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Posted by Dr. DAS on Jan-10-2008 16:35:

I Killed A Rat Last Night

So, I was heading home from the studio last night, South on Vaughn Road towards St. Clair, and killed a rat.

You see, there were garbage cans laying around outside Dutch Dreams and I had to weave through them. Right as I'm walking between the cans, which had been blown by the wind into disarray, I stepped on what I thought was a branch or something - which was wierd because the sidewalk was clear when I had glanced at it moment earlier while planning my move. I turn around to see what I stepped on, and there's a grey rat, probably 10" head to tail, laying on it's side twitching and doing the funky chicken, clearly in it's death throes.

I felt kind of bad (and grossed out) so I checked my shoe to make sure I didn't have rat-spaghetti on the sole, and stood there in the cool, dark, breezy silence watching him die. I don't know why, but I felt really strange about it later on, aside from being random as hell. I used to teach wilderness survival and I've killed, skinned and eaten all manner of wild animals, but I felt really terrible the rest of the way home.

Some raccoon ate well last night. End of sharing session.

Posted by CAKE on Jan-10-2008 16:43:

Murderer!

Posted by FunkyCrew on Jan-10-2008 16:53:

bad luck for you for the whole year it's a year of a Rat (Chinese calendar)

Posted by Dr. DAS on Jan-10-2008 17:13:

quote:
Originally posted by FunkyCrew
bad luck for you for the whole year it's a year of a Rat (Chinese calendar)

I'm of English descent. I was trying to stop the plague from spreading.

Funnily enough, I as soon as I got home I threw my jeans in the wash because I got all paranoid about fleas jumping onto me during the incident.

Posted by me@t k@tie on Jan-10-2008 17:22:

Hahaha, you live around here? I could have sworn I saw you once on the 90A.

And ewww rats. I have never seen one here!

Posted by Dr. DAS on Jan-10-2008 17:32:

quote:
Originally posted by me@t k@tie
Hahaha, you live around here? I could have sworn I saw you once on the 90A.

And ewww rats. I have never seen one here!

I don't live there, but I take to 90A a few times a week to go to/from the lab. You should have said hi, I'm not so scary.

Posted by me@t k@tie on Jan-10-2008 17:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Dr. DAS
I don't live there, but I take to 90A a few times a week to go to/from the lab. You should have said hi, I'm not so scary.

YES YOU ARE!

Posted by Dr. DAS on Jan-10-2008 17:37:

quote:
Originally posted by me@t k@tie
YES YOU ARE!

Only if you're a rat, it would seem.

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Jan-10-2008 17:45:

quote:
Originally posted by FunkyCrew
it's a year of a Rat (Chinese calendar)

Not for the rat he killed.

Posted by Abercrombie on Jan-10-2008 18:21:

Vivid Boy + Deer > Dr. Das + Rat

Posted by Omega_M on Jan-10-2008 18:27:

R.I.P deadmau5

Posted by Dr. DAS on Jan-10-2008 18:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_M
R.I.P deadmau5

Sorry Joel.

Posted by NuERA on Jan-10-2008 19:38:

what kind of dumb-ass rat gets stepped on. survival of the fittest i suppose.

Posted by Dr. DAS on Jan-10-2008 20:32:

quote:
Originally posted by NuERA
what kind of dumb-ass rat gets stepped on. survival of the fittest i suppose.

I know, he must have scurried DIRECTLY under my foot, mid-step.

Run AWAY from the danger. AWAY!