I don't think I ever shared this little anecdote, but it's something that happened to me maybe three weeks ago. I'm at home for lunch, and I pull out of our driveway to head back to the salt mine. My cell phone rings. I stop the car right in front of our neighbors' mailbox, since I am more lethal than the bird flu when I'm driving and talking. I pick up the phone, and it's the car dealership, telling me my license plates are ready to be get picked up. We're maybe ten seconds into this conversation when I see this huge, furry blur dart from someone's backyard. It heads right for my car and misses it narrowly, passing right behind the back bumper.
"HOLY CRAP," I yell into the phone. (In actuality, I screamed a great deal of profanity but I'm trying to keep this clean for the kids.) I have absolutely no idea what just happened.
The lady from the dealership springs into action. "Sir, are you okay? Are you in physical danger? Do you need me to call an ambulance?"
I turn around in my seat just quick enough to get a glimpse of the beast as it jumps over the neighbors' fence. It's a great, big, hairy thing with antlers.
Breathlessly, I exclaim into the phone, "Lady, you should've seen that deer!"
Her response: " ... Okay, well, please pick up your plates as soon as possible."
It was a wild scene. Fifty feet from my bedroom and I'm in the wild kingdom. If that doesn't vindicate my decision to carry a crossbow in my car at all times, I don't know what will.
Two other points. First, here are a few pictures from our Jamaican sojourn. If you ever wondered what I look like with suntan lotion on, now you'll know.
Second (and this is only for myself because I know I'll forget and have to search for this later), I came up with a great Halloween costume. For later reference, think "diablo sandwich".
Posted by Cody at January 16, 2006 6:44 PM