Feb
25
Brigadier the police horse was hit by a van this evening. After being tossed through the air and sustaining serious injuries, he was shot in the head.
The driver who hit him took off and is yet to be found. He abandoned his van.
The police officer was injured but is said to be doing fine. Everyone who saw it was pretty upset.
If you want to be upset too, here’s some video.
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
4 comments
Marcia says:
February 27, 2006 at 2:01 pm (UTC -5 )
This story upset me all weekend! So much so that I couldn’t comment until right now.
Grumpy Owl says:
February 27, 2006 at 7:35 pm (UTC -5 )
It iss upsetting. having said that, I would like to see a horse flipping through the air. if there was a way that it wouldn’t hurt the horse, of course, of course.
Marcia says:
February 28, 2006 at 1:14 am (UTC -5 )
“It iss upsetting”? Been hitting the bottle a little early? Oh hell, it’s 7:13pm. The bottle’s been being hit over here for at least 3 hours.
Grumpy Owl says:
February 28, 2006 at 4:31 am (UTC -5 )
I hit that bottle harder than that van hit . . .
Nevermind.