Hullo All,
The most incredible thing happened to me yesterday :-
Whilst travelling along the motorway near Birmingham in the middle lane (traffic either side of us, 70-75 mph) a big bird (we think canadian goose) plummeted from the sky and through the widscreen, hitting me square in the face, bouncing off and into the back seat.
As you can imagine, I'm a little shaken up, and have many cuts and some bruising... but for the scale of the impact and possible consequences, I'm relatively unharmed.
Now, I have to decide what this means in terms of signs and portents as being hit by a 75mpg goose on the equinox is kinda a big one, and I also wanna know which deities to thank and which to shake my fist at - after all, I'm damn lucky to be alive, but also damn unlucky to have been in that place at that time.
For those with a morbid curiosity, and those who are budding ornithologists who might like to verify the species, I've put a flickr album up of the vehicle and bird taken outside the hospital, which was luckily 5 minutes from the point on the motorway we were at. Here's the url : http://www.flickr.com/photos/67331000@N00/sets/72157600016156618/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67331000@N00/sets/72157600016156618/)
Oh good heavens!! You are one lucky man. Makes you wonder if the Amish horse and buggy might not be such a bad idea.
Blame Loki, he's always causing trouble
Wow. I don't know wether to react sorry for you (and your car), or impressed by the fact that a canadian goose (cause I think it is too) who travels south for winter was found on the other side of the ocean, and alone on top of that!
I hope everything is fine, though. I'd hate that canadians be blamed for sending their birds overseas ;D
I find it amazing that you/ they allowed you to, brought the birds corpse with you (or so it looks) and that :-) :-D Interesting reminder of the incident. Oh and Did I mention that your the second Shard admin to be involved in a car accident that Rithik knows :-P
holy cow! ......... *not that that is the deity lol*....... but man hun..... *shakes head* glad you are ok *huggles*
We didn't have much of a choice really, the bird ended up on the back seat and only fell out when my boss went in the back to retrieve my gym bag for a change of clothes from my rather yucky ones.
Bet it was a nice surprise for your boss :-P
i hope you atleast cooked the bird and ate him up goose is supposed to be good
I say thank all the deities then shake a fist at all of them, cover your bases man. Any of them can swing a mischievous side. ;D
All I can say is OMG and WOW. I would have to say, seeing the state of your windshield, that you are very lucky indeed.
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Wow, I am glad to hear that your fine. I hope everything pans out okay for you.
Quote from: Prism on March 22, 2007, 06:56:34 PM
Wow. I don't know wether to react sorry for you (and your car), or impressed by the fact that a canadian goose (cause I think it is too) who travels south for winter was found on the other side of the ocean, and alone on top of that!
I hope everything is fine, though. I'd hate that canadians be blamed for sending their birds overseas ;D
The canada goose is actually a native of Britain now
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/c/canadagoose/index.asp
Geeze, i wonder what the insurence company will say when they see your car....
"Read the small characters at the bottom of the contract, accidents caused by canadian gooses are not covered."
Oh my stars!! That is just wild!! I'm very glad you are alright.
Take care.
~Jaz~
Welll I am glad you are OK. Such an ordeal. And expensive I am sure. Maybe its a new school for birds. "Kamakazi Geese from Over The Pond" Sounds like a great movie title. *motions to secretary* Get me tarintino and Depalma on the phone!!!
I am glad you are ok. The look of your windshield shows how devastating it could have been to you physically as well. What a story you have to tell now, although I am sure you would not have ever had the story occur in the first place. All I can say now is...
Watch out for falling geese!!
gooses? *giggles* lol........ I like getting goosed especially by Canadians *kidding ya*
Don't mess with our Geese man they fight dirty. I ran at one once to scare it away but I ended up running them are some hard pecking birds! Glad to hear your alright. Would love to call the insurance company for that. "Hi I would like to make a claim on my smashed windshield" "Alright what happened" "Oh not to much... A goose crashed through it at 75mph" "Alrighty let me just... wait what did you just say?"