We've all had close calls with birds....

smack wrote:
> "Theo Bekkers" <tbekkers RemoveThis @bekkers.com.au> wrote in message
> news:4783f944$1@news.bekkers.com.au...
>> G-S wrote:
>>
>>> I got hit by a bird on the highway, it was a smallish bird...
>>>
>>> The impact in my upper leg half knocked me off the motorbike and just
>>> about broke my leg (severe bruising... looked like I'd been belted
>>> with a cricket ball by Dennis Lillee).
>>>
>>> I imagine that a head impact of similar force would cause sever neck
>>> and spine trauma! And I wouldn't expect a visor to make much
>>> difference.
>> I got hit in the ankle by a magpie once. No drama, but it hurt for a
>> couple of days and it was a hell of a bruise.
>>
>> Theo
>>
>
> Is an emu a bird?


I got hit by a bird going down to PI in 2004.

Everytime I missed a turn, she'd belt the side of the helmet and say
"THAT way, you fool!"
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