Warning: THIS IS ABOUT ROADKILL. And about giving affectionate nicknames to roadkill.
Yes... I nicknamed some of the roadkill here...
One of the roads here seems to have an interesting "rule" regarding animals killed by traffic.
The rule seems to be "Move the corpse out of the lane and leave it there until we mow again."
There use to be a dead deer I nicknamed "Bag of Bones" because it finally became just that... dried up old skin and some bones laying in the median. And since the median didn't have a lot of foliage - just some weeds - they didn't bother getting rid of it until it was time to mow.
I estimate BoB was out there rotting away for maybe 2-3 months before they took him away. By the time I nicknamed him he'd finally stopped stinking... but for a while, if I had my external air on... o boy, BoB made you want to gag.
After the stench went away, I'd just look at him and say, "Bag of Booooons!" as i drove on by.
And now... now we have BoB 2.0. Well kinda. BoB2.0 is still fresh, maybe a week dead tops. The flies are still eating him. But I'm betting it will be the next mowing - or the first snow plowing - before he's gone, and by then he'll fully qualify for the BoB name.
Yes... I nicknamed some of the roadkill here...
One of the roads here seems to have an interesting "rule" regarding animals killed by traffic.
The rule seems to be "Move the corpse out of the lane and leave it there until we mow again."
There use to be a dead deer I nicknamed "Bag of Bones" because it finally became just that... dried up old skin and some bones laying in the median. And since the median didn't have a lot of foliage - just some weeds - they didn't bother getting rid of it until it was time to mow.
I estimate BoB was out there rotting away for maybe 2-3 months before they took him away. By the time I nicknamed him he'd finally stopped stinking... but for a while, if I had my external air on... o boy, BoB made you want to gag.
After the stench went away, I'd just look at him and say, "Bag of Booooons!" as i drove on by.
And now... now we have BoB 2.0. Well kinda. BoB2.0 is still fresh, maybe a week dead tops. The flies are still eating him. But I'm betting it will be the next mowing - or the first snow plowing - before he's gone, and by then he'll fully qualify for the BoB name.
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