A dead roo and idiot driver lament on Ebden St

Masquara said :

DrKoresh said :

jdazzle said :

Ohhhh such stinging sarcasm. I’m looking up that big word certifiable now. How did you go with it?

I wasn’t being sarcastic.

I’ve just re-read the OP and I can’t see for the life of me what jdazzle has done to deserve this and no wonder he/she is biting back! Some mockery and gentle jokes about White Lady Funerals – fine! But that “certifiable” was risible and deserving of jdazzle’s scorn.

For shame, what is this thread coming to when people make threats and such 😉

jdazzle said :

Masquara said :

jdazzle said :

crappicker said :

jdazzle, I love you!

Thank you crappicker. That means a lot. I’m feeling ganged up on. Meanwhile the roo rots in gutter. And the lament remains.

Count yourself lucky that FioBla hasn’t put his or her pointy white hat on and joined this thread!

Threats. There truly is a mafia! I think the gap between the smart and stupid has just got wider. Good luck.

jdazzle said :

DrKoresh said :

jdazzle said :

Masquara said :

jdazzle said :

crappicker said :

jdazzle, I love you!

Thank you crappicker. That means a lot. I’m feeling ganged up on. Meanwhile the roo rots in gutter. And the lament remains.

Count yourself lucky that FioBla hasn’t put his or her pointy white hat on and joined this thread!

Threats. There truly is a mafia! I think the gap between the smart and stupid has just got wider. Good luck.

I think the difference between merely stupid and actually certifiable becomes more apparent with every post you make, jdazzle.

Ohhhh such stinging sarcasm. I’m looking up that big word certifiable now. How did you go with it?

Heheheh, don’t argue with the good Dr, he is 19 & knows EVERYTHING!.

DrKoresh said :

jdazzle said :

Ohhhh such stinging sarcasm. I’m looking up that big word certifiable now. How did you go with it?

I wasn’t being sarcastic.

I’ve just re-read the OP and I can’t see for the life of me what jdazzle has done to deserve this and no wonder he/she is biting back! Some mockery and gentle jokes about White Lady Funerals – fine! But that “certifiable” was risible and deserving of jdazzle’s scorn.

jdazzle said :

poetix said :

jdazzle said :

poetix said :

Mysteryman said :

…. I made sure the animals were well and truly out of their misery once I checked the occupants of my vehicles were ok. I dragged their carcasses to the side of the road so other motorists weren’t going to hit them. Same as the driver in question.

….

First time I read this I thought you meant that you dragged the carcasses of occupants of your car who weren’t so ok to the side of the road. And yourself, which must be quite difficult. (-:

I love this strange little thread. Thank you OP.

See imagination and straying off the path! People are actually making jokes! How immoral and just not done! Re don’t bother dude as the opinion mafia dunna lik it.

Don’t call me dude, dude…(-:

And I always make jokes. That is my role around these parts. Funs, puns and apostrophes.

It wasnt you I was calling dude, dude, it was the opinion mafia dude who told me to not bother cos I’m not cool – ie Pork Hunt way back this morning.

And as for your established Mr Riot Muscles joker status, ill be my own judge of that.

This is the Plan 9 from Outer Space of threads. It’s so painful it’s good.

jdazzle said :

Ohhhh such stinging sarcasm. I’m looking up that big word certifiable now. How did you go with it?

I wasn’t being sarcastic.

DrKoresh said :

jdazzle said :

Masquara said :

jdazzle said :

crappicker said :

jdazzle, I love you!

Thank you crappicker. That means a lot. I’m feeling ganged up on. Meanwhile the roo rots in gutter. And the lament remains.

Count yourself lucky that FioBla hasn’t put his or her pointy white hat on and joined this thread!

Threats. There truly is a mafia! I think the gap between the smart and stupid has just got wider. Good luck.

I think the difference between merely stupid and actually certifiable becomes more apparent with every post you make, jdazzle.

Ohhhh such stinging sarcasm. I’m looking up that big word certifiable now. How did you go with it?

poetix said :

jdazzle said :

poetix said :

Mysteryman said :

…. I made sure the animals were well and truly out of their misery once I checked the occupants of my vehicles were ok. I dragged their carcasses to the side of the road so other motorists weren’t going to hit them. Same as the driver in question.

….

First time I read this I thought you meant that you dragged the carcasses of occupants of your car who weren’t so ok to the side of the road. And yourself, which must be quite difficult. (-:

I love this strange little thread. Thank you OP.

See imagination and straying off the path! People are actually making jokes! How immoral and just not done! Re don’t bother dude as the opinion mafia dunna lik it.

Don’t call me dude, dude…(-:

And I always make jokes. That is my role around these parts. Funs, puns and apostrophes.

It wasnt you I was calling dude, dude, it was the opinion mafia dude who told me to not bother cos I’m not cool – ie Pork Hunt way back this morning.

And as for your established Mr Riot Muscles joker status, ill be my own judge of that.

poetix said :

jdazzle said :

poetix said :

Mysteryman said :

…. I made sure the animals were well and truly out of their misery once I checked the occupants of my vehicles were ok. I dragged their carcasses to the side of the road so other motorists weren’t going to hit them. Same as the driver in question.

….

First time I read this I thought you meant that you dragged the carcasses of occupants of your car who weren’t so ok to the side of the road. And yourself, which must be quite difficult. (-:

I love this strange little thread. Thank you OP.

See imagination and straying off the path! People are actually making jokes! How immoral and just not done! Re don’t bother dude as the opinion mafia dunna lik it.

Don’t call me dude, dude…(-:

And I always make jokes. That is my role around these parts. Funs, puns and apostrophes.

Good name for a book shop if you ever want to go that way…

jdazzle said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

Jdazzle,

Not sure if you are ready for the interwebs yet. You may need to go do a course?

A course? What on, and why?

jdazzle said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

Jdazzle,

Not sure if you are ready for the interwebs yet. You may need to go do a course?

A course? What on, and why?

A course so you can L2 INTERWEBS

jdazzle said :

And so endeth the tale of the dead roo and car debris on Ebden St. And I leave heartbroken that no one understands me. Again.

Goodbye RiotAct.

That post reminds me of this:
http://www.27bslash6.com/foggot.html
Read through to the end. Treat yourself.

jdazzle said :

Masquara said :

jdazzle said :

crappicker said :

jdazzle, I love you!

Thank you crappicker. That means a lot. I’m feeling ganged up on. Meanwhile the roo rots in gutter. And the lament remains.

Count yourself lucky that FioBla hasn’t put his or her pointy white hat on and joined this thread!

Threats. There truly is a mafia! I think the gap between the smart and stupid has just got wider. Good luck.

I think the difference between merely stupid and actually certifiable becomes more apparent with every post you make, jdazzle.

SheepGroper said :

Mysteryman said :

You didn’t answer the question. What was the driver supposed to do?

I thought it was common sense. If you hit a dog you should take the injured animal to a vet for treatment.

I’m betting a lot of people would just give it up as too much trouble and abandon the injured animal.

Fark that, dog can fix my fricken tail light first, then we will talk vets!

jdazzle said :

poetix said :

Mysteryman said :

…. I made sure the animals were well and truly out of their misery once I checked the occupants of my vehicles were ok. I dragged their carcasses to the side of the road so other motorists weren’t going to hit them. Same as the driver in question.

….

First time I read this I thought you meant that you dragged the carcasses of occupants of your car who weren’t so ok to the side of the road. And yourself, which must be quite difficult. (-:

I love this strange little thread. Thank you OP.

See imagination and straying off the path! People are actually making jokes! How immoral and just not done! Re don’t bother dude as the opinion mafia dunna lik it.

Don’t call me dude, dude…(-:

And I always make jokes. That is my role around these parts. Funs, puns and apostrophes.

Masquara said :

jdazzle said :

crappicker said :

jdazzle, I love you!

Thank you crappicker. That means a lot. I’m feeling ganged up on. Meanwhile the roo rots in gutter. And the lament remains.

Count yourself lucky that FioBla hasn’t put his or her pointy white hat on and joined this thread!

Threats. There truly is a mafia! I think the gap between the smart and stupid has just got wider. Good luck.

Super Troll. Bravo.

jdazzle said :

crappicker said :

jdazzle, I love you!

Thank you crappicker. That means a lot. I’m feeling ganged up on. Meanwhile the roo rots in gutter. And the lament remains.

Count yourself lucky that FioBla hasn’t put his or her pointy white hat on and joined this thread!

Mysteryman said :

SheepGroper said :

Mysteryman said :

You didn’t answer the question. What was the driver supposed to do?

I thought it was common sense. If you hit a dog you should take the injured animal to a vet for treatment.

Same with a roo. Presumably in both cases if the injuries are so severe the victim won’t survive the onus is on you to put it out of its misery, although this relies on a driver that doesn’t go into hysterics and is competent enough to diagnose the injuries and despatch the unfortunate beast in an efficient manner. And would the average driver be capable of both? Would it even be legal to carry around a large sack to restrain a thrashing beast and a weighty mallet to crack it’s skull? And ropes to tie it up for transport to the vet if it wasn’t beyond help. I’m just not sure police would believe it’s a roo roadside kit. I’ve brought injured wildlife to vets to be destroyed, but that was when they were open, not sure about after hours, and you’d have to know their number to call anyway.

http://www.tams.act.gov.au/parks-recreation/plants_and_animals/urban_wildlife/local_wildlife/kangaroos/kangaroos_and_vehicles also doesn’t give any advice beyond if the roo can’t hop away it’s done for, and you’re supposd to kill it in an unspecified manner.

I’m betting a lot of people would just give it up as too much trouble and abandon the injured animal.

You started out by saying how the driver is responsible for taking the roo to a vet (according to who, you don’t say), and then finish with saying that’s it’s probably too difficult to do so and that there probably isn’t a practical way of doing so anyway. The TAMS link you provided said “prompt euthanasia is the best response”. Obviously the answer is not what you tried to make it in the first post.

The “stricken roo” in the OP’s rant was dead. At least that’s how it sounds from the ramblings jdazzle posted. Seems like the driver did was what required despite the raving to the contrary.

I’ve hit kangaroos, wombats, and foxes before. I sure as hell wasn’t taking large, wild animals that don’t like being around humans in the back of my car to a vet that was going to give me the bill afterwards. I made sure the animals were well and truly out of their misery once I checked the occupants of my vehicles were ok. I dragged their carcasses to the side of the road so other motorists weren’t going to hit them. Same as the driver in question.

jdazzle needs to get over it and stop crying.

Come here and say that. And I never said I was crying. Didded I?

SheepGroper said :

Mysteryman said :

I’ve hit kangaroos, wombats, and foxes before. I sure as hell wasn’t taking large, wild animals that don’t like being around humans in the back of my car to a vet that was going to give me the bill afterwards.

I don’t know about ferals, but natives are treated by vets for free.

I guess better than being treated with derision and disrespect. Aye.

poetix said :

Mysteryman said :

…. I made sure the animals were well and truly out of their misery once I checked the occupants of my vehicles were ok. I dragged their carcasses to the side of the road so other motorists weren’t going to hit them. Same as the driver in question.

….

First time I read this I thought you meant that you dragged the carcasses of occupants of your car who weren’t so ok to the side of the road. And yourself, which must be quite difficult. (-:

I love this strange little thread. Thank you OP.

See imagination and straying off the path! People are actually making jokes! How immoral and just not done! Re don’t bother dude as the opinion mafia dunna lik it.

jdazzle said :

crappicker said :

jdazzle, I love you!

Thank you crappicker. That means a lot. I’m feeling ganged up on. Meanwhile the roo rots in gutter. And the lament remains.

I don’t understand why you didn’t call someone to collect it yourself? Would’ve been much faster than posting here?

Watson said :

My brain simply can’t get past the image on the idiot driver sitting on the kerb having a conversation with the dead roo, lamenting on Ebden St. Possibly about it having crap visibility and ranting residents.

I do think that calling the rangers to clean up dead wildlife (or pets) on the side of the road is a good thing to do. Especially if it is in a suburban street. They are usually quite fast too, from experience (the rangers, not the dead animals).

I don’t think you lament on something. Lament about perhaps. Unless you of course are a roo. Presumed dead but not made clear. So confusing this lawless and maverick ambiguity. What is OP?

crappicker said :

jdazzle, I love you!

Thank you crappicker. That means a lot. I’m feeling ganged up on. Meanwhile the roo rots in gutter. And the lament remains.

My brain simply can’t get past the image on the idiot driver sitting on the kerb having a conversation with the dead roo, lamenting on Ebden St. Possibly about it having crap visibility and ranting residents.

I do think that calling the rangers to clean up dead wildlife (or pets) on the side of the road is a good thing to do. Especially if it is in a suburban street. They are usually quite fast too, from experience (the rangers, not the dead animals).

jdazzle, I love you!

jdazzle said :

And so endeth the tale of the dead roo and car debris on Ebden St. And I leave heartbroken that no one understands me. Again.

Goodbye RiotAct.

No no, stay ……….PLEEEEESE?

Mysteryman said :

…. I made sure the animals were well and truly out of their misery once I checked the occupants of my vehicles were ok. I dragged their carcasses to the side of the road so other motorists weren’t going to hit them. Same as the driver in question.

….

First time I read this I thought you meant that you dragged the carcasses of occupants of your car who weren’t so ok to the side of the road. And yourself, which must be quite difficult. (-:

I love this strange little thread. Thank you OP.

Mysteryman said :

I’ve hit kangaroos, wombats, and foxes before. I sure as hell wasn’t taking large, wild animals that don’t like being around humans in the back of my car to a vet that was going to give me the bill afterwards.

I don’t know about ferals, but natives are treated by vets for free.

And so endeth the tale of the dead roo and car debris on Ebden St. And I leave heartbroken that no one understands me. Again.

Goodbye RiotAct.

SheepGroper said :

Mysteryman said :

You didn’t answer the question. What was the driver supposed to do?

I thought it was common sense. If you hit a dog you should take the injured animal to a vet for treatment.

Same with a roo. Presumably in both cases if the injuries are so severe the victim won’t survive the onus is on you to put it out of its misery, although this relies on a driver that doesn’t go into hysterics and is competent enough to diagnose the injuries and despatch the unfortunate beast in an efficient manner. And would the average driver be capable of both? Would it even be legal to carry around a large sack to restrain a thrashing beast and a weighty mallet to crack it’s skull? And ropes to tie it up for transport to the vet if it wasn’t beyond help. I’m just not sure police would believe it’s a roo roadside kit. I’ve brought injured wildlife to vets to be destroyed, but that was when they were open, not sure about after hours, and you’d have to know their number to call anyway.

http://www.tams.act.gov.au/parks-recreation/plants_and_animals/urban_wildlife/local_wildlife/kangaroos/kangaroos_and_vehicles also doesn’t give any advice beyond if the roo can’t hop away it’s done for, and you’re supposd to kill it in an unspecified manner.

I’m betting a lot of people would just give it up as too much trouble and abandon the injured animal.

You started out by saying how the driver is responsible for taking the roo to a vet (according to who, you don’t say), and then finish with saying that’s it’s probably too difficult to do so and that there probably isn’t a practical way of doing so anyway. The TAMS link you provided said “prompt euthanasia is the best response”. Obviously the answer is not what you tried to make it in the first post.

The “stricken roo” in the OP’s rant was dead. At least that’s how it sounds from the ramblings jdazzle posted. Seems like the driver did was what required despite the raving to the contrary.

I’ve hit kangaroos, wombats, and foxes before. I sure as hell wasn’t taking large, wild animals that don’t like being around humans in the back of my car to a vet that was going to give me the bill afterwards. I made sure the animals were well and truly out of their misery once I checked the occupants of my vehicles were ok. I dragged their carcasses to the side of the road so other motorists weren’t going to hit them. Same as the driver in question.

jdazzle needs to get over it and stop crying.

Pork Hunt said :

jdazzle said :

funbutalsoserious said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

Jdazzle,

Not sure if you are ready for the interwebs yet. You may need to go do a course?

+1 for the above comment. Jdazzle I think you should step away from the computer

?? Why? Do you have some moral majority on opinion?

I think they are suggesting that if you cannot communicate in a style that is easily understood and unambiguous then you should not bother.

‘they’? Ohh – the invisible hand of popularist deemed acceptable code of conduct. I thought everyone was equal and deserved the same respect? The power of the closed ranks majority. Ok – got it. I’m stopping before I weep some more about the state of Australia’s supposed intellectual and outward thinking community.

jdazzle said :

funbutalsoserious said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

Jdazzle,

Not sure if you are ready for the interwebs yet. You may need to go do a course?

+1 for the above comment. Jdazzle I think you should step away from the computer

?? Why? Do you have some moral majority on opinion?

I think they are suggesting that if you cannot communicate in a style that is easily understood and unambiguous then you should not bother.

funbutalsoserious said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

Jdazzle,

Not sure if you are ready for the interwebs yet. You may need to go do a course?

+1 for the above comment. Jdazzle I think you should step away from the computer

?? Why? Do you have some moral majority on opinion?

SheepGroper said :

Mysteryman said :

You didn’t answer the question. What was the driver supposed to do?

I thought it was common sense. If you hit a dog you should take the injured animal to a vet for treatment.

Same with a roo. Presumably in both cases if the injuries are so severe the victim won’t survive the onus is on you to put it out of its misery, although this relies on a driver that doesn’t go into hysterics and is competent enough to diagnose the injuries and despatch the unfortunate beast in an efficient manner. And would the average driver be capable of both? Would it even be legal to carry around a large sack to restrain a thrashing beast and a weighty mallet to crack it’s skull? And ropes to tie it up for transport to the vet if it wasn’t beyond help. I’m just not sure police would believe it’s a roo roadside kit. I’ve brought injured wildlife to vets to be destroyed, but that was when they were open, not sure about after hours, and you’d have to know their number to call anyway.

http://www.tams.act.gov.au/parks-recreation/plants_and_animals/urban_wildlife/local_wildlife/kangaroos/kangaroos_and_vehicles also doesn’t give any advice beyond if the roo can’t hop away it’s done for, and you’re supposd to kill it in an unspecified manner.

I’m betting a lot of people would just give it up as too much trouble and abandon the injured animal.

Good on you SheepGroper. And what a great name. Not so much give up as not care, or not even think to care. But anyway, society, a hideously ignorant and thoughtless place. I wont start. I won’t.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

Jdazzle,

Not sure if you are ready for the interwebs yet. You may need to go do a course?

+1 for the above comment. Jdazzle I think you should step away from the computer

Mysteryman said :

You didn’t answer the question. What was the driver supposed to do?

I thought it was common sense. If you hit a dog you should take the injured animal to a vet for treatment.

Same with a roo. Presumably in both cases if the injuries are so severe the victim won’t survive the onus is on you to put it out of its misery, although this relies on a driver that doesn’t go into hysterics and is competent enough to diagnose the injuries and despatch the unfortunate beast in an efficient manner. And would the average driver be capable of both? Would it even be legal to carry around a large sack to restrain a thrashing beast and a weighty mallet to crack it’s skull? And ropes to tie it up for transport to the vet if it wasn’t beyond help. I’m just not sure police would believe it’s a roo roadside kit. I’ve brought injured wildlife to vets to be destroyed, but that was when they were open, not sure about after hours, and you’d have to know their number to call anyway.

http://www.tams.act.gov.au/parks-recreation/plants_and_animals/urban_wildlife/local_wildlife/kangaroos/kangaroos_and_vehicles also doesn’t give any advice beyond if the roo can’t hop away it’s done for, and you’re supposd to kill it in an unspecified manner.

I’m betting a lot of people would just give it up as too much trouble and abandon the injured animal.

ToastFliesRED said :

jdazzle said :

No flowers, please, just high vis night coats for wildlife. Orange. Yellow. Even Green ok.

Hey jdazzle, I think you’re on to something here. Definitely no flowers, these bastard freeloading animals would probably just eat them anyway (ie the animal rellies attending the scene, not the dead one itself). Colour coded high vis vests, or at least paint, is a great idea, colours like green for those animals you can hit that will cause little damage to your vehicle or life through to flouro red for mobile launching ramps like wombats (thanks to Douglas Adams for the description) and of course traditional black, especially at night for the more undesirable individuals in our society.

/joke

I like your thinking. Let’s meet out at working gear and see if we can cut a deal..

bigfeet said :

jdazzle said :

Wow what a bunch of literal, unimaginative, impassionate wowsers.

‘we’ was for dramatic effect as ‘I’ sounded supercilious, the DNA sample thing was if the driver had touched the kangaroo – but actually really part of the narrative, the lament concerns the irresponsibility of the driver to not hang around not even for a minute – it was my neighbour who checked the kangaroo was actually dead and didn’t have a joey, and what else…

I would pick up the bits of scattered car just because I would. And come back and rake and re-seed the nature strip the next day. Joke. Derr. And who cares whose it is (nature strip)? Ohh deary the old dismissive individualism. There are street lights even in the dark wilderness of Ainslie. And concerned neighbours with torches.
And who to ring? For God’s sake. Canberra Connect would be a good place to start?

Look after wildlife, think less about yourself. This bit is the Moral of It.

Could someone please translate this (and jadazzle’s further posts) to English for me? Thanks.

I think jdazzle is retiring from public life until that Gonski Education thing kicks in.

Mysteryman said :

SheepGroper said :

Affirmative Action Man said :

Reading this stuff on Riot Act is one of the few things that keeps me going through a bleak Canberra Winter. Best larf I’ve had in a month. What was the driver supposed to do if the roo was alive – give it mouth to mouth.

Probably the same thing if the driver had run into someone’s dog. Don’t the road rules require the driver to take responsibility for what they’ve done?

You didn’t answer the question. What was the driver supposed to do?

Is you the same as we or us? I’m confused.

SheepGroper said :

Affirmative Action Man said :

Reading this stuff on Riot Act is one of the few things that keeps me going through a bleak Canberra Winter. Best larf I’ve had in a month. What was the driver supposed to do if the roo was alive – give it mouth to mouth.

Probably the same thing if the driver had run into someone’s dog. Don’t the road rules require the driver to take responsibility for what they’ve done?

Umm- isnt that step one of being allowed on the road?

guinness said :

Used to be a two post was deemed a nut bag .. What would a six post be? Six post Howling bronzed up bat shit crazy?

Ahh the power of the majority. Judgement, how I love it.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

Jdazzle,

Not sure if you are ready for the interwebs yet. You may need to go do a course?

A course? What on, and why?

jdazzle said :

No flowers, please, just high vis night coats for wildlife. Orange. Yellow. Even Green ok.

Hey jdazzle, I think you’re on to something here. Definitely no flowers, these bastard freeloading animals would probably just eat them anyway (ie the animal rellies attending the scene, not the dead one itself). Colour coded high vis vests, or at least paint, is a great idea, colours like green for those animals you can hit that will cause little damage to your vehicle or life through to flouro red for mobile launching ramps like wombats (thanks to Douglas Adams for the description) and of course traditional black, especially at night for the more undesirable individuals in our society.

/joke

SheepGroper said :

Affirmative Action Man said :

Reading this stuff on Riot Act is one of the few things that keeps me going through a bleak Canberra Winter. Best larf I’ve had in a month. What was the driver supposed to do if the roo was alive – give it mouth to mouth.

Probably the same thing if the driver had run into someone’s dog. Don’t the road rules require the driver to take responsibility for what they’ve done?

You didn’t answer the question. What was the driver supposed to do?

Affirmative Action Man said :

Reading this stuff on Riot Act is one of the few things that keeps me going through a bleak Canberra Winter. Best larf I’ve had in a month. What was the driver supposed to do if the roo was alive – give it mouth to mouth.

Probably the same thing if the driver had run into someone’s dog. Don’t the road rules require the driver to take responsibility for what they’ve done?

jdazzle said :

Wow what a bunch of literal, unimaginative, impassionate wowsers.

‘we’ was for dramatic effect as ‘I’ sounded supercilious, the DNA sample thing was if the driver had touched the kangaroo – but actually really part of the narrative, the lament concerns the irresponsibility of the driver to not hang around not even for a minute – it was my neighbour who checked the kangaroo was actually dead and didn’t have a joey, and what else…

I would pick up the bits of scattered car just because I would. And come back and rake and re-seed the nature strip the next day. Joke. Derr. And who cares whose it is (nature strip)? Ohh deary the old dismissive individualism. There are street lights even in the dark wilderness of Ainslie. And concerned neighbours with torches.
And who to ring? For God’s sake. Canberra Connect would be a good place to start?

Look after wildlife, think less about yourself. This bit is the Moral of It.

Could someone please translate this (and jadazzle’s further posts) to English for me? Thanks.

Used to be a two post was deemed a nut bag .. What would a six post be? Six post Howling bronzed up bat shit crazy?

And I don’t really understand the responses.. Maybe it’s me..

Reading this stuff on Riot Act is one of the few things that keeps me going through a bleak Canberra Winter. Best larf I’ve had in a month. What was the driver supposed to do if the roo was alive – give it mouth to mouth.

Rollersk8r said :

So what happened next? The roo wasn’t dead? You killed it?

Look, I’m not defending the driver but hitting a roo can be quite distressing. Assuming it was dark it’s not easy to pick up every last piece of plastic – plus I wouldn’t know who to call about the roo.

It was a plant. We breed them out back. Covert. Cover up. Scatter our own cars bits. We. Ours.

Jdazzle,

Not sure if you are ready for the interwebs yet. You may need to go do a course?

magiccar9 said :

Perhaps he moved it to the gutter from the middle of the road. Those things look heavy, I know I couldn’t move one very far if required.
Did you want him to rake you nature strip (which technically isn’t yours) for you? And while he was at it he could sweep your front porch for you.

Seriously, if picking up a few bits of plastic/glass is the worst thing in your life then you’ve got things pretty good.

Actually Id rather the rubble moved from the back yard. But ok to porch.

tuco said :

Who is doing the lamenting here? The roo? The idiot driver? Or is a lamentation for the dead roo? Or the driver?

So many questions.

Maybe all. Problem? Culture is only made richer through multiple interpretations. Don’t you think?

Roundhead89 said :

DNA samples from the roo? What are you supposed to do when you run into one of these pests? Put a death notice in The Canberra Times and phone Tobin Brothers? I’ve read some ridiculous posts on RA over the years but this takes the cake.

Please, White Lady Funerals. No flowers, please, just high vis night coats for wildlife. Orange. Yellow. Even Green ok.

Spykler said :

‘we will track you down’- ‘We’ as in the people who live in your home or the covert group you belong to that has invested in this as unheard of futuristic technology that allows you to do so?

Yes. Of course. Covert group.

Wow what a bunch of literal, unimaginative, impassionate wowsers.

‘we’ was for dramatic effect as ‘I’ sounded supercilious, the DNA sample thing was if the driver had touched the kangaroo – but actually really part of the narrative, the lament concerns the irresponsibility of the driver to not hang around not even for a minute – it was my neighbour who checked the kangaroo was actually dead and didn’t have a joey, and what else…

I would pick up the bits of scattered car just because I would. And come back and rake and re-seed the nature strip the next day. Joke. Derr. And who cares whose it is (nature strip)? Ohh deary the old dismissive individualism. There are street lights even in the dark wilderness of Ainslie. And concerned neighbours with torches.
And who to ring? For God’s sake. Canberra Connect would be a good place to start?

Look after wildlife, think less about yourself. This bit is the Moral of It.

DNA samples from the roo? What are you supposed to do when you run into one of these pests? Put a death notice in The Canberra Times and phone Tobin Brothers? I’ve read some ridiculous posts on RA over the years but this takes the cake.

bundah said :

Rollersk8r said :

So what happened next? The roo wasn’t dead? You killed it?

Look, I’m not defending the driver but hitting a roo can be quite distressing. Assuming it was dark it’s not easy to pick up every last piece of plastic – plus I wouldn’t know who to call about the roo.

Meals on wheels?

Me, I would put it in the freezer…….

You can ring Canberra Connect and ask them to send a Ranger out to pick up the carcass.

Rollersk8r said :

So what happened next? The roo wasn’t dead? You killed it?

Look, I’m not defending the driver but hitting a roo can be quite distressing. Assuming it was dark it’s not easy to pick up every last piece of plastic – plus I wouldn’t know who to call about the roo.

Meals on wheels?

Perhaps he moved it to the gutter from the middle of the road. Those things look heavy, I know I couldn’t move one very far if required.
Did you want him to rake you nature strip (which technically isn’t yours) for you? And while he was at it he could sweep your front porch for you.

Seriously, if picking up a few bits of plastic/glass is the worst thing in your life then you’ve got things pretty good.

Who is doing the lamenting here? The roo? The idiot driver? Or is a lamentation for the dead roo? Or the driver?

So many questions.

So what happened next? The roo wasn’t dead? You killed it?

Look, I’m not defending the driver but hitting a roo can be quite distressing. Assuming it was dark it’s not easy to pick up every last piece of plastic – plus I wouldn’t know who to call about the roo.

‘we will track you down’- ‘We’ as in the people who live in your home or the covert group you belong to that has invested in this as unheard of futuristic technology that allows you to do so?

You can track people down from their DNA samples?