I was on my way home from Numurkah after dropping home a friend last night when this cow bolted out into the road. I swerved to miss it, and it's good thing too otherwise it would have been a head-on. Its head hit the left side mirror, and it flew forward smashing the front passenger side window, showering glass all over inside of the car. The back door also got a bit of minor damage. In Gracie's car no less... She's not too upset. She's come to expect me to smash her car up every now and again.

I'm fine. I was mighty shook up though. The cow was in better shape than I was. I was scared at first, then angry, after I realised that I'd have to pay for it. I could get the owners of the cow to pay for it if I could identify the cow. Fat chance of that. It was all over in a few seconds, and all I saw was the shadow of the cow ambling off into the bushes on the side of the road. Now I just think the whole incident is funny, looking back on it...

UPDATE: Gracie just came in with a couple of quotes... $1,200... Okay... I'm angry again... We can pay about $300 now to fix the window and get the car secure again, then pay the rest later. Gracie's insurance company doesn't like us very much. We've made a few claims and we'd like to avoid raising our premium even more so if possible. Apparently I can make a complaint to the police and they have to investigate to try and find the owner of the cow. Has anyone else been in a similar situation? If so, I'd like to know how you fared, or if you've got any advise, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

It seems that most of my hits come from people searching for pics of Sophie Monk from Bardot. Strange really, seeing as Planet MadDog comes up at least 43rd in the major search engines under Sophie Monk. Well I say, when you're on a good thing, stick to it. Sophie Monk! Sophie Monk! Sophie Monk! There, that should get me a few more hits. While I'm at it, Alyssa Milano! Brittany Spears! Sarah Michelle Gellar! Jennifer Love Hewitt! NAKED! ALL OF THEM! (Gee, I hope my webserver can handle all this extra traffic I'll be getting.)

This quote comes courtesy of AdStar, and was too good to pass up a mention on here:

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."

Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989