Traveling down the interstate highways north of Paducah, Kentucky, on through Nashville, Tennessee, and down into Birmingham, Alabama, every half mile or so we came across a poor dead animal—most often a deer—whose carcass litters the roadway.
At one point I thought I spotted a coyote among the dead, but no, it was just another dadgum dead dear. I think that phrase would make a fine song title.
Dadgum Dead Deer. It’ll be a hit.
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I nearly created my own dadgum dead deer just a few days ago. Heading to work and out it popped from the hillside brush. Thankfully it was smart enough to turn right around and hide among the foliage.
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Oh dear…I created one many years ago.
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We get a lot of dead kangaroos down under =/ Lot’s of little foxes and cats too =/
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😢
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Very punny, Leslie. I think driving through Nashville and thereabouts inspired a country tune. (I grew up in Nashville, by the way.)
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Probably! How long have you been gone from Music City?
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49 years! I lived in the Memphis, TN area for about 16 years and then moved up to MI when I was 32. I’m 65 now so MI is my home but I have LOTS of family in Nashville (my husband is from Nashville, too) so we visit there a lot. It’s a beautiful and fun town but too expensive for us!
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I love Nashville. But wouldn’t want to live there!
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Given the number of deer carcasses on the highways around here, I’ve often wondered whether these animals are simply stupid, unlucky, or suicidal.
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Perhaps they’re suicidal because they’re so stupid and/or unlucky.
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Ha! That’s enough to bring anybody down.
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Right?!
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Leslie I was wondering what a 3D image would look like but seems like D is raised to the power of 3 every time you see one of these!
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3D dead deer? No thanks!
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