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1. Uptheriver | May 10, 2012 at 8:39 am

   Canadians themselves are eerily similar. Especially those from Frenchland Quebec, this of course speaking from experience.
2. Ron | May 10, 2012 at 11:18 am

   I think we humans could learn a lot from Geese.

   http://www.bluinc.com/free/geese.htm
3. dave | May 10, 2012 at 12:41 pm

   Geese, while beautiful, are among the most aggressive, mean, vicious animals you will find. I have seen numerous encounters with geese on the golf course, and they were not pretty!
4. Kristen | May 10, 2012 at 1:05 pm

   Wow dave…last week I was killing time walking around the pond at my son’s school waiting to drive him home for the summer, and I was attacked by this big white honking monstrosity. I’m sure I made a lot of kids snicker as I screeched like a girl and hopped up on a bench. I’m a bird lover, but geese scare the tar out of me. Mean!
5. 89Hoo | May 10, 2012 at 1:07 pm

   3 – there is a reason the Egyptians had flocks of guard geese. Mean, nasty and noisy.
6. Ron | May 10, 2012 at 1:16 pm

   Dave,
   The club I belonged to on the Eastern Shore of Virginia had 2 dogs that were turned loose during nesting season. No geese were killed but they didn’t nest on the course either.
7. dave | May 10, 2012 at 1:32 pm

   Ron

   I think the Republican right wing already has. Attack!
8. John Wilburn | May 10, 2012 at 6:55 pm

   Had that been me, I know what would have been for dinner that night.
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9. Dan Casey | May 10, 2012 at 7:08 pm

   John Wilburn, standing his ground!
10. John Wilburn | May 10, 2012 at 7:13 pm

    Can we tell from the video if the goose was brandishing Skittles?
11. Debbie | May 10, 2012 at 7:40 pm

    Check this out, John Wilburn.
    http://thebloggess.com/2012/04/peta-is-awesome-but-sometimes-i-question-their-priorities/
12. John Wilburn | May 10, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    I really do like animals, Debbie. No, I wouldn’t just waste the goose because I could, either.
13. Jason | May 10, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    Freaking awesome. My theory on goose aggression is that they don’t understand that they evolved from dinosaurs to birds and still think they are velociraptors or something.

    I’ve heard that there are places like junkyards and such that will use them as watch-birds.
14. John Wilburn | May 10, 2012 at 11:49 pm

    “I’ve heard that there are places like junkyards and such that will use them as watch-birds.”

    COOL! I grew up going to junkyards, but have never seen one or heard of one with guard geese. There’s something for the bucket list.
    
15. dave | May 11, 2012 at 12:21 am

    Kristen@1:05

    Are you sure that wasn’t just Newt Gingrich unwindingn after signing books at the college bookstore?
16. Kristen | May 11, 2012 at 9:44 am

    Jason’s goose theory is as good as any I’ve ever heard.

    Could have been, dave, but the goose seemed far more electable.
17. Steve C | May 11, 2012 at 10:13 am

    John W,

    Tell me you wouldn’t waste this one;

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OStX_wrWGg&feature=related
18. John Wilburn | May 11, 2012 at 4:06 pm

    17.John W,

    “Tell me you wouldn’t waste this one”

    I’m not a big fan of killing animals, so the first option would be to get out of there, but if the bird persisted or were attacking pets or kids or or the elderly, etc., yeah, it might have to become dinner. In the comments, one semi-literate guy said he had to snap an aggressive goose’s neck one time to keep it from attacking puppies. Yuck! I would much rather shoot it. Better for me and the poor goose.