http://www.somethinglearned.com/ en-us 40 something learned comments <p>It seems that one of the local Deer Gangs was initiating a new member on Saturday night.</p> <p>These initiations normally involve the young buck proving his bravery by trying to steal the manufacturer&#8217;s Marque from the front of a car.</p> <p>Often the initiation passes without incident: it usually doesn&#8217;t take long for the buck to realize, in the eerie sodium-light of a car park at 2AM, that he doesn&#8217;t have opposable thumbs and he will <em>never</em> have his prize.</p> <p>Of course, for the older Deer in the gang, this is the whole point of the initiation &#8211; the big joke.</p> <p>On Saturday night however, an initiation took a tragic turn for the worse.</p> <p>A local buck-initiate, as stupid as he was brave, decided to impress the rest of the gang by trying this stunt on my wife&#8217;s car.</p> <p>It would have been a lot less messy if he would have waited for the car to come to a complete stop first.</p> Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:40:00 EDT <a href="/articles/2005/08/22/the-hidden-social-toll-of-deer-gangs">The hidden social toll of Deer Gangs</a> <a href="/articles/2005/08/22/the-hidden-social-toll-of-deer-gangs">The hidden social toll of Deer Gangs</a>