Cyclist dies in collision with cat

MichealD · 06-03-2009 01:44PM #1

From todays Irish Times.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0306/1224242371457.html

seamus · 06-03-2009 01:47PM

Ugh. That's one of those freak ones - when your number's up....

RIP

jlang · 06-03-2009 01:52PM

I'd be in favour of a ban on cats. The neighbourhood mogs have decided to make our back garden some kind of cat knocking shop. They line up on the wall to watch and go at it in pairs on the grass. Been going on for weeks. There were 7 cats out there last night.

Caroline_ie · 06-03-2009 02:00PM

it's a catastrophy ...
( sorry ... )

Jawgap · 06-03-2009 02:03PM

how come we don't round up cats the way we do stray dogs???

I'm not a cat person, the girlfriend is - which is handy because I'm never stuck for something to wash the bike with! The black one is great for shining up the frame!

CamperMan · 06-03-2009 02:05PM

I though black cats brought you luck if one crossed your path!!

Jumpy · 06-03-2009 02:06PM

Jawgap wrote: »

how come we don't round up cats the way we do stray dogs???

Yeaaaah. Im gonna have to go ahead and say that might be a little difficult.

seamus · 06-03-2009 02:08PM

Jawgap wrote: »

how come we don't round up cats the way we do stray dogs???

We do, but cats tend to do better in the wild than dogs. They hang around fields and bushes, feeding on mice and birds. Dogs feed more like foxes - going for farm animals or households waste, but being far clumsier than foxes, are easier to see and catch.

People also prefer dogs and will often try to entice a stray dog over whereas they'll just chase a stray cat away.

niceonetom · 06-03-2009 02:15PM

CamperMan wrote: »

I though black cats brought you luck if one crossed your path!!

They do. It's when they only get half way across your path that you have a problem.

Terrible thing though. RIP.

Chips Lovell · 06-03-2009 02:15PM

jlang wrote: »

They line up on the wall to watch and go at it in pairs on the grass. Been going on for weeks. There were 7 cats out there last night.

So the cats are dogging?

emtroche · 06-03-2009 02:20PM

Cyclist found dead on the side of the road,

"Garda Nolan told the inquest she arrived at the scene just over an hour later....."

No rush.

seamus · 06-03-2009 02:21PM

It's harsh, but I've Garda mates who've heard those words come in over the radio, "Actually, there's no rush, he's dead".

Jawgap · 06-03-2009 02:24PM

CamperMan wrote: »

I though black cats brought you luck if one crossed your path!!

Why do you think I wash the bike with one!!!!!

Irish_Army01 · 06-03-2009 02:28PM

Very sad RIP.

King Kelly · 06-03-2009 02:33PM

I find it amazing that this mans tragic death is such a source of amusement.

If that man had been struck by a car and killed or hit a pothole on the descent and been killed would it have drawn the same responce?

The end result is that an experienced cyclist, whom we should have affinity with, has lost his life.

Lumen · 06-03-2009 02:46PM

King Kelly wrote: »

I find it amazing that this mans tragic death is such a source of amusement.

HTH

bcmf · 06-03-2009 03:04PM

First off its a terrible thing to happen.

jlang wrote: »

I'd be in favour of a ban on cats. The neighbourhood mogs have decided to make our back garden some kind of cat knocking shop. They line up on the wall to watch and go at it in pairs on the grass. Been going on for weeks. There were 7 cats out there last night.

This should be good.How the fook would you impose a ban on cats?:rolleyes:

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 06-03-2009 03:07PM

bcmf wrote: »

This should be good.How the fook would you impose a ban on cats?:rolleyes:

Shoot on sight policy IMO

albob · 06-03-2009 04:27PM

My God. Just back from a cycle where a black cat walked out in front of me. Had to break hard to avoid hitting and afterwards was wondering if I had hit it would I be the first to run over a cat with a bike, chuckling away to myself. Looks like things could have been much worse. Scary stuff.

Bunnyhopper · 06-03-2009 04:41PM

That's really horrible bad luck, and it could happen so easily to any of us.

Amalgam · 06-03-2009 04:47PM

Sean_K wrote: »

Shoot on sight policy IMO

..and\or encourage people not to feed ferile cats, cats breed all year, food will support and encourage the never ending breeding cycle. I lived up by the Pepper Cannister, off Verschoyle Court for years and it was surprising the large volumes of food people put out for the cats.

Cyclist dies in collision with cat

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