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| All We Are Saying is Give Geese a Chance |
| 2009-01-16 |
| In the wake of the events of 1-15, in which a wedge of Geese brought down a US Airways aircraft, here’s what you won’t be hearing about from the so-called “Mainstream Media”: We brought this on ourselves. After an event such as this one, it’s important to look at the root causes: Why did the Geese attack us? Well, the truth is, for years we have been oppressing the Geese, using them for the fuel they provide for our bodies. Boneless Goose Breast, Brandied Roast Goose, Roast Goose with Cumberland Sauce and Apricot Stuffing. And of course, the Christmas Goose. In the name of religion, we have been engaged in what can only be called a Crusade against the Geese. Is it any wonder that a few brave suicide Geese would seek revenge? Under the neocon/neofascist Cheney-Bush administration, Goose consumption is up 1541%. Geese have been systematically deprived of their rights at a level never seen before. (Look around your workplace: do you see any Geese? Wouldn’t you be nervous if you did?) Reports of shameful anti-Goose activity are at an all-time high, mainly in the South and Midwest, of course. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #10 Any minute now PETA will be re-classifying geese as "air kittens". |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2009-01-16 20:45 |
| #9 JFM, I just googled it for you. Here you go: Roast Goose with Cumberland Sauce and Apricot Stuffing. Cooked my first goose on New Year's Day. It was a different recipe but very good stuff. Much more flavorful than turkey. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-01-16 19:35 |
| #8 "They're fearless and do indeed own the joint" > iff they're like the Gooseys I'd seen here in Guam and the USA, YOU BETCHA. I've seen large mean dogs cower before the Power of Geese. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-16 17:57 |
| #7 I had a goose. She slept with the dogs and chased cars with them. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-01-16 17:44 |
| #6 Fairly dumb too. My stepfather had some geese and we had just changed the oil on one of his cars. The goose went up, looked at the coffee-can of oil and then dunked his head in it. Had a layer of dirty motor oil from the neck up. We thought it was funnier than hell. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-01-16 16:55 |
| #5 my dog brings home one a month... she usually gets wild turkeys and quail instead |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2009-01-16 16:48 |
| #4 We have what my life and daughter call 'the lake' behind our house (it's a retention pond but I get a dirty look every time I call it that). For 3 seasons a year we have more geese than I could eat in a lifetime. They're fearless and they do indeed own the joint. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-01-16 16:43 |
| #3 Plenty of them around here. They walk around like they own the place...and crap like dogs. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-16 16:26 |
| #2 This is the result of an overly effective endangered species protection program for the Canadian Goose. The stupid things no longer bother to migrate, and there are so many that I've ceased to worry about a protein shortage should the world come to an end. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-01-16 16:14 |
| #1 Hum anyone has the recipes? |
| Posted by: JFM 2009-01-16 15:45 |