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FD mate, sorry to interrupt the grieving process but really, it’s just a seagull. Rats with wings. There are millions of the blighters. Did you go home & have a nice steak dinner? Cos, you know… death happens. Nature red in tooth & claw, and all that.
Perhaps that’s harsh.
After yesterday’s outburst, I certainly can’t cast nasturtiums at Kate’s acerbic observations.
But let me just say this Mr Cartoonist…….
In 4 panels, with a few well chosen words, you’ve captured that awful sad essence of roadkill.
It’s also a brilliant piece of visual art. Kudos FD. One of your best works.
Now there is how to handle … helplessness, hopelessness, grief and existential terror, all at the same time. And look, the First Dog is even alive to draw a lucid cartoon about it.
What’s not to like about just experiencing a few yuck feelings, and moving on to hand washing? Seems perfectly human and sensible to me.
Thanks for caring for a seagull, FDOTM. Think global, act local.
Hmmm … and that reminds me. I found some humans doing something strange on the major arterial road network recently, FDOTM.
There was a big bloke redirecting the traffic at the crest of the hill. He was hard to ignore, so I slowed down. There were a bunch of cars all bunched up in the left lane on the other side.
I thought it was an accident. But it wasn’t. They were corralling a young kangaroo with the cars, and all these people were trying to gently herd it back over to the fence, so it could rejoin its mob. And presumably, not ruin one anonymous person’s day by colliding with their car. How very kind and thoughtful of those people.
Insightful masterpiece.
The moral of the story is it’s painful to care. I wish there were more people like you FD.
OK, now I feel really mean.
Big of you to say so, Kate.
You’re not mean Kate. Just a realist.
It’s actually probably for the best that the poor bugger was ‘put away’ so conclusively and swiftly. Shattered wing? No recovery from that one. It was now or soon.
Good on you for caring though.
Seagulls at night? WTF? It was probably a drugged out refugee from some all night seagull rave party. Serves it right the sick bloody perverted thing it was. Strengthened the seagull gene pool that’s what it did. good riddance, it wont be missed
Evan is correct. It’s better that the bird had a quick death. But I’m sure everyone here has gone through the same self-examination, same hope, despair, what a shit I am, that Christ it wasn’t me, I hope the guy on the bike gets his, Jesus! I hate the human race…..etc.
Seagulls at night wheel endlessly hypnotised by lights put up by us humans at a major traffic intersection near where I live.
I am so glad you didn’t leave the bird in the road. I have plastic bags in my car boot so I can pick up the cats that have been hit by cars and left in the road - I would hate to find my cat smeared up the road, bad enough it is dead.
Btw don’t forget even dying seagulls that have been hit by cars can give you a nasty jab with their beak (watch out for your eyes).