tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906672230051656220.post963853477986523906..comments2023-11-03T07:23:42.866-05:00Comments on Iguana Banana: damnIguana Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10784788414256458757noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906672230051656220.post-7809477220440304142008-11-26T15:10:00.000-06:002008-11-26T15:10:00.000-06:00I'm shaky just reading about it...can't imagine ho...I'm shaky just reading about it...can't imagine how scary it must have been. I just called to wish a happy thanksgiving...and checked your blog to see how you're doing...Good gracious!!! How awful! I am SO sorry!!! Thank goodness you're all okay!!! What a stinky way to end such a fun trip. Oh my oh my oh my!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Bethany (across the road)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906672230051656220.post-74341913244427368932008-11-26T10:45:00.000-06:002008-11-26T10:45:00.000-06:00I'm very glad to hear you weren't injured!It used ...I'm very glad to hear you weren't injured!<BR/><BR/>It used to be in a part of rural Michigan that there was a call out list of people who would come and pick up fresh deer who had been hit. The deer would be butchered and the meat given to local elderly in need. I don't know if they still do that, or if it was ever *really* legal, but it feed a lot of people who otherwise had trouble buying Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906672230051656220.post-38754332819884689772008-11-25T21:39:00.000-06:002008-11-25T21:39:00.000-06:00Well, you know why they want you to "drive straigh...Well, you know why they want you to "drive straight and hit the deer?" It's two fold: 1) you're less likely to endanger someone else by swerving the wrong way. 2) If you DO swerve, miss or just clip the deer, and damage the car anyway? Insurance says Toughalucka - and so does the police officer who wants to know why you are face planted into that tree... "I don't see a deer, walk this line Pyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966828527733918461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906672230051656220.post-51900948208416796412008-11-25T14:56:00.000-06:002008-11-25T14:56:00.000-06:00"D'oh! A deer!" (?)I'll chime in with the others ..."D'oh! A deer!" (?)<BR/><BR/>I'll chime in with the others -- Thank God y'all are OK!Ahnaloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13869443081771774800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906672230051656220.post-14039226349640732232008-11-25T11:32:00.000-06:002008-11-25T11:32:00.000-06:00OMG! I know just how you feel having hit one last...OMG! I know just how you feel having hit one last winter. All that talk they drum into us on the news about staying steady and just hit it instead of swerving kicked right in and I did it without hesitation. I felt awful and cried as I watched the deer lay there and struggle in his last breaths of life. I called the police to come and put him out of his misery, but he mercifully died before Nonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403877427531787174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906672230051656220.post-38885547130744604642008-11-25T09:32:00.000-06:002008-11-25T09:32:00.000-06:00here in texas, when traveling on any road other th...here in texas, when traveling on any road other than a major highway at night, the threat of deer is constant. when one learns to drive here, they are given instructions on how to hit a deer. "do not swerve. brake a bit and hit." you guys did it right...thank goodness. so happy it all turned out ok. whew.<BR/><BR/>and yum, deer sausage.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05716215892504806470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906672230051656220.post-31351740391769412992008-11-25T01:46:00.000-06:002008-11-25T01:46:00.000-06:00PyeI guess you'd be one of the few people that act...Pye<BR/>I guess you'd be one of the few people that actually understood this little anecdote: "So, did you put those deer in the back of your car and bring 'em home? Venison rocks, man! Like, all the hard work is done - they're dead. Know what I mean?"<BR/>:-)<BR/>Many, many people have responded when we've told the deer v. car story. Now I know why. It's the corn.Iguana Bananahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10784788414256458757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906672230051656220.post-72068757727440007022008-11-24T22:38:00.000-06:002008-11-24T22:38:00.000-06:00Yah, deer in Wisconsin are plentiful and prone to ...Yah, deer in Wisconsin are plentiful and prone to crossing the roads at night. Glad to hear you made it O.K.<BR/><BR/>When I lived there, the rule about does vs bucks was not in place yet - guess the population has thrived in spite of the hunting ...<BR/><BR/>Venison is highly prized as well, the joke goes that "Wisconsin deer are better than beef because they're Corn fed" due to the Pyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966828527733918461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906672230051656220.post-8522306255855452352008-11-24T15:54:00.000-06:002008-11-24T15:54:00.000-06:00thank God!thank God!. . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/18250552123712604320noreply@blogger.com