# Good Lord! Speak of getting goosed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459 "2002-08-18T11:05:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/1 "2002-08-18T11:05:21Z")
[I’m speechless!](http://www.msnbc.com/news/794961.asp?pne=msn) ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/2 "2002-08-18T12:38:21Z")
Died out only 50,000 years ago? Man, we just missed 'em. 1,000-pound geese. Now THERE is something to have nightmares about. Is it just me, or does that skeleton resemble a smaller T. Rex just a bit? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/3 "2002-08-18T14:53:58Z")
Man, I’m thinking dinner, here. Who’s got the howitzer? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/4 "2002-08-18T17:22:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Man, I’m thinking dinner, here. > > Who’s got the howitzer? \*\* Howitzer my @ss. A Howitzer would reduce our good goose dinner to Goose Hash! 😛 And who wants that? :rolleyes: Where’s your Sporting Blood, **Johnny C**? A good old fashioned elephant gun would do the trick just fine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/5 "2002-08-18T17:34:09Z")
There appears to be some question about who would be having whom for dinner. > [@](#): > > Palaeontologists remain divided as to whether the giant geese were herbivores or whether they hunted and ate meat. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/6 "2002-08-18T18:03:43Z")
I guess parks and, golf courses wouldn’t need fertilizers anymore. The patrons might need a [bear suit](http://www.improb.com/news/2002/may/troy-new-suit.html), though. _Honey, where’s the bear suit and elephant gun? I want to hit the links…_ ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/7 "2002-08-19T05:34:31Z")
Now, I might be a city gal and all, but all the geese I’ve seen have–whaddya call 'em–WINGS! If that’s the complete skeleton, where are they? If they’re completely vestigal, fine, but wouldn’t that rather major taxonomical difference make them more akin to rheas or moas or whatever those big extinct Aussie birds were? I’m just not seeing the goosiness here. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/8 "2002-08-19T05:55:41Z")
Now that’s a big meal… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/9 "2002-08-19T10:57:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mehitabel \* > \*\*Now, I might be a city gal and all, but all the geese I’ve seen have–whaddya call 'em–WINGS! If that’s the complete skeleton, where are they? If they’re completely vestigal, fine, but wouldn’t that rather major taxonomical difference make them more akin to rheas or moas or whatever those big extinct Aussie birds were? > > I’m just not seeing the goosiness here. \*\* Large, flightless birds; ostriches, emus, our giant goose, _et al_, either have vestigial wings or none at all. So, no wing sockets. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/10 "2002-08-19T11:23:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\* > > Howitzer my @ss. > > A Howitzer would reduce our good goose dinner to Goose Hash! 😛 And who wants that? :rolleyes: > > Where’s your Sporting Blood, **Johnny C**? A good old fashioned elephant gun would do the trick just fine. > 🙂 \*\* \ I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. \ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/11 "2002-08-19T12:02:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mehitabel \* > \*\* …wouldn’t that rather major taxonomical difference make them more akin to rheas or moas or whatever those big extinct Aussie birds were? \*\* _Ahem_ Rheas come from South America, and they aren’t extinct yet, while moas (extinct) lived in New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/12 "2002-08-19T12:12:48Z")
Think about those poor prehistoric kids playing outside. "Duck, Duck, **ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH!!! GOOSE!** ---
**Author:** ![ShanalaDee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@ShanalaDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShanalaDee)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/13 "2002-08-19T12:13:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\* > > Large, flightless birds; ostriches, emus, our giant goose, _et al_, either have vestigial wings or none at all. So, no wing sockets. \*\* -Thank G\*d they didn’t fly, can you imagine if they did? _ **Prehestoric new flash** _\*\*\* Another death today resulting from goose dung-----------more at 11:00 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hattrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hattrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hattrick)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/14 "2002-08-19T14:12:06Z")
hmmm just hope KFC dont do a jurassic park on this one, I would hate to ask for a mega goose bucket, and then not be able to fit the order in the car. Hattrick -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ‘I’m depriving a village of it’s Idoit’ - Hattrick ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-speak-of-getting-goosed/124459/15 "2002-08-19T17:19:26Z")
Suddenly Anthony Edwards seems much tougher than Tom Cruise.