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How dangerous are rabbits?

post #1 of 42
7/18/07 at 7:09pm
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Hi,
There are dozens of rabbits along my favorite run. I whistle or ring
my bell to clear the path, but I guess inevitably one day I will hit
one.That won't be very good for the rabbit but how risky is it for me?

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post #2 of 42
7/18/07 at 7:29pm

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:09:44 -0700, zzapper <zzapper@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>There are dozens of rabbits along my favorite run. I whistle or ring
>my bell to clear the path, but I guess inevitably one day I will hit
>one.That won't be very good for the rabbit but how risky is it for me?

Richond Park has a perticularly wonderful downhill bordered by
rabbit-infested bracken on either side. When our daughter was
bike-seat-sized, I whizzed down it, and of course a rabbit wandered onto
the Tamsin Trail. It was a choice between a crash with the baby, or
rabbit stew. Thump thump went the wheels, and I couldn't stop neither,
so missed out on the stew. I still feel guilty about it.
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post #3 of 42
7/18/07 at 7:50pm

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

zzapper wrote:
> Hi,
> There are dozens of rabbits along my favorite run. I whistle or ring
> my bell to clear the path, but I guess inevitably one day I will hit
> one.That won't be very good for the rabbit but how risky is it for me?


When I was a child I kept a had a couple of pet bunnies.
One of them made General Woundwort look like a passavist.
The other was as calm as anything.

btw if you do kill one, you have to be careful how you
prepare it for cooking.
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post #4 of 42
7/18/07 at 7:54pm

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

vernon wrote:
> "zzapper" <zzapper@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1184796584.849576.192600@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi,
>> There are dozens of rabbits along my favorite run. I whistle or ring
>> my bell to clear the path, but I guess inevitably one day I will hit
>> one.That won't be very good for the rabbit but how risky is it for me?
>>
> Depends...

http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail-21.htm
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post #5 of 42
7/18/07 at 8:09pm

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

zzapper wrote:
> Hi,
> There are dozens of rabbits along my favorite run. I whistle or ring
> my bell to clear the path, but I guess inevitably one day I will hit
> one.That won't be very good for the rabbit but how risky is it for me?
>
They're remarkably delicate. You'll just cut them in half. You won't be
upset unless you lose your mental equilibrium.
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post #6 of 42
7/19/07 at 4:13am

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

zzapper said the following on 18/07/2007 23:09:
> Hi,
> There are dozens of rabbits along my favorite run. I whistle or ring
> my bell to clear the path, but I guess inevitably one day I will hit
> one.That won't be very good for the rabbit but how risky is it for me?

Depends on whether you cook it properly or not, I guess :-)

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Paul Boyd
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post #7 of 42
7/19/07 at 4:29am

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

As someone else has said you'll probably end up with two half rabbits and a messy wheel. And I doubt if you'll even lose much speed, unlike the poor sod on the TdF who hit a bloody great dog.



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Originally Posted by zzapper
Hi,
There are dozens of rabbits along my favorite run. I whistle or ring
my bell to clear the path, but I guess inevitably one day I will hit
one.That won't be very good for the rabbit but how risky is it for me?

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zzapper

http://SuccessTheory.com/tips/
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post #8 of 42
7/19/07 at 9:47am

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

Marc Brett wrote:
> Richond Park has a perticularly wonderful downhill bordered by
> rabbit-infested bracken on either side. When our daughter was
> bike-seat-sized, I whizzed down it, and of course a rabbit wandered
> onto the Tamsin Trail. It was a choice between a crash with the
> baby, or rabbit stew. Thump thump went the wheels, and I couldn't
> stop neither, so missed out on the stew. I still feel guilty about
> it.

Don't feel guilty, just be thankful it was not a 7 point stag!

pk
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post #9 of 42
7/19/07 at 10:23am

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

Marc Brett said the following on 18/07/2007 23:29:

> Richond Park has a perticularly wonderful downhill bordered by
> rabbit-infested bracken on either side. When our daughter was
> bike-seat-sized, I whizzed down it, and of course a rabbit wandered onto
> the Tamsin Trail. It was a choice between a crash with the baby, or
> rabbit stew. Thump thump went the wheels, and I couldn't stop neither,
> so missed out on the stew. I still feel guilty about it.

I had a squirrel dash into my front wheel once when I was doing a
reasonable speed - I actually heard the spokes twang! I stopped, looked
back, and there was the squirrel sitting in the path with a "WTF?"
expression on his face. Then he scampered off!

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Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/
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post #10 of 42
7/19/07 at 10:41am

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

Paul Boyd <usenet.dont.work@plusnet> wrote:

> Marc Brett said the following on 18/07/2007 23:29:
>
> > Richond Park has a perticularly wonderful downhill bordered by
> > rabbit-infested bracken on either side. When our daughter was
> > bike-seat-sized, I whizzed down it, and of course a rabbit wandered onto
> > the Tamsin Trail. It was a choice between a crash with the baby, or
> > rabbit stew. Thump thump went the wheels, and I couldn't stop neither,
> > so missed out on the stew. I still feel guilty about it.
>
> I had a squirrel dash into my front wheel once when I was doing a
> reasonable speed - I actually heard the spokes twang! I stopped, looked
> back, and there was the squirrel sitting in the path with a "WTF?"
> expression on his face. Then he scampered off!


i did hear that one of the blokes from school driving prob too fast in
the lanes hit a ram, which the car bonnet folded around and then got up
and gave him a look and wandered off.

roger
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post #11 of 42
7/19/07 at 10:41am

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

zzapper <zzapper@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> There are dozens of rabbits along my favorite run. I whistle or ring
> my bell to clear the path, but I guess inevitably one day I will hit
> one.That won't be very good for the rabbit but how risky is it for me?
>
> --
> zzapper
>
> http://SuccessTheory.com/tips/

probably fine depending on speed and bike, rabbit would be a few pounds
at most.

roger
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post #12 of 42
7/19/07 at 10:53am

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

Roger Merriman wrote:
>
>
> i did hear that one of the blokes from school driving prob too fast in
> the lanes hit a ram, which the car bonnet folded around and then got up
> and gave him a look and wandered off.
>

I can beat that. Many moons ago when I was doing some consulting for
Portals (the bank note paper people) they showed me one of their rep
cars that had a hemi-cylindrical indentation across the roof. The rep
had been driving down one of those high sided narrow country lanes when
there was a big bang and the roof caved in. He stopped and got out of
the car to find a horse straddled across the roof, front legs one side,
rear legs the other and complete with very embarrassed rider in the
saddle. Moral of the story: Don't jump a hedge unless you know what's
on the other side.

Tony
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post #13 of 42
7/19/07 at 10:59am

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

Paul Boyd wrote:

>I had a squirrel dash into my front wheel once when I was doing a
>reasonable speed - I actually heard the spokes twang! I stopped, looked
>back, and there was the squirrel sitting in the path with a "WTF?"
>expression on his face. Then he scampered off!

He as lucky!!!

http://unix.rulez.org/~calver/pictur...irrel_bike.jpg

Not for the squeamish!!!

--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
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post #14 of 42
7/19/07 at 11:14am

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

Tony Raven <traven@gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:

> Roger Merriman wrote:
> >
> >
> > i did hear that one of the blokes from school driving prob too fast in
> > the lanes hit a ram, which the car bonnet folded around and then got up
> > and gave him a look and wandered off.
> >
>
> I can beat that. Many moons ago when I was doing some consulting for
> Portals (the bank note paper people) they showed me one of their rep
> cars that had a hemi-cylindrical indentation across the roof. The rep
> had been driving down one of those high sided narrow country lanes when
> there was a big bang and the roof caved in. He stopped and got out of
> the car to find a horse straddled across the roof, front legs one side,
> rear legs the other and complete with very embarrassed rider in the
> saddle. Moral of the story: Don't jump a hedge unless you know what's
> on the other side.
>
> Tony

yup rather have!

roger
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post #15 of 42
7/19/07 at 11:57am

Re: How dangerous are rabbits?

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:59:56 +0100 someone who may be Phil Cook
<phil@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote this:-

>http://unix.rulez.org/~calver/pictur...irrel_bike.jpg

That's the way to deal with squirrels. Pity it was a red one.


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