It was nice weather outside so I went to the beach. On my way back, I was stopped at a light in the front of the line. The light turned green so I went. Right after passing the intersection, a big ass dog (rott) that was leashed to a 10 foot palm tree yanked on his leash hard enough to rip the palm tree out of the ground by it's roots. As I saw this I stopped and the dog ran past my car with the palm tree still attached to the leash. The palm tree barely brushed my car leaving some not so noticable scratches on my right fender. They'll probably come out with a good waxing, but that was the first time I've been hit by an inanimate object. Talk about my bad luck. Thankfully it didn't do any real damage.

David

[Edited by almilli on 04-14-2001 at 05:32 PM]

 

Gotta tie those Rott's to bigger trees.
Don

 

Must have been a really small palm tree!

 

Yeah it was still a baby. It was about 10 ft tall though, but the base diameter was just under 1 foot.

David

 

I'm glad that it wasn't serious but I'll bet your insurance agent would have enjoyed reading that accident report!

 

Bummah, this happen on Friday the 13th? Weren't Rotties the keepers of the gates of Hell? bad combo Good Friday and Friday the 13th!!!

 

I swear I had nothing to do with this.

 

Sorry about the scratches. All of my scratches were done by me, and I regret every one. It would be $300 for repainting my scratched parts.

FWIW, I'd say all living palm trees are animate. This tree was VERY animate.

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details, details.
David

 

LOL, well, if I don't have anything to say, I still find a way of saying it...