expected for people to be offended by that.
I didn't mean to 'claim' cast superior, but they have ways of showing affection I don't think frogs have.

I'm shutting up now as this wasn't meant for a debate.

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<Tiddles> "How about ; Mozilla Xplorer & Mozilla Xpress."
<Tiddles> How about you die in a fire?

Here we go,

I've actually done some research on a lot of polytheastic (correct I hope, It's supposed to mean "many deities") religions so I hope I can correctly inform the lot of you.

Cats are concidered royalty because it was a totem animal to a goddess who loved man, her name was Bast. Her appearence was that of a cat-woman, similar to that of Anubis the jackel-headed boatman who takes men's souls to hell. In this we see the classic battle between cats and dogs. Her followers were known as bastet. That's all I can think of as of right now.

Also, I'd like to say that a cat isn't supierior to a frog, but they certainly more cuddly than somthing that has no soft fur, isn't warm and is wet most of the time.

Just a question though, how many of you people, who have run over another's pet, have stopped and apologized for that poor animal's life?

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At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)