# Of geese and co-workers. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593 "2009-01-16T14:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/41 "2009-01-16T17:26:47Z")
> [@beanpod](#): > > Fucking. Geese. > > That’s 4th on my list of things I Do Not Miss About Living In New York. What are the other three? (Winter, tax rate, and incompetent Legislature, perhaps?) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/42 "2009-01-16T17:31:44Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > The person in the OP is off her rocker, uh now that I’m thinkin of it, **Biggirl** you don’t work with Curlcoat by chance, do you? Nah. My co-worker is an equal opportunity people disliker unlike CC, who seems to have it in for only certain people. Animal Lover is actually a very sweet person. It’s just that she thinks people are mean and cruel and animals are blameless. I’m sure I didn’t help this morning with my snide-y snark. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/43 "2009-01-16T17:34:38Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > It’s just that she thinks people are mean and cruel and animals are blameless. I’m sure I didn’t help this morning with my snide-y snark. On the other hand, you didn’t bring down a plane with 150 people in it, so it’s kind of a wash from your perspective. Try putting it to her that way. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/44 "2009-01-16T17:34:54Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > That was awesome. Here the guy is giving this friggin’ Klingon speech about cold-blooded revenge and crap, and Mal’s just like, “Right then, off you go” and _SHLORMP_ No, this ain’t Star Trek. Not to further the hijack, but it was amazing how agreeable the next guy was to Malcolm’s request to deliver the message. Too bad they can’t make airplane engines as durable as those on a spacecraft. Pâté could be a regular item for in flight meals. ---
**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/45 "2009-01-16T17:35:30Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] What are the other three? (Winter, tax rate, and incompetent Legislature, perhaps?) [/QUOTE] I lived in Rochester: Tailgating The cloud that lasts for six months Dick Ide car commercials ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/46 "2009-01-16T17:36:31Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > And an update: [Investigation begins.](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipKRkY9XnWmqqvBNAlBju1taRJCQD95O9K8G1) > > We should soon know if it was inded Harold Beeker. > > And whether his demise was ultmately the result of fowl play. Harold _Meeker_, dammit. And the next poster who says Viola! instead of Voila! should be strung up. Mrs. J. was once bitten by a goose on a sensitive upper body area in her youth. We are not geese people. Around here they deliberately hold up traffic at all times of the year with slow methodical processions across busy roads. Combining goose roundups with banquets for the homeless sounds like an excellent idea. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/47 "2009-01-16T18:03:08Z")
A private pond in an office park nearby uses “tame” wing-clipped swans to chase geese away. Or so they say. I will say the pond is remarkably goose-free, compared to others nearby. I wonder what will happen when they’re later infested with swans? Do they get sharks, or aquatic gorillas next? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/48 "2009-01-16T18:04:01Z")
Some years ago five Canada geese stopped at a local cemetery, presumably during migration. It was the first time in ages we’d seen any around. They were probably attracted by two ponds in the cemetery. It was so cool that the newspaper took pictures and had an article about them. Next year a couple dozen showed up, and this time they stayed longer before flying off. Each year their numbers increased, and then they stopped leaving. Now there’s at least a couple hundred. They crap all over and chase the original flock of domestic ducks that used to live on the ponds. Yet people still feed them. Idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/49 "2009-01-16T18:15:01Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > And the next poster who says Viola! instead of Voila! should be strung up. With a viola string? _d&r_ ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/50 "2009-01-16T18:17:30Z")
Our local landscaped Ye Olde Layke™ had a goose problem. It’s an inevitable consequence of humans creating artificial habitats that are inviting to geese. We don’t _think_ of our lawns and lakes and parks as habitats, and that’s the problem: geese do. As long as we protect the geese from the mortality rates they face in wild habitats, geese will be a problem. So we need to bring in coyotes and ferrets. Instead, we bring in the game department. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/51 "2009-01-16T18:19:15Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > They are developing plans to deport them as undocumented migrants. At the very least, they should be put on the “No Fly List.” ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/52 "2009-01-16T18:30:24Z")
I’ve heard that a goose’s honk doesn’t echo… \ ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/53 "2009-01-16T18:30:30Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Me: Would it make you feel better if we wring their necks, pluck their feathers and put them on a grill? > ALC: They were just being birds! It wasn’t their fault. > Me: They can be birds in my belly. I don’t recommend this. They’re tough, with a pronounced gamy odor, and they taste pretty much like you would imagine an obnoxious shitmaking machine would taste. Much better eating on whiny coworkers. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/54 "2009-01-16T18:58:55Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > A private pond in an office park nearby uses “tame” wing-clipped swans to chase geese away. Or so they say. I will say the pond is remarkably goose-free, compared to others nearby. > > I wonder what will happen when they’re later infested with swans? Do they get sharks, or aquatic gorillas next? Swans don’t infest to the best of my knowledge. However [Sunset Lake](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sunset+lake+Asbury+park&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image)in Asbury Park, NJ is a small lake with maybe 6-8 swans and they do nothing to keep the geese out. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/55 "2009-01-16T19:14:55Z")
_“…boids. Dirty…disgusting…filthy…lice-ridden…boids.”_\* \*“My husband used to be the concierge. But he’s dead. Now _I’m_ the concierge.” ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/56 "2009-01-16T19:35:09Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > So we need to bring in coyotes and ferrets. I’m willing to selflessly volunteer to get a pet coyote, as long as I get to raise it from a pup [like the person who runs the Daily Coyote did](http://www.dailycoyote.net/). > [@Biggirl](#): > > Animal Lover is actually a very sweet person. It’s just that she thinks people are mean and cruel and animals are blameless. She needs to get two cats. Luna is our dominant cat, and sometimes she does stuff to Katya like pushing her away from her side of the food dish. What would we say if they were humans at the dinner table, and Luna pushed Katya away from Katya’s dinner plate and proceeded to eat it as well as her own dinner? I think some people would describe such behavior as “mean”. Or what if they were again humans, and Katya’s sitting in her favorite chair, and Luna comes along and demands Katya leave the chair so Luna can have it. When Katya refuses, Luna starts slapping Katya. Don’t get me wrong. I love my cats. But I admit that they do stuff to each other that we would call uncivilized and rude if one human did it to another. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/57 "2009-01-16T19:35:17Z")
Canada should just be thankful that Bush is leaving because he and Cheney would open a can whoop-ass on you for atacking us with your Geese. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/58 "2009-01-16T19:39:43Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > So we need to bring in coyotes and ferrets. Instead, we bring in the game department. 😕 Ferrets? Mine have managed to terrorize cats by doing the “mistaking fleeing in fear for wanting to play chase” trick. OK, my last one has nearly pierced a cat’s ear by clamping on with her teeth. Unless geese are chicken\* enough to flee from a 2-lb critter, I think we have a problem with that. Oh right, I’m an animal-hugging vegetarian, but certain ‘varmints’ like Rabbits Who Eat My Garden and Geese Who Befoul Our Waterways I’ll make an exception for. Hell, I’ll **help** take them down. - Pun not intended. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/59 "2009-01-16T19:47:46Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Canada should just be thankful that Bush is leaving because he and Cheney would open a can whoop-ass on you for atacking us with your Geese. Bush might try. Cheney’s no threat though–he’d probably hit the White House by mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593/60 "2009-01-16T19:54:00Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I don’t recommend this. They’re tough, with a pronounced gamy odor, and they taste pretty much like you would imagine an obnoxious shitmaking machine would taste. Much better eating on whiny coworkers. Tell that to our [local food bank](http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_527163.html). They easily rounded up 272 of the walking poop bags from a local park over a year ago. Huge areas of the 3000 acre park had been rendered unusable from all the goose poop. A week later I drove through the park. There were still hundreds of geese. Animal rights activists were mighty angry and squacked louder than the geese. Volunteers oil the eggs so they don’t hatch (with limited success). Other local places employ professionally annoying border collies to make parks less hospitable. Another local park had a scheduled goose hunt where 28 of them were taken. It’s a constant struggle to keep the goose population down without ticking off half the human population. If only people realised how [evil](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/3199334713_5b83590014_o.jpg)geese are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-geese-and-co-workers/481593.md?page=4)