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Hit a Kangaroo, and lost in melee to boot.

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bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-06 15:59:42
March 06 2015 15:57 GMT
#1
So given that it's a Friday, and Monday is a public holiday, I figured it would be good to reunite with society for some quality ssbm time. So I drove from a town called Dookie, a place with 200 or so people if people invite all there relatives up to stay, back down to Melbourne to meet up with some uni friends to play smash.

Great, it's a relaxing car drive, not too far, and I love getting bodied by people better then me.

In any event, driving at 110 km/h down the Hume, when a kangaroo entered side stage and completely totalled the left hand side of my car, made it un-roadworthy, and in general just acted like a pain in the ass. I ended up enjoying a train ride to parkville to play at the semi regular smash tourney that some friends from melbourne uni hold, where I proceeded to get bodied and drop out extremely early in the tournament.

All in all a pretty terrible Friday afternoon.

****
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18825 Posts
March 06 2015 16:22 GMT
#2
Hitting a kangaroo sounds traumatic lol.
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
March 06 2015 16:23 GMT
#3
It's gonna be traumatic when I get the bill to repair the damage.
GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
March 06 2015 16:24 GMT
#4
Did the kangaroo atleast survive somehow?
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
ThomasjServo
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
15244 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-06 16:26:20
March 06 2015 16:25 GMT
#5
What kind of car do you drive? Did it clear the hood or properly fuck everything up?

On March 07 2015 01:24 GumBa wrote:
Did the kangaroo atleast survive somehow?

Its in an Alpo factory now.
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-06 16:29:37
March 06 2015 16:26 GMT
#6
On March 07 2015 01:24 GumBa wrote:
Did the kangaroo atleast survive somehow?

No, I had to put it down, it's chest was caved in.

Really didn't like doing that but I couldn't leave it to suffocate slowly on the side of the road :\

On March 07 2015 01:25 ThomasjServo wrote:
What kind of car do you drive? Did it clear the hood or properly fuck everything up?

Show nested quote +
On March 07 2015 01:24 GumBa wrote:
Did the kangaroo atleast survive somehow?

Its in an Alpo factory now.

I drive a ford courier 2003 model (absolute height of sophistication I am), it hit the front left side of the car and did some sort of damage to the circuitry as none of the indicators work, the various meters in the car all dont work, and only a few of the lights work. Shoutout to RACV being prompt as hell and only making me wait for 40 minutes or so.
GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
March 06 2015 16:27 GMT
#7
On March 07 2015 01:26 bo1b wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2015 01:24 GumBa wrote:
Did the kangaroo atleast survive somehow?

No, I had to put it down, it's chest was caved in.

Really didn't like doing that but I couldn't leave it to suffocate slowly on the side of the road :\

Noooo
You did the right thing though
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
ThomasjServo
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
15244 Posts
March 06 2015 16:32 GMT
#8
On March 07 2015 01:26 bo1b wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2015 01:24 GumBa wrote:
Did the kangaroo atleast survive somehow?

No, I had to put it down, it's chest was caved in.

Really didn't like doing that but I couldn't leave it to suffocate slowly on the side of the road :\

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On March 07 2015 01:25 ThomasjServo wrote:
What kind of car do you drive? Did it clear the hood or properly fuck everything up?

On March 07 2015 01:24 GumBa wrote:
Did the kangaroo atleast survive somehow?

Its in an Alpo factory now.

I drive a ford courier 2003 model (absolute height of sophistication I am), it hit the front left side of the car and did some sort of damage to the circuitry as none of the indicators work, the various meters in the car all dont work, and only a few of the lights work. Shoutout to RACV being prompt as hell and only making me wait for 40 minutes or so.

Brutal that you had to put it down. I am always curious about cars abroad, the Ford Courier as such was never released in the states, or was rebranded for Australia, looks a bit like a Ranger though. Rebranding is funny business.
dravernor
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
Netherlands6181 Posts
March 06 2015 19:11 GMT
#9
Aw
That is a sad start to the weekend. Glad we don't have kangaroos here
<3
TheFoReveRwaR
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
United States10657 Posts
March 06 2015 20:31 GMT
#10
Kangaroos are a huge problem in Australia. The government pays people to go out and shoot them by the hundreds...cry for his car, not the kangaroo
Being healthy, it has been said, really consists of having the same disease as everybody else.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51441 Posts
March 07 2015 02:04 GMT
#11
how active are you in the smash scene in melbourne? i'm most likely going to come down for BAM in may.
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-07 03:15:42
March 07 2015 03:14 GMT
#12
On March 07 2015 01:26 bo1b wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2015 01:24 GumBa wrote:
Did the kangaroo atleast survive somehow?

No, I had to put it down, it's chest was caved in.

Really didn't like doing that but I couldn't leave it to suffocate slowly on the side of the road :\

What exactly does it mean to "put it down"?
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-07 03:16:58
March 07 2015 03:16 GMT
#13
On March 07 2015 11:04 GTR wrote:
how active are you in the smash scene in melbourne? i'm most likely going to come down for BAM in may.

Not all that active, currently living up near Shepparton so I don't get to come down as often as I'd like. I'll say something in the melee thread if I'm going to Bam, but I dunno if I will.

Next year though I'm going to everything in melbourne :D

On March 07 2015 12:14 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2015 01:26 bo1b wrote:
On March 07 2015 01:24 GumBa wrote:
Did the kangaroo atleast survive somehow?

No, I had to put it down, it's chest was caved in.

Really didn't like doing that but I couldn't leave it to suffocate slowly on the side of the road :\

What exactly does it mean to "put it down"?

It meant to kill it.
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
March 07 2015 03:24 GMT
#14
Like how?
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
March 07 2015 03:27 GMT
#15
On March 07 2015 12:24 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
Like how?

Hit it on the back of its head with a stick.

Why ask that btw?
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-07 03:41:37
March 07 2015 03:40 GMT
#16
Sorry I realized its not something to really ask someone. Usually when I hear the words "put down" I usually think of a vet putting an animal to sleep with a shot so I was just curious in your situation what you had to do.
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
March 07 2015 06:04 GMT
#17
wow, that's pretty rough. For both you and the kangaroo, poor thing. Hopefully the rest of the weekend isn't as eventful!
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Bannt
Profile Joined November 2010
United States73 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-07 08:18:58
March 07 2015 08:03 GMT
#18
On March 07 2015 12:40 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
Sorry I realized its not something to really ask someone. Usually when I hear the words "put down" I usually think of a vet putting an animal to sleep with a shot so I was just curious in your situation what you had to do.


Actually when I read this that was my initial thought too.


(not to be insensitive to your situation, it just sounded like it might be a little gruesome, Sorry about your car!)
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
March 07 2015 08:07 GMT
#19
In other news I'm now ~2k less rich and out of a car for a little while. Sweet as.
sths
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Australia192 Posts
March 07 2015 09:10 GMT
#20
OP is lucky he didn't run into one of those deadly dropbears. He would have made national news had that happened.
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