On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:42:59 -0700, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Here they are winter visitors, to be enjoyed flying in formation, > honking when they arrive and when the depart. It's domestic geese that I > can't stand, having raised many of them. Ducks too, for that matter. My > wife would bring them home one-day-old in the spring. Oh, they're so > cute. Yes, they were. Guess who got to pluck them in the fall? Don't get > me started. > > Thanks for the comments, everyone. Next time I'll direct the geese to > make another run so I can get them from the front. > > Frank, you will soon get them back. We just borrowed them for a few > months. Or maybe these were Wheatfield's geese. > > Joe > Joe, The reasons I dislike Canada Geese are (at least) twofold (and I'll try to keep the hyperbole in check, to keep this short). First, like Jim's area, they soil our parks and walkways something wicked. And, like Massechusets (did I spell that right?), many winter here in Toronto, rather than fly down south. Add the returning birds each spring to the wintering population, and we're over-run. Second, they're aggressive, mean, spiteful things who chase unwary picnickers away from their meals, and nibble at screaming children. Third, I hate that these monstrosities have adopted my country's name, and that they're identified with our Great Nation. Okay, that's three reasons. "The reasons I dislike Canada Geese are threefold..." <vbg> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
