The universe is a real hateful fucking bitch sometimes.

[BreweryYardRat]

I was driving home late Thursday night, and nearly hit a possum on my street. I saw his head reflecting my lights and stopped about 20 feet away. He scuttled off and I promptly forgot about the incident.

Until this morning, when I found what looked like the same possum dead in the exact same spot. I stopped the car (and probably damaged my transmission by slamming it into park before the car had fully stopped) and got out to check on him, hoping he was just injured or faking it.

No good. He was already stiff. No breathing, eyes glazed. I picked him up, moved him off the road, and put him under an oak tree.

What really pisses me off: My street is located between two major roads, and people cut through it all the time, doing 40-45 in a 25 zone. That little possum died just because some fucking asshole wanted to shave a whole extra minute off his travel time.

I save his life, and some stupid motherfucker kills him a night later.

Yet more proof that there is no justice in this miserable fucking universe of ours.

...

Goddamn, I'm tearing up here in Barnes and Noble. I'd better stop.

[skygazer]

1. That's a bummer, seawolf

I know what you mean, too. I live in an area with a lot of wildlife and I drive with that in mind. Some of these people tear along and I frequently see animals dead in the road. Sometimes squirrels and coons, sometimes deer and people's pets.

What is the problem with slowing down a little? Having a respect for life other than your own?

You did a good thing - that's about all you personally can do. But people do suck.

[alarimer]

2. I really hate seeing turtles dead in the middle of the road

Like on the yellow line. It means that someone deliberately ran over it because they had to swerve out of there lane to do so. I hate people who do that.

[smitty]

3. You don't know who ran over that possum, how fast the vehicle

was moving, if the driver tried to stop, the driver's reaction or anything else for that matter. Give yourself a break and stop being so judgmental about something when you know absolutely nothing.