Saturday, September 09, 2006

Suicide Commando

I can't deny it anymore., yes it was me. I did it on my own and without any sense of guilt whatsoever. It's not my fault that the bloody animal was suicidal and decided to leap under the rear wheels of a Defender 90. Still you have to admit that the tread pattern from an Avon Rangemaster (there's the advert now where's my royalty payment like a free set of tyres) does set off a tabby pelt quite nicely. I just wish that the creature had not decided to commit the act in the middle of High Road Seven Kings with a considerable audience - it makes you look like a complete bastard, but hey I'm not going to do an emergency stop with a big red bus right behind me.
Now I don't know if I'm alone in this but I do seem to get more than my fair share of encounters with wildlife - so far one pigeon, two cats, a squirrel, countless large insects that explode all over the windscreen on impact (thus rendering you temporarily blind), a number of now not-so-fluffy bunnies and a muntjack. I've decided to paint the kills on the door in the style of the air aces of the Battle of Britain. Anybody got a stencil for a pizza delivery scooter?

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