And the message is: Why waste your time and bullets the old fashioned way.. hunt with a Hummer....catchy phrasing, and sad, yet entertaining and interesting tail, er, tale

Saw a departed fawn on the side of the road this morning. My Grandfather drove a mail route in this part of the county in the 1920's and 30's, and I bet he never saw a deer. Now they are everywhere. Not legal to shoot them in this densely populated community, so they are taken by other means.

I live in the suburbs of Sacramento near a transportation hub with high traffic and yet there are "Beware of Turky" signs everywhere! They are amazing to watch when you slam on your brakes b/c they seem totally oblivious to the road conditions any time of the year despite the roar of dense traffic!

Very good, dears.

Thanks everyone! This was supposed to be dedicated to a co-worker of mine who hit a deer a couple of summers ago up in Cleveland, but this was simmering so long in the hopper, that the dedication never got added. So this one is for you Tasha !

AFW: We introduced the concept long long ago here: url=http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/neildiamond18.shtml . Still like to revisit the theme from time to time.

Patrick: Yes! As a child growing up in my town, barely ever even saw a rabbit. Now as the factories have moved out and houses are torn down, the wilderness is coming back. Have racoons, skunks and 'possums on my porch all the time, eating the cat food, groundhogs are everywhere, and have seen deer close by in the neighborhood.

Rob: I saw some wild turkeys one day out at the cemetery! As with above comment to Patrick, it is delightful to have wildlife around.

JB: Cow Put on Grill, Doe Too

Good job on the syllable-matching! 555! I can really relate to topic as I have spent five years on a job that has me driving around town in the wee hours of the morning. Hardly a day goes by that I don't have a near miss with a deer crossing the road in front of me. A friend of mine doing the same kind of work finally quit after he hit his third deer.

If only the deer would obey the law, and cross only at those "Deer Crossing" signs... Was afraid it was going to be about hunting. Glad not. OTOH, roadkill isn't exactly all that appetizing.

Q.: What's the state animal of Georgia (US)?
A: A dead dog by the side of the road.

Really odd (and nice): seeing deer near downtown Los Angeles (Griffith Park) and during early-morning runs around the Lake Hollywood reservoir. OTOH, I see some Wild Turkey every night. ;) ... have seen peacocks and (anyone K the female of "peacock" w/o looking?) near current abode, and unrelated to NBC. Also unlike NBC, top ratings! xD

Derry and VITG: Thank you both for your votes and comments. I do a lot of hiking and always look for deer in the parks; seldom see any; however I've seen them a couple of blocks from downtown (Akron) several times in the last couple of weeks.

VITG: That would be 'peahen'. We've done a couple of hunting parodies, but then everything we do is fairly tongue in cheek. Griffith Park - know it well. Q: In what movie could you get from the Observatory to the Houdini mansion in about 30 seconds, on foot - ha ha...

"Rebel Without a Cause"? Anyway, great parody!

Congrats on "peahen"..... Re: writing tongue-in-beak: Moi's parodies of shagging sheep or my sister, smuggling "Coca Crop" into the US, nailing underage girls, working as a dishwasher (my application was turned down), losing innocence in Tijuana cathouse, latex fetish, erectile dysfunction, taking a hot date to Wal-Mart, fueling parody-writing with double-doses of amphetamines, popping cherries (all three known female commenters missed the 2-ent), wearing women's underwear, drinking lots of coffee, eating lots of ice cream, being an OB/GYN, etc. are mostly not true!

Who's in Los Angeles? I'm getting confused with all these aliases. I KNOW who ^ is, but not certain about ^X4...

POP: Thanks for the v/c. And yes, you were right on on the 'movie quiz'.

Sinatra's followup single: "I Left my Hart in San Francisco."

Merry, to whom does ^ refer? ... and esp., "*X4^" ? ... Oh, got it. ^ is "immediately above", and the other is "fourth above". And to to think that some find TT obscure... ;)

Figured no one else was weird enough to come up with either nom de pun, and if you and TT had had more intercourse on these boards, you'd be quite familiar with turtle's habit of punning on own nick, later extended to creating crazy nicks unrelated, but recognized by most -- as if the comment style (did you say, "prolixity"? ;) didn't give it away ....

"Pea-Hen....." was a congrats on vocab, while also a (lame) title switch on OS you've done recently. Kinda thought the listing of parody topics would point the way. ;) Everyone else is someone else.

Tense error from tense turtle: Should have been "have seen" (present perfect; future, not so good xD) Per AIR bio, was a working actor in El Lay area, SAG card and all, for some time ("made debut in same flick as B. Pitt", lol but true), but unfortunately, suffered from substance dependency: Urgent need to eat food two or even three times a day. Acting, voiceover, etc., just wasn't supporting that habit.

Of course, being a short, green, stumpy guy with flippers for limbs didnt' help either; this was before Nemo was found. ANY-way, moved away some years ago, but have many fond memories.


@ wandlimb: Good as usual; here TT combined four cervine refs in a single line:

I don't want girl, squirrel, moose, goose, mouse or duck
She's the only "dear" this stag-horned roe will "buck"

Merry long ago kindly v/c'd that parody (coughpipcough), but if and only if you're interested,
  http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/donmclean119.shtml

POP and Merry: Oh .... I thought it was the *Greenwich* observatory, and AFAIK, there has been only one historical figure alleged to have been capable of making that walk. Silly me ...