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Joe_Love, My Gma Jelinek, being Czech, always kept geese for using their down for featherbeds and pillows and the goosegrease for home-remedy medicines. I was very much afraid of the geese. They were mean.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 1, 2005 at 4:14 PM
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Oh Joe, you wouldn't!
I would have used a beebee gun...
posted by
SilverMoon7
on September 28, 2005 at 12:51 AM
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Ohhh, Joe... patience, please
Think of the mother goose's point of view. Someone is stealing all her children, so she moves her home, and now she's being threatened by a two-legged with one very long and dangerous arm. And this two-legged has two noisy four-legged friends who are also threats to her unhatched children.
It would be so nice if you could work around her for a few weeks -- 21 days or so -- the goslings will hatch. Once she leads them back to the pond and teaches them to swim, your nest by the big rock will be history. You'll have a few more little fertilizer factories at work.
Or, if you get the eggs within a day or so after she lays them, you can make a nice omelete. Organic eggs.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 27, 2005 at 2:29 PM
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Ouch!
It would seem that the poor goose may have got your gander. And with Thanksgiving only a few months away. I await to see if the outcome of this story ends up being swung on a platter.
posted by
dog1net
on September 24, 2005 at 5:58 PM
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Roast goose for dinner?
posted by
Ca88andra
on September 24, 2005 at 2:39 AM
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Since you've posted since this time,
can I assume that you fared better than the goose?
posted by
word.smith
on September 23, 2005 at 8:06 AM
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Hey Joe...
give it to the beast...geese are pretty, but they are also singularly angry and violent birds...don't let it near your face, might get an eye...peace...
p.s. I also use the comment section to remind me to visit people, particularly when I am this friggin busy...
posted by
jimmy68
on September 22, 2005 at 7:02 PM
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I didn't know they hissed either
Are they related to cats, lol. Walk softly, carry big stick eh?
Excellent post as always JoeLove.
posted by
Katray2
on September 21, 2005 at 2:13 PM
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Joe love
A.) I didn't know geese hissed. I learned something new today. B.) A Conneticut shaped rock. If you find one that looks like IL, let me know...I'll buy it and remove it for you. C.) Lady Di...a true, humble spirit, should've armed herself with a b-b gun and maimed the bloody, stinkin' geese from the get go! Loved it, Joe!
posted by
Masky
on September 21, 2005 at 9:51 AM
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whoops, thanks it was a goose and not a cobra....
in parts of Malaysia that can be so scary.....
posted by
Meringue
on September 21, 2005 at 4:42 AM
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Joe
Now I don't think you have it in your heart to take a ball bat to Mother Goose....do you?
posted by
Offy
on September 21, 2005 at 4:02 AM
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Joe, great story!
posted by
void-is
on September 21, 2005 at 3:36 AM
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Joe, you really should write about the fate of that goose. That should make an interesting story.
posted by
Amateur
on September 21, 2005 at 3:31 AM
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Thank you very much for reading and for also having seen what I am denouncing. However, I am a strong supporter of the British Queen and the monarchy.
posted by
Flame-thrower
on September 21, 2005 at 1:54 AM
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You scared me Jo. I thought the ssssssss was a great big snake!
posted by
MsVision
on September 20, 2005 at 8:33 PM
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You're not going to do it...We know by now that you're a big softy!
posted by
Holy_Grail
on September 20, 2005 at 7:11 PM
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Your ongoing adventures
in the country make for great reading, and you do a great job of telling it. I've been chased by geese, they can be pretty aggresive.
posted by
Moondawg
on September 20, 2005 at 5:32 PM
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Joe Love.....I am not partial to things with wings....Yikes....
This was very funny again, because your wonderful outlook about life on the farm is quite contagious...I couldn't stop laughing about the goose crap, and you referring to them as rose petals from a flower girl's basket, haha. I don't think you wacked the goose, but I wish she'd leave you a Golden egg. That would be worth its weight in gold.
posted by
MedusaNextDoor
on September 20, 2005 at 12:56 PM
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Joe
I don't believe for a moment that you have it in you.....say it isn't so!!!!!!!!!!
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on September 20, 2005 at 12:48 PM
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JoeLove......
Yes.. You have to tell what happened!!
posted by
BrightIrish
on September 20, 2005 at 12:41 PM
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joe
i've heard that geese make excellent "watchdogs"
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on September 20, 2005 at 10:08 AM
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LOL.....you would not hurt her!!!...you couldn't.......could you?
posted by
_Symphony_
on September 20, 2005 at 10:04 AM
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Joe_Love,
yes, those geese can be pesky. They mate for life -- I wonder where is her mate. Perhaps she is in a fowl mood because he is lost? The goose represents change or transition from life to death in Northern European folklore. When you see many geese flying overhead, particularily in a spiral form then know that a death has taken place and they are guiding the spirit to heaven. At least this is the folklore. But, then again there is the bat -- inflicted by you....have you thought of a goose dinner?
red
posted by
redlunar
on September 20, 2005 at 8:53 AM
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Great stuff, Joe. Here's the classic line of the week:
"I thought of Lady Diana. This must have been exactly how Queen Elizabeth greeted her whenever she came over to borrow a cup of sugar."
Absolutely priceless!
posted by
strat
on September 20, 2005 at 8:17 AM
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JoeLove
You have an awesome sense of humor! Glad to have you around!
posted by
cosy
on September 20, 2005 at 8:10 AM
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You just chased her off, didn't you?
By the way goose eggs are pretty good eating. A friend of mine had several geese and would bring a few of the eggs to me. One makes enough egg salad for two people. My friend gave the geese away last thanksgiving..you can guess what happened to them...He said that they made good guard geese though. Kept the property safe even from him.
posted by
Whacky
on September 20, 2005 at 6:12 AM
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Hey Joe ???
Geese are nasty little suckers!!!!!!! Just make sure when you go to bat that you don't slip in a freshly laid pile of poo!!!!!!!
posted by
Jaxson-Pete
on September 20, 2005 at 1:50 AM
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Oh, crap, Joe! Say it ain't so! (hey, that rhymes!)
I can understand your frustration, though. I was chased by those damn geese in a cemetery once. I was minding my own biz-nit while "visiting" a friend before I moved out of state, and these geese started stalking me! They moved in. Closer and closer when suddenly, they sprinted toward me and chased me all the way to my car! Besides, I've seen the size of their poo. It might as well be dog poo, ya know? Sheesh. Rude bastards, aren't they?
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 20, 2005 at 12:41 AM
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Joe,
A local game warden would have took care of the problem without charge just to prevent any wildlife being harmed. They would have gladly came out, netted the goose and removed her and her eggs for you in a heartbeat. It's as much their job to prevent wildlife from encroaching upon people as it is for people to encroach upon wildlife. A goose is a dangerous animal and they can do plenty of damage to children, animals and to your property. Shadow
posted by
Keshet
on September 19, 2005 at 10:51 PM
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Joe
if u did what we thought you did, you just officially killed nursery rhymes. LOL
posted by
sunjae
on September 19, 2005 at 10:43 PM
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Say it ain't so, Joe?!?!?!?!?
I'm not fond of geese either, but I don't know if I could hurt one. Hope she got the hint without further damage.
posted by
LifeByLisa
on September 19, 2005 at 9:13 PM
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reni and military. . ,
ya never know. Ya just never know. *grin*
posted by
Joe_Love
on September 19, 2005 at 8:39 PM
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I don't believe you hurt her! I absolutley refuse to believe that!
posted by
Bel_
on September 19, 2005 at 8:29 PM
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You won't do it! I know you won't! After all what would be left
to blog about if you did? lol
BTW--I just finished Pt 6. There's only one more part after this, I promise!
posted by
Renigade
on September 19, 2005 at 8:05 PM
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Joe go ahead
but forgive me for skipping that entry 
Tissi Blake 
posted by
TissiBlake
on September 19, 2005 at 8:05 PM
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Tissi
I guess I shouldn't tell the rest of the story then. *sigh*
posted by
Joe_Love
on September 19, 2005 at 7:56 PM
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Joe ooooohhhhh
please don't kill her
Tissi Blake
posted by
TissiBlake
on September 19, 2005 at 7:54 PM
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