# Your Gander is important to me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 7, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040 "2003-09-07T03:54:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/1 "2003-09-07T03:54:23Z")

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So that I don’t unmistakenly make a fool of myself and/or put my foot in my mouth, please tell me …

What kind of goose do you have?

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**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/2 "2003-09-07T04:01:03Z")

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One that lays golden eggs!

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/3 "2003-09-07T04:45:25Z")

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I’m not sure what kind mine is, but yours is cooked, **Satisfying Andy Licious**!

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**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/4 "2003-09-07T04:45:29Z")

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Actually, I have a gander.

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**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/5 "2003-09-07T04:56:42Z")

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May I take a gander?

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**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/6 "2003-09-07T05:09:36Z")

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My goose is cooked.

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**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/7 "2003-09-07T05:11:51Z")

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Oh, no. I didn’t read carefully. **lel** was way ahead of me. I feel so down.

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**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/8 "2003-09-07T05:54:19Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by lel \*  
> \*\*I’m not sure what kind mine is, but yours is cooked, **Satisfying Andy Licious**! \*\*

What? Did I commit a fowl?

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/9 "2003-09-07T05:55:45Z")

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Yes, of the Claire-est kind. 😉

F\_X

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/10 "2003-09-07T06:02:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Satisfying Andy Licious \*  
> \*\*What? Did I commit a fowl? \*\*

You know, this whole thread has had some pretty fowl language for MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/11 "2003-09-07T06:02:01Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \*  
> \*\*Yes, of the Claire-est kind. 😉
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> F\_X \*\*

Well, there’s no telling what a cocky dude’ll do.

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/12 "2003-09-07T10:01:39Z")

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Can someone puh-leeze put a gaggle on **Satisfying Andy Licious**? These puns are really beginning to get my gander up.

And FTR, my goose is none of your honkin’ business.

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**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/13 "2003-09-07T10:31:04Z")

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Oh geese, now you’ve gone and ruffled **Horseflesh** ’s feathers, **Andy**. I’m not down with that at all.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/14 "2003-09-07T11:40:50Z")

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Why did you capitalize Gander? I thought you were talking about a town in Newfoundland.

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/15 "2003-09-07T12:42:30Z")

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I don’t have a personal goose, of course, but you can have all the damn Canada geese flying overhead, making all kinds of noise and leaving their little gifts all over the place.

[curmudgeon]Damn geese![/curmudgeon]

Robin

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/16 "2003-09-07T13:28:19Z")

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I was born in Michigan, which makes me a Michigander – or actually (see other thread), a Michigoose.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/17 "2003-09-07T13:35:26Z")

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This is starting to get me honked off.

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**Author:** ![Psalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Psalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psalex)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/18 "2003-09-07T13:46:00Z")

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I am without gander; though my drake has delusions of grandeur. Does that count?

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/19 "2003-09-07T14:45:49Z")

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My Gander? What slander! (Must be a mainlander.)

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gander-is-important-to-me/200040/20 "2003-09-07T14:50:00Z")

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Better duck; this is taking a tern for the worse.

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