Friday, September 25, 2009

The curse of the three legged dog and the dead snake

Riding to work yesterday on wet roads, making a 90 degree downhill turn whilst passing an unlikely cyclist on a foggy morning when my tire hits a newly smashed snake in the middle of the road. Fortunately my spidey senses kicked in and I stayed upright - just - and avoided a painful body-hits-pavement scenario.

Riding home on the same day, I'm on a long gentle descent straightaway moving at 30+mph along a row of parked cars when a very cute fluffy black three-legged dog steps out from underneath one of the cars directly in front of me. He/she was as surprised to see me as I was them, and my reflexes once again took over, saving me from that devilish hound.

1 comment:

Ilsa la Bruja said...

It was your stealthy cat like reflexes, I'm sure. :)