Car 3: Wildlife 0

I've had my driving licence since 1989 and in all that time I can only recall hitting something animate once before. I have no idea if there's something in the water but it really hasn't been my week where suicidal wildlife is concerned.

Earlier in the week it was the small brown bird sitting in the road which decided it could fly across in front of me and make it to the other side. Unfortunately small brown birds really are not that good at judging the speed of oncoming vehicles. Then, on the motorway heading home I had some other small bird literally splat on my windscreen after bouncing off the van in front of me. Yeuch. And this morning it was time to compare the speed of a rabbit emerging from the undergrowth to a car moving at 60mph. You don't need to be Charlie Epps to figure out the end result of that calculation.

Meanwhile, in other non-roadkill news, I've been amused this week by an apparent outbreak of stupidity at work. Well, perhaps it's been there all the time and I've just not noticed it quite as much... I work in a consultative role, which means that I don't make decisions (that's for the worker in question and their manager) but that I do raise issues which will need to be addressed and also get to play devil's advocate a bit.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised to find that the most resistance I've had to a 'why did you do this in this particular way?' question to date, which happened this week, was from a man. Please don't try and persuade me that what you did isn't a problem when basically all I'm saying to you is that you will probably need to justify why you did it. I have no way of telling if people are thinking 'boy, [Grac] talks a load of crap' or if they take into account what I suggest a lot of the time but this is literally the first time in 10 months anyone has tried to essentially tell me that they know better than I do. Dearie, I was employed because I know more than you, which includes knowing the difference between 'were' and 'where', if your draft is anything to go by. STFU, okay? ;)

And finally, also in non-roadkill news (I'm very glad to say), I drive along by the canal on the way to and from work and while I've always seen ducks there I have never seen ducklings. Last night the ducklings were finally out - 7 or 8 of them! :)

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Ah, the lyrics game meme has come round again... this time gakked from bethbethbeth:

Set iPod your generic music player of choice to shuffle. list lyrics from the first twenty songs it plays. Post lyrics for the flist to guess. Cross out as they are guessed correctly.

1. The fire trucks are coming up around the bend. You Learn - Alanis Morissette, guessed by atdelphi

2. Ain’t thinking ‘bout love today / Lost in the sunlight / Walking down memory lane

3. I could be just like the calm before the storm boy / Waiting for all hell yeah to break loose.

4. Well the bottom fell out / On our summer / But we knew / What we got ourselves into

5. Staring at a maple leaf / Leaning on the mother tree / I said to myself we all lost touch

6. Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home All the Small Things - Blink 182, guessed by atdelphi

7. Once again as predicted left my broken heart open and you ripped it out Every Morning - Sugar Ray, guessed by sgflutegirl

8. Love and hate, get it wrong / She cut me right back down to size Comedown - Bush, guessed by atdelphi

9. He's got all the things you need and some that you will never / But you make him sound like frozen food, his love will last forever I Hope You're Happy Now - Elvis Costello, guessed by praderwilli

10. Feelin' better / Since I surrendered / You can't climb / 'Till you're ready to fall

11. And it's true we named our children after towns that we've never been to.

12. I wish you'd stop ignoring me, because it's sending me to despair / Without a sound, yeah, you're calling me, and I don't think it's very fair

13. Navigate, with style and aplomb / Cause wherever you're at that's the trip you on! Original Prankster - Offspring, guessed by atdelphi

14. The iron hand did not understand the plight of the common man. Four to the Floor - Starsailor, guessed by _trickster_

15. We were drawn from the weeds / We were brave like soldiers / Falling down under the pale moonlight Ever the Same - Rob Thomas, guessed by sgflutegirl

16. But they couldn't escape from you / Couldn't be free of you / And now they know there's no way out Wisemen - James Blunt, guessed by the4ts

17. I am here watching your form slowly pacing in the dawn, as all the stars die

18. Please keep your hands down / And stop raising your voice / It's hardly what I'd be doing if you gave me a choice How to be Dead - Snow Patrol, guessed by temaris

19. The sky caves in / The devil cuts loose It's Oh So Quiet - Bjork, guessed by temaris

20. Breaking my back just to know your name / Seventeen tracks and I've had it with this game Somebody Told Me - The Killers, guessed by lovellama

I shall be decidedly impressed if anyone gets some of these. ;)