R.I.P Duck

[Luigi]

did you at least check it was dead on the way home ?

[Chillicat]

Poor duckie :cry:

We've got 'watch out for the ducks' signs by my street, as we have lots of duck families in the neighbourhood. Drivers are pretty good - seen lots of people slowing for the ducks when they're dumb enough to be sauntering across the road with their families. Haven't seen a corpse in the 3 years I've lived here. Must be duckling season too - yay!

[teamfatboy]

Proof that Wellingtonians are kind people... was driving down SH1 in the morning rush hour on the way to work, and by the end of Porirua harbour a mother-duck and all her little ducklings had found their way onto the motorway, they got just against the median barrier.

The traffic slowed, gave them room, until eventually a police car turned up, made a gap and they ALL made it safe back to the verge.

Gotta love this town, signs for the ducks, for the penguins, gotta be good karma!

[emmzies]

Proof that Wellingtonians are kind people... was driving down SH1 in the morning rush hour on the way to work, and by the end of Porirua harbour a mother-duck and all her little ducklings had found their way onto the motorway, they got just against the median barrier.

The traffic slowed, gave them room, until eventually a police car turned up, made a gap and they ALL made it safe back to the verge.

Gotta love this town, signs for the ducks, for the penguins, gotta be good karma!

Awww.... thats so heartwarming. Maybe wellingtonians do have some ounce of merit afterall.

Speaking of duck-murders...

There have been several times lately where i have been 1 second from stomping on a duckling whilst running :shock:

They are so tiny and when its dark and your running by the river and the grass is kinda long..... :doh: so easy to do. Scared the crap outta me so many times. I don't think i could ever forgive myself for personally squashing a duckling.

[Pumpupthejam]

Proof that Wellingtonians are kind people... was driving down SH1 in the morning rush hour on the way to work, and by the end of Porirua harbour a mother-duck and all her little ducklings had found their way onto the motorway, they got just against the median barrier.

The traffic slowed, gave them room, until eventually a police car turned up, made a gap and they ALL made it safe back to the verge.

Gotta love this town, signs for the ducks, for the penguins, gotta be good karma!

Awww.... thats so heartwarming. Maybe wellingtonians do have some ounce of merit afterall.

Speaking of duck-murders...

There have been several times lately where i have been 1 second from stomping on a duckling whilst running :shock:

They are so tiny and when its dark and your running by the river and the grass is kinda long..... :doh: so easy to do. Scared the crap outta me so many times. I don't think i could ever forgive myself for personally squashing a duckling.

Yeh its just so typical that those 2 ducks were crossing the road just as my car came along.

MY dad and brother asked me a few times to go hunting with them but I always declined and always said 'er I got to do something' but it was blatantly because I didnt feel comfortable killing animals just for the sake of it. My dad was always like "oh come on you big girl's blouse."

Most guys will think I'm a poof hahahaha but bollocks to it thats just how I feel about it.

[Pumpupthejam]

Proof that Wellingtonians are kind people... was driving down SH1 in the morning rush hour on the way to work, and by the end of Porirua harbour a mother-duck and all her little ducklings had found their way onto the motorway, they got just against the median barrier.

The traffic slowed, gave them room, until eventually a police car turned up, made a gap and they ALL made it safe back to the verge.

Gotta love this town, signs for the ducks, for the penguins, gotta be good karma!

You didnt write in to The Press did you about that story? I read on the letters from the public page thingy a very similar story.

[emmzies]

Yeh its just so typical that those 2 ducks were crossing the road just as my car came along.

MY dad and brother asked me a few times to go hunting with them but I always declined and always said 'er I got to do something' but it was blatantly because I didnt feel comfortable killing animals just for the sake of it. My dad was always like "oh come on you big girl's blouse."

Most guys will think I'm a poof hahahaha but bollocks to it thats just how I feel about it.

Well I for one think that is totally admirable. :notworthy: Its rare to find a guy who isn't into cruel brutality, so good on you! :nod: Stuff what everyone else says!

[thatwaslight]

Yeh its just so typical that those 2 ducks were crossing the road just as my car came along.

MY dad and brother asked me a few times to go hunting with them but I always declined and always said 'er I got to do something' but it was blatantly because I didnt feel comfortable killing animals just for the sake of it. My dad was always like "oh come on you big girl's blouse."

Most guys will think I'm a poof hahahaha but bollocks to it thats just how I feel about it.

Well I for one think that is totally admirable. :notworthy: Its rare to find a guy who isn't into cruel brutality, so good on you! :nod: Stuff what everyone else says!

killing animals is how everyone survives what do you eat for dinner? your not a man untill youve killed something

[emmzies]

killing animals is how everyone survives what do you eat for dinner? your not a man untill youve killed something

I meant killing for sport/fun/entertainment/bonding, which is the PRIMARY reason men hunt. :roll: Did you hunt for your dinner tonight?.....

[Pumpupthejam]

Yeh its just so typical that those 2 ducks were crossing the road just as my car came along.

MY dad and brother asked me a few times to go hunting with them but I always declined and always said 'er I got to do something' but it was blatantly because I didnt feel comfortable killing animals just for the sake of it. My dad was always like "oh come on you big girl's blouse."

Most guys will think I'm a poof hahahaha but bollocks to it thats just how I feel about it.

Well I for one think that is totally admirable. :notworthy: Its rare to find a guy who isn't into cruel brutality, so good on you! :nod: Stuff what everyone else says!

killing animals is how everyone survives what do you eat for dinner? your not a man untill youve killed something

LOL what a load of shit...I have a dick and I like women...there...I'm a man.

[Luigi]

killing animals is how everyone survives what do you eat for dinner? your not a man untill youve killed something

I meant killing for sport/fun/entertainment/bonding, which is the PRIMARY reason men hunt. :roll: Did you hunt for your dinner tonight?.....

:roll: :roll:

[Pumpupthejam]

It just so typical to get called a homo or poof or a pussy if your not into shit like blowing away helpless animals with a rifle or aren't into cars and motorbikes etc whatever.

[Pumpupthejam]

For all you animal lovers out there, check out this story. (Very short story lol.)

Stanley Kubrick, director of The Shining, Clockwork Orange etc, told this producer guy who travelled all the way from USA to London to see him that he couldnt see him on his day or arrival as planned as Kubrick had been up all night the previous night with a dying cat.

LMAO...now thats love.

[thatwaslight]

killing animals is how everyone survives what do you eat for dinner? your not a man untill youve killed something

I meant killing for sport/fun/entertainment/bonding, which is the PRIMARY reason men hunt. :roll: Did you hunt for your dinner tonight?.....

oh dont get me wrong i totally kill animals for all of the above reasons and i dont eat rabbits. animals hunted in nz are pests and need to be kulled. people dont realise when they sit down to dinner that animals have been slaughtered for them to enjoy a nice piece of eye fillet or lamb

[Pumpupthejam]

Also, Stanley Kubrick was so upset about a family of rabbits getting accidently killed on the set of Full Metal Jacket that he cancelled filming for the rest of the day.

Why am I telling you this? Who the f*ck knows!!!!! JUst interesting thats all.

[emmzies]

oh dont get me wrong i totally kill animals for all of the above reasons and i dont eat rabbits. animals hunted in nz are pests and need to be kulled. people dont realise when they sit down to dinner that animals have been slaughtered for them to enjoy a nice piece of eye fillet or lamb

I fully realize that. I just don't kill animals for fun. Pretty simple.

[Luigi]

oh dont get me wrong i totally kill animals for all of the above reasons and i dont eat rabbits. animals hunted in nz are pests and need to be kulled. people dont realise when they sit down to dinner that animals have been slaughtered for them to enjoy a nice piece of eye fillet or lamb

I fully realize that. I just don't kill animals for fun. Pretty simple.

dont speak too soon might squish a duckling if your not careful..

[thatwaslight]

oh dont get me wrong i totally kill animals for all of the above reasons and i dont eat rabbits. animals hunted in nz are pests and need to be kulled. people dont realise when they sit down to dinner that animals have been slaughtered for them to enjoy a nice piece of eye fillet or lamb

I fully realize that. I just don't kill animals for fun. Pretty simple.

i cannot understand this logic however.....im kidding your a girl, girls arent programmed to kill animals; thats what us cavemen are for :dancing:

[emmzies]

dont speak too soon might squish a duckling if your not careful..

....and that wouldn't be for fun.

i cannot understand this logic however.....

I don't expect a caveman to be able to understand any kind of logic, dont' worry :wink:

[Pumpupthejam]

Its pretty simple really...if you shoot animals for the sake of it, you're a dick, if you are shooting them to eat them, thats fine.

The whole 'logical' point being that there is a moral reason for you shooting animals.

[thatwaslight]

its pretty simple really if your a male and you cant kill a little rabit your a pussy. you havent tried hunting so how would you know? you might like it

[thatwaslight]

and 98 percent of hunters kill pests which need to die anyway why not have some fun along the way

[Pumpupthejam]

its pretty simple really if your a male and you cant kill a little rabit your a pussy. you havent tried hunting so how would you know? you might like it

I have tried it and I didnt like it. Shot some chickens to eat and didnt get anything from it what so ever, not my thing.

So I'm a pussy because I dont kill small little defenseless animals with a gun? Sounds like you're the pussy mate.

Now if you killed them with a spear or something other than a gun that would be impressive even tho I still dont agree with doing it just for fun/sport.

[emmzies]

Its pretty simple really...if you shoot animals for the sake of it, you're a dick, if you are shooting them to eat them, thats fine.

The whole 'logical' point being that there is a moral reason for you shooting animals.

:clap: Well put. All other arguments are shit-stirring moot points.

[Pumpupthejam]

What are classed as pests in NZ?