Ya know – I really don’t care about the geese, I was just trying to get a rise out of the ubiquitous Canadians on this message board. Trying to start a border war, as it were. But they failed to take the bait. Only the aristocratic Lord Derfel, who lives in the immediate vicinity of the proposed goose poop delivery site (the droppings drop?) nibbled, and he offered a compromise!
As I see it, this was for one of three reasons:
They are remarkably tolerant of us “Lower Americans”.
They have already accepted their inferiority and don’t wish to belabour (get it, belabour!) the point.
They actually think that us shipping them goose poop is a good idea!!
So let’s hear it from the land of the frozen chosen – which is it?
We Canadians do not now, nor will we ever, take any shit from Americans. Although every time I turn on the television I am subjected to loads of crap out of the US of A. Maybe it’s time to go burn down the White House again like our ancestors did in the war of 1812. But then your President would have to find another sink to wank into. Say, that gives me an idea for something useful your President can do with all those geese.
(How am I doing, pluto?)
I hope some other Canadians take a gander at this thread and goose you with a few more saucy replies.
Anyway, until you Americans grow a pair of eggs between your legs and get out there and use all those guns you have under every pillow for something useful, for a change, and shoot all those damned geese - you ought to be able to wipe out every goose in America in about a ten minute hail of gunfire - you might as well learn to love those cute little green pellets of goose shit decorating your parks. Consider it a fair exchange from Canada, to you, in return for all the benefits we derive from living next door to you.
You can simply debunk the story about being named after Mr. Canada by looking at the Latin name: Branta canadensis. Canadensis means “of Canada”. If it had been named after a guy named Canada, it would have been canadai. If it had been after a woman named Canada, it would have been canadae.
Say what you like about the Canadian constitution - Canada geese in the US are neither a federal, provincial, nor civic responsibility of Canada. Have a nice day.