My close encounter with a big funny-looking dog.

**Rain Man** · 12-01-2004, 10:45 PM

My company does a lot of different kinds of work, and one of the things we do involves standing around on street corners watching drivers.

Sometimes they're busy street corners and sometimes they're not, and today I found myself on a very quiet street corner in a residential area in the middle of Colorado Springs. Other than the occasional car, there wasn't much action since it was a little cul-de-sac area.

It was my last stop of the day, and it was getting dark. Visibility was starting to wane pretty badly, especially in areas away from the street light I was camped under.

I'm standing there all bundled up because it's cold outside, and since there aren't a lot of cars driving by I'm thinking about other things like Cheerios and those cow things on the fronts of trains. At some point I snap out of my musings, and all of a sudden something catches my eye. About 75 feet from me, just a silhouette in the darkness, is the biggest freaking dog I've ever not quite seen, standing right in the middle of the street. I kid you not - this thing was up to my chest and was built like a horse. I couldn't see anything but it's shape, but it's head was down and it was dead silent and it was coming toward me, which are three things I don't want to see in a giant dog.

The car's off to my right at about 2 o'clock in airplane terms, about 50 feet away, and it's locked. There's no way I can make a break for it since the shadow dog is coming in basically right off my prow at about 11 o'clock. All I'm holding is a clipboard and pen, and there's nothing handy in the form of rocks or sticks, and I'm really starting to sweat. It keeps moving toward me.

Well, I start sidling to my right, and pull my keys out of my pocket, and just hope that maybe it will hold off until I can sidle all the way to the car. I move right, and move right, and then suddenly I end up with the animal between me and a street light down the block.

It was a freaking deer.

It came another 20 feet or so, and then wandered off to attack a bush. That thing had me scared half to death.

**Dave Lane** · 12-01-2004, 10:51 PM

Those are cool looking up close.

Dave

Wile_E_Coyote · 12-01-2004, 11:04 PM

I would have thought the deer's hooves would have clopped on the pavement. I have never heard a deer walk on a paved road, maybe they are silent, or you thought they where claws...that would be scary as hell

Earthling · 12-01-2004, 11:11 PM

Could it have been Fi-doe??

Jenny Gump · 12-01-2004, 11:13 PM

I had a close encounter with a funny looking dog today too. Except it wasn't a dog, it was a large woman. And it wasn't a "close" encounter, but rather she walked by my office, 29 times today, with bells on her shoes.

**Rain Man** · 12-01-2004, 11:15 PM

I think this deer was female, too.

cheeeefs · 12-01-2004, 11:17 PM

oh Jenny, I feel your pain. I would have set up an ambush, tripped her annoying ass and cut off those bells with a nice pair of scissors, then thrown them out a window while I laughed maniacly and screamed

NO MORE BELLS! JUST BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN BE AN ANNOYING B|TCH!

then sat down and act like nothing out of the ordinary happened.

Brando · 12-01-2004, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyGump

I had a close encounter with a funny looking dog today too. Except it wasn't a dog, it was a large woman. And it wasn't a "close" encounter, but rather she walked by my office, 29 times today, with bells on her shoes.

Are the bells just a christmas touch or is her fashion sense as skewed as her waistline?

12-01-2004, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JennyGump

I had a close encounter with a funny looking dog today too. Except it wasn't a dog, it was a large woman. And it wasn't a "close" encounter, but rather she walked by my office, 29 times today, with bells on her shoes.

$1000 to hurt her - $10000 to make her go away.

Taco John · 12-01-2004, 11:20 PM

Your job requires you to stand on corners and count things?

Brando · 12-01-2004, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

$1000 to hurt her - $10000 to make her go away.

I've got a couple at work that I might want to take you up on.
Will you accept a six pack and a six month old bag of beef jerky as payment?

Brando · 12-01-2004, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taco John

Your job requires you to stand on corners and count things?

No one said that pimpin' was easy.

cheeeefs · 12-01-2004, 11:24 PM

Rainman is in the wierd facts business

statistics doesn't suck

12-01-2004, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brando

I've got a couple at work that I might want to take you up on.
Will you accept a six pack and a six month old bag of beef jerky as payment?

A 6 pack? That will get you the first 3 words of a mean sounding email.

**Rain Man** · 12-01-2004, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taco John

Your job requires you to stand on corners and count things?

It's a living.

12-01-2004, 10:45 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-462449 VARSITY	My close encounter with a big funny-looking dog. My company does a lot of different kinds of work, and one of the things we do involves standing around on street corners watching drivers. Sometimes they're busy street corners and sometimes they're not, and today I found myself on a very quiet street corner in a residential area in the middle of Colorado Springs. Other than the occasional car, there wasn't much action since it was a little cul-de-sac area. It was my last stop of the day, and it was getting dark. Visibility was starting to wane pretty badly, especially in areas away from the street light I was camped under. I'm standing there all bundled up because it's cold outside, and since there aren't a lot of cars driving by I'm thinking about other things like Cheerios and those cow things on the fronts of trains. At some point I snap out of my musings, and all of a sudden something catches my eye. About 75 feet from me, just a silhouette in the darkness, is the biggest freaking dog I've ever not quite seen, standing right in the middle of the street. I kid you not - this thing was up to my chest and was built like a horse. I couldn't see anything but it's shape, but it's head was down and it was dead silent and it was coming toward me, which are three things I don't want to see in a giant dog. The car's off to my right at about 2 o'clock in airplane terms, about 50 feet away, and it's locked. There's no way I can make a break for it since the shadow dog is coming in basically right off my prow at about 11 o'clock. All I'm holding is a clipboard and pen, and there's nothing handy in the form of rocks or sticks, and I'm really starting to sweat. It keeps moving toward me. Well, I start sidling to my right, and pull my keys out of my pocket, and just hope that maybe it will hold off until I can sidle all the way to the car. I move right, and move right, and then suddenly I end up with the animal between me and a street light down the block. It was a freaking deer. It came another 20 feet or so, and then wandered off to attack a bush. That thing had me scared half to death.
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12-01-2004, 10:51 PM	#2
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12-01-2004, 11:11 PM	#4
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12-01-2004, 11:17 PM	#7
cheeeefs Aishwarya Rai Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Baltimore Casino cash: $10004900	oh Jenny, I feel your pain. I would have set up an ambush, tripped her annoying ass and cut off those bells with a nice pair of scissors, then thrown them out a window while I laughed maniacly and screamed NO MORE BELLS! JUST BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN BE AN ANNOYING B\|TCH! then sat down and act like nothing out of the ordinary happened. __________________ "Yeah, I could do it. We both know you wouldn't stop me. Let's think about the logic. You create man, man suffers enormous amounts of pain, man dies. They say you rested on the seventh day, well maybe you should have spent that day on compassion."
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