Oh Portland...

[Dead Man]

http://bikeportland.org/2015/04/06/bike-rider-wanted-hit-run-left-one-duck-dead-138833#comment-6327042

No wonder we have a ridiculous sitcom making fun of our ridiculous culture.

The "perpetrator's" response - http://bikeportland.org/2015/04/06/bike-rider-wanted-hit-run-left-one-duck-dead-138833#comment-6327042

[sw3759]

wow.you can't make this stuff up.i like marinated duck as much as the next person but i dont blame the guy for not stopping they probably would have beat him within an inch of life..

[JAllen]

This is so strange. The comment section of Willamette Week's article on it was soooo strange. It took some strange racial turns...

I don't understand people sometimes. This was clearly an accident, but I guess some people just need something to be upset about. Overly sensitive I guess...

[oldpotatoe]

wow.you can't make this stuff up.i like marinated duck as much as the next person but i dont blame the guy for not stopping they probably would have beat him within an inch of life..

Group of 'people' in this republic last Saturday protesting Whole Foods for selling rabbit.."Whole Foods, stop selling the Easter bunny"..Bet I could find a picture of a pet cow.

[xjahx]

The article, if you want to call it that, and the comments are unbelievable. I am opposed to the intentional injury of any animal.

Wake up, Portland, you had over 100 deaths in 2014 related to heroine / opiate abuse in your youth, less than 35yo, according to readily available epidemiology data for the county. You are noted to be in the top 5 opiate addicted cities and your rates of homeless youth are #1. You have a true problem that should involve local, state, and federal assistance, and that problem does not involve the accidental death of a duck.

My name is Jeffrey, and I unintentionally ran over and presumably killed a squirrel in 2008 on my Caad 8 road bike. I say presumably, because I failed to stop, but I did note the creature to remain in the said roadside "sleeping" position for the following two weeks.

[Mr. Squirrel]

My name is Jeffrey, and I unintentionally ran over and presumably killed a squirrel in 2008 on my Caad 8 road bike. I say presumably, because I failed to stop, but I did note the creature to remain in the said roadside "sleeping" position for the following two weeks.

what, he was my best friend! i shall be making a phone call to the a spca mr. xjahaxhalax. either that or you can just tell me what wheels you have and where you like to ride? i like ducks. nuk nuk nuk.

mr. squirrel


http://duckshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/5847099318_d0cd4124e7_b.jpg

[seanile]

..Bet I could find a picture of a pet cow.i'll do you one better, here's a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5H7uMq3mS8

[Limonade]

i'll do you one better, here's a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5H7uMq3mS8

What animals people bring into their home is one thing, but how about farm animals in coffee shops? In the city no less!

http://gothamist.com/2015/03/21/photos_lamb.php

[seanile]

the amount of puns in those comments, oh my

[redir]

Well at least we now know why the chicken.. err um... the duck crossed the road.

[Mike Lopez]

This whole thing quacked me up!

Usually don't read the comments but these were particularly "special"....

[unterhausen]

Saw this story on bikeportland. Made me think of this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHmLljk2t8M

[beeatnik]

Out here, before RICO, you'd regularly see inner city parks infested with gang members. It was just a fact of life in Los Angeles. If you knew your hood and knew your park, a peaceful Sunday afternoon was no big deal. Anyhoo, one weekday morning, I was out for a walk in Lincoln Park, one of the more picturesque and photographed LA parks - gots a big lake. The park is filled with ducks and off a lakeside path on an embankment a team of ducks seemed to be taking turns scalping a fallen pato. One by one, they would take turns violently, viciously pecking at the prone individual's head. The injured, near dead duck had a softball-sized bald spot on the side of his face. As I stood there, immobilized in shock, a fat cholo (mexican gang member or dandy) walked by with his 2 young sons (3 and 5). One boy, seeing the duck attack and brought to tears, began to scream, "daddy, daddy, why are they hurting him! they're trying to kill him!" The Vato Loco (mexican gang member or dandy) calmly replied, "mijo, that happens because people drop off ducks from other parks and the Lincoln Park ducks don't like them."

When I related this tale to a female friend, she laughed and said, "wow, that's the gang member paradigm right there. that duck was from another gang!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ch4rsMmZI

Thanks for reading.