Posted on 07/25/2015 1:15:36 PM PDT by TurboZamboni
The ducks, even the ducklings, are expendable. That’s the difficult message from the Minnesota State Patrol in response to a hair-raising video of cars swerving and slamming on the brakes on Interstate 35W to spare a line of ducks waddling across the highway. “I watched that video and I cringed,” said Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Tiffani Nielson. “People should not stop on the freeway for ducks.” Nielson knows her advice will not be popular with people who think the motorists did the right thing to avoid the birds. “It’s definitely a touchy subject … It’s not very kind, but the risk of a crash is high,” Nielson said. The video, captured by state DOT cameras along I-35W at Hwy. 10 in Mounds View, went viral Wednesday, since it showed a minor miracle of happenstance in which no birds or people were injured.
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Don’t we have a deal with the pigeons?
Ducks you can eat.
Motorists not so much.
You, sir, have won the internet this date. Take a bow.
Speed 4: Minnesota Mayhem!
“If we slow down, we’ll die! So we have to go faster!”
*Keanu Reeves ignites rocket boosters on bus roof, deer gets obliterated in a red haze*
Yay!! There’s so many people to thank.....
Classic...
Then one day on the interstate
They suddenly lose control
They swerve to miss a baby duck
They’re squashed beneath a produce truck
But they drove with pride...
And as the crowds drive past a little flat car
You know they saved a lot of gas
But they didnt get far
In a Yugo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRiCm6EJxoI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8JjVLGhbA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3GoCzRHhJg <-—hilarious, has audio of Obams speaking BS as a deer suicides on the semi..
There’s nothing more enjoyable than the aroma in the garage after hitting a skunk.
In the world of government types, people are also expendable.....make no mistake about it.
you know why there are real window heaters in a YUGO?
To keep your hands warm while your pushing!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqTKZgEW8pM
About 1:18 for the quoted part, the whole thing is “interes
ting”
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
One of life’s simple pleasures is a large deer in your lap. Although the cost of windshield replacement and bodywork puts somewhat of a damper on it being more popular.
My pickup can handle ducks. Now a bison, maybe not.
Unless it’s a moose or elk. Definitely brake for them.
A family acquaintance was driving a moterhome somewhere in the NW and ended up hitting an elk. It broke the motor from the motor mounts as the motorhome rolled and the engine crushed the guy. I’m sure a moose would pack and even bigger wallop.
Another friend was driving around a curve in the CA desert and sideswiped a horse. Amazing enough the horse got up and ran away. The car, not so much.
Enter the Grill Guard and Custom Bumper.
Check the Dowry list, we’re registered with several local shops.
MIRANDA: Doctor, is the squirrel going to live?
DOCTOR: There’s been massive trauma. We could of course try to save him but it would be costly, difficult and we’d have to send away for some special really tiny instruments.
GEORGE: Well, uh, are there any other options?
DOCTOR: We could put him to sleep.
GEORGE: What might that cost?
DOCTOR: Well, it’s by the pound. So ... about 80 cents.
Sadly Buick 3.8 Turbos don’t have them as optional equipment.
I will say the next antlered rat met with a bumper made of welded 4 inch square tube steel on an F350 on 40 in Mudders.
Didn’t enter the cab. We saved about 20 pounds of Venison. The rest was pulp.
Coyote bait, we call it.
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