Grad student dresses up roadkill, gives them manicures

Jessica May is interested in seeing whether people will give more thought to the "wild animals" if they're personified by being dressed in human attire, such as a Polo from Baby Gap. But she says she's not trying to make a political statement: "I'm not trying to be any sort of militant activist for animals' rights or anything like that." (Belleville News-Democrat)

Comments

[dep]

Here's a thought--why not help move their carcasses out of the road and give the clothes to actual humans?

WTF?

[Sean, Torrington CT]

Who cares if she is trying to make a statement...it's not like some wacky chick dressing up roadkill is going to hurt anyone!

[oxhead]

I think this qualifies as weird.

[Farmer Bob]

If I were the parent: How about more time on the studies and less on roadkill?

[Horton]

I think Jessica May has too damn much time on her hands.

Nothing like shelling out wads of money for college trying to increase everyone's awareness of roadkill.

"Wow! Honey, did you see that dead deer on the side of the road? The one painted gold? Let's stop and take a closer look. Maybe the artist left one of their business cards on the carcass. What mad talent!"

[Dick C. Normas]

Just remember that Jessica May is someones wife/ girlfriend... and somewhere is a guy that wishes she was't.

[Matt]

HORTON: Yes, she should spend more time on important things, such as typing in comments on the internet.

DEP: Do you know for sure that she doesn't do anything for human charities? Do you? Ass.

Woman like Jessica should keep their mouths shut and their legs open.

[Dick Johnson]

Hopefully the spotlight on this creep will convince the authorities to get her the psychiatric help she so desperately needs. Its only a matter of time before the police discover the bodies under her floorboards. Yikes!

[Dick C. Normas]

Damn Matt chill

[Anna]

Jessica May's from Indiana. . . . For some reason I just remembered a short-running TV series called "Eerie, Indiana". . . .

[The Asshole Guy]

Everyone needs a hobby but this bitch is just plain wacked in the head. Her money and her right but damn this woman needs her head checked.

[pnwgal]

Her parents must be so proud and so thrilled that the money they paid for college is going for this! Thanks, but I'm pretty aware of wild animals without seeing dead ones dressed in clothes or painted gold.

oxhead, this DEFINITELY qualifies as weird.

She should be covering them in gravy....ummmmmm graaaaaaavy

[stopeatingmysesamecake]

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"She said she was interested to see whether people would give more thought to the "wild animals" if they were personified by being dressed in human attire, such as a Polo from Baby Gap."
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Do you think?

I'm going to test my theory that people will give more thought to me at work if I dress up as a Tootsie Pop and wander around chanting 'lick me'.

[A-Man]

There's nothing wrong with being a little weird, but I hope she's exercising caution in how she does this. If she dresses up roadkill in baby clothes, she could cause an accident when someone swerves to avoid what they think is a baby in the road. I nearly drove off the road once because someone left a doll in the middle of the road, and it was too dark to clearly see it.

[pnwgal]

LOL, SEMSC...if you do that...would ya let me know? Cuz, I would sort of love to be around when they drag you out of your workplace in a straitjacket.

[troschne]

OMG--you guys have me laughing so hard, I'm caughing, and have tears running down my face. This has to be both the weirdest story, and the funniest thread I've ever read on this site!!

Still--that's some good crazy! I think this chick has more than one screw loose!

[jbrecken]

If she's leaving baby clothes by the side of the road, isn't that littering?

[Sean, Torrington CT]

At least she isn't collecting Billions of dollars and using that wealth to build big impressive structures and defend child-rapists, rather than give it to the poor.

If you think this chick is nuts, you should meet my neighbors. They claim to talk to an imaginary friend who can do and see anything, but doesn't seem to be helping my neighbors out very much!

[Horton]

Where I live, there are people who would stop and remove the clothing from the roadkill for their own use. But not before checking out the viability of the roadkill itself. You know, for dinner.

[Jack]

So, painting a dead deer is "art", yet having sex with a dead deer is illegal? People need to get their priorties straight!

[DT]

Three things.

1. dep is NOT an ass.
2. I thought we had agreed that ass should always be coupled with another noun, e.g. asspuppy, asshamster, etc.

and

3. dep is still NOT an ass.

[stopeatingmysesamecake]

I just came up with a good one - asshandle.

[DT]

sweet

[dep]

Awwwww....thanks DT!

semsc, I too want to see you in the Tootsie Roll suit--sweet!!

And Matt, don't call down the thunder. I'm not an ass. I'm a well-read, well-spoken, well-written bitch who will chew your pathetic little existence up and spit it back down your sad little throat with a matter of a couple of sentences. Try me if you must, but know what you're getting into.

[eigafan]

"I pick up the dead for a living (highway maintainer). This will make my job so much nicer, picking up a possum dressed as a baby! Come on lady get a life!!"

Best comment from the article!!!

[Some Fat Lesbian]

"I'm going to test my theory that people will give more thought to me at work if I dress up as a Tootsie Pop and wander around chanting 'lick me'."

I tried that, didn't work. Probably because I screwed up and dressed as a Tootsie *Roll* instead of a Tootsie Pop.

(I just looked like a turd with legs)
((nobody would lick me, either))
(((though I did get mistaken for upper management)))

[pnwgal]

I'm curious if SEMSC's found out yet how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop....

[Matt]

Well, Dep, if you're such an intellectual, you'd know that one cannot possibly be "well-written." A document? Sure. A term paper? Yes. A novel? You bet. But a person, my dear little girl, "writes well."

Now, you were saying?

[lowercase becky]

i never dressed up road kill. on trips, however, my husband and i would play name the road kill and the condiment to serve with it. everyone knows tht spicey mustard best compliments skunk. and raccoon and catsup is a natural.

[Ace]

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1. dep is NOT an ass.
2. I thought we had agreed that ass should always be coupled with another noun, e.g. asspuppy, asshamster, etc.

and

3. dep is still NOT an ass.

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"I thought we had agreed that ass should always be coupled"

Some religons forbid that.

Ace-hat.

[Farmer Bob]

Check out this news story from Tacoma, WA. Looks like she has a kindred spirit here:

http://www.komotv.com/news/local/7429671.html

[Nell]

I don't know that this is particulary weird. How weird is a talking gecko? Or disembodied heads of sweaty young women trying to appear both desirable and readily available to anyone willing to pull into Lion's Den (exit 12, 1/mile ahead, truckers welcome).

The whole of the advertising industry is built around the concept of pulling your attention in one direction or another. The Jerk and Pull Away method (aka known as Visual Bait and Switch) is time honored and in heavy rotation at this time.

I think she's got a great future.

[dep]

Matt, you're certainly jumping on the assumption wagon, aren't you? First of all, you assumed that I assumed she didn't do charity for work people. Never did I write that. My thought was and still is that she was wasting perfectly good clothes on dead animals. I stand by that. Clothes that are made for humans but used to decorate dead animals is a waste--especially when there are people who could use them. I don't care if she gives 90% of her income to charity, waste is waste.

And then you assumed I'm an intellectual. Never wrote that either. Appreciate the thought, and the fact that you think I'm a girl could make you my best friend. You seem to have such a high opinion of me, and that means a lot.

But perhaps you should learn about colloquialisms, poetic license and the proper use of parallel sentence structure before taking me to task on semantics. There is a time and place for absolute proper grammar and sentence structure, and then there are times when style supercedes accuracy.

But thank you again for the lovely compliments and concern for correctness. You would have been a fun student.

[stopeatingmysesamecake]

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I'm curious if SEMSC's found out yet how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop....
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I found old video confirming its 3 - if you are an owl.

[pac]

I agree with Nell. She will do well in advertising. A lot of you think this is 'wierd', maybe, but she has succeeded in getting attention from drivers, the media and all of us. Do her actions hurt anyone? She is a student, she is expressing herself and making a statement, she is not asking anyone to agree. I support her creativity. As for baby clothes on dead animals, last time I checked, the Gap doesn't have strict rules as to what you do with the clothes as long as you pay for them. Would it be less wierd, if she dressed the roadkill in pet raincoats?

[stopeatingmysesamecake]

Did you see A-Man's post above. Placing anything in clothing in the middle of the road is stupid, no matter how creative it might be (of which, I can't mentally associate 'creative' with anything thing you can do to a creature that's been run over by a vehicle).

I added 'that's been run over' to exclude taxidermy, which in my opion is still weird.

[Soo]

I'm with you SEMSC. Taxidermy's appeal is baffling. If you like looking at animals that much, move to the country and open a petting zoo.

On the other hand, aren't there businesses out there that will freeze-dry your beloved pet for you, so you never have to put Fluffy six feet under? That is just plain weird.

[Matt]

Dap, have you ever been to a Salvation Army center? One thing the homeless and poor are not lacking is clothing. Simply put: We've got many more items of clothing than we have people, so someone "wasting" a few items on some weird project isn't hurting anyone. End of story.

[oxhead]

Matt,

If one can be well-spoken, one can also be well-written. A well-written person is one who is knowledgable about literature, grammar...that sort of hifalutin stuff.

Assknuckle!

[dep]

Rather like God wasted carbon on you, Matt?

Assknuckle? Oxhead, you crack me up!

[stopeatingmysesamecake]

I guess she isn't leaving them clothed in the middle of the road, the article mentions 'side of the road'. Which means she's moving them. I hope she's not only 'creative', but using anti-bacterial soap.

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We've got many more items of clothing than we have people, so someone "wasting" a few items on some weird project isn't hurting anyone. End of story.
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The jury may be out on whether Matt's an assclip, but there's always a place where clothes are needed. I'm sure Goodwill gets a surplus occasionally and gets them overseas or something.

[Matt]

Sigh. Thanks for staying on subject, Dep. OK, I'm done. Every six months or so, I try conversing on the internet, only to be reminded that it's just populated with angry, soulless people. Enjoy yelling at each other.

[dep]

You're welcome, Matt. Much like you stayed on subject when you resorted to calling me a name. And when you stayed on subject when you attempted to correct my grammar.

I would much rather be an angry, soulless person than a self-righteous, know-it-all git who leaves the sandbox when the tables are turned.

[S.O.]

Story we'd like to see on Obscure Store:
"Grad student, hick in fight over road kill"

She wanted to give it a manicure, he wanted to eat it, ...

[Kghoti]

TAG has it right. Even if the "body" isn't in the middle of the road I can see being VERY startled by what I think is a child laying on the shoulder. I could see this causing an accident.

Does this otherly-intellected woman think that because she's dressed a racoon in Prada I'm going to be more willing to steer into an oncoming semi rather than hit a deer?

Matt My Mama always said "Don't lead with your right." In other words, don't be rude until it is necessary. Of course she always ammended "If it becomes necessary, don't hold back." If you don't want to converse with "angry, soulless people" don't "lead with your right." Wait.....Are you dating Jessica? That would explain a lot. Echo echo echo chirp chirp chirp..sigh...Matt has left the building.

Much love Dep...much love.

[Kghoti]

By the way, my Mama really did say that, at the same time she told me "Don't cry when you're fighting because you can't land a good punch through tears."

[dep]

Thanks Kghoti--the feeling is mutual. And I think your mother was a wise woman indeed!