# Their goose was cooked -- no, that's not right **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-goose-was-cooked-no-thats-not-right/356968 "2006-05-16T12:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-goose-was-cooked-no-thats-not-right/356968/1 "2006-05-16T12:53:06Z")
Weird dead wildlife sighting du jour: Three dead geese in the middle of a busy state highway. It was in a section of said highway where there are lights periodically – and, in fact, it was in an area right where there were not one but two left-turn lanes (with light) for entry into a Target/Barnes & Noble/Bed Bath & Beyond/etc. conglomeration – but a high volume, high speed stretch of road. How do you kill one goose with a car, let alone three? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-goose-was-cooked-no-thats-not-right/356968/2 "2006-05-16T13:13:11Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > How do you kill one goose with a car, let alone three? 1. Trebuchet 2. Use the roof-mounted automatic 12-gauge 3. “Pedal to the metal” when a gaggle of the belligerent birds are loitering on the road–laugh maniacally as your Hummer H2 slams into the slowesxt three of the terrified birds 4. Give it a bunch of liquor and the keys ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-goose-was-cooked-no-thats-not-right/356968/3 "2006-05-16T14:07:29Z")
Nope, it’s much easier than that **Inigo**. You just slam on the brakes, and turn the wheel all the way to the right. Drift right across the lane sideways, effectively firing a broadside of Detroit steel at the geese. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-goose-was-cooked-no-thats-not-right/356968/4 "2006-05-16T14:45:16Z")
One is easy, those damn things dart in front of a car faster than any dog can.But I agree, three you have to be trying to hit. The Google ads want me to download a canadian goose ringtone to my phone! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-goose-was-cooked-no-thats-not-right/356968/5 "2006-05-16T15:26:21Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > The Google ads want me to download a canadian goose ringtone to my phone! We _all_ want you to download a Canadian goose ringtone to your phone. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-goose-was-cooked-no-thats-not-right/356968/6 "2006-05-16T15:35:47Z")
The strangest dead combo I’ve seen by the side of the road was a deer and a turkey, lying side by side. I mean, what are a deer and turkey doing hanging out together in the first place, much less in the middle of the interstate? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-goose-was-cooked-no-thats-not-right/356968/7 "2006-05-16T15:37:16Z")
> [@WVmom](#): > > The strangest dead combo I’ve seen by the side of the road was a deer and a turkey, lying side by side. I mean, what are a deer and turkey doing hanging out together in the first place, much less in the middle of the interstate? Even stranger was the small cassette deck found nearby playing “Endless Love” over and over again… ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-goose-was-cooked-no-thats-not-right/356968/8 "2006-05-16T16:27:41Z")
Bird Flu has arrived folks…