[s-cars] NAC: sucks to be me (not for children to read)

[mike claire]

Tragic.  Happen to be running mulching blades on that new machine of yours?
Sounds like it.



On 8/22/07, David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com> wrote:
>
> So, I am cutting the grass last night on my new-to-me Cub Cadet and
> enjoying myself.  My son (6 years old) was out in the yard playing.
>
> As I took a pass up the yard I noticed a rabbit nest in the grass.  I
> shut the mower off and called my son over to see them.  They were about
> 5" long, 3 of them all cozied up in a small depression.
>
> My son was immediately worried about my hitting them with the mower.  So
> I fetched a small orange traffic cone out of the shed and placed beside
> the nest.  I told my son that I will cut way out around them and they
> should be fine.  He placed the cone directly over them for extra
> protection and stood guard.
>
> I started the tractor and finished the pass.  Then I turned around and
> headed back toward the cone, my son and the rabbit's nest.  As I
> approach, I swung way out to my right and around.  About 6 or 7 feet
> past the nest I hit the brakes and shout to my son "see, I missed them".
>
> Just then, the cone topples over and 3 tiny bunnies shoot out of the
> hole.  One jumped into the fallen cone, the other one shot across the
> yard and under the fence 4 feet away and...you guessed it, that last son
> of bitching rabbit ran 6 or 7 feet and went right under the running
> mower deck.  WTF!!!
>
> I quickly looked around to see if he miraculously made it under the
> tractor some how but all I saw was a piece of bunny scalp with a little
> ear.  F-me.  My son freaked out and started crying.  That cut the
> evening short as I took him in and tried to comfort him.
>
> Damn, somebody get me a beer...
>
> Dave Kase
>
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