At no small risk to himself* a "senior rescue technician" of the Animal Rescue League rescued a Canada goose from the icy surface of a pond. The bird had been frozen in place for days. Oh, at the time of rescue the weather had changed and the bird was not frozen in place; its problem was that it couldn't fly because that would have meant first having to stand up on slippery ice.
*he wore an emersion suit [sic], in case the ice broke
A Salt Hygrometer
19 hours ago
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I wonder whether that article is a tired old gag waiting to be pulled by a letter to the editors. Such a thing could be called a dormant spoof.
First, around Christmas you expect to hear about somebody's goose being cooked - so it's funny to hear about one being frozen. Second, why does the article tell us that the goose is defecating a lot ? Is this a cute way of suggesting that it is thinking: "Shit, now my goose is cooked" ?
Also, are you sure that "emersion suit" is sic ? The point of such a suit is to enable you to emerge from the water before you freeze your tailfeathers.
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Stu, I'll be honest. I was notified of your earlier message, but I couldn't immediately think of a reply and I just let it slide like so many things in my life. (I haven't checked email since your last message.) I promise to try to be a better host!
I think that, around here anyway, goose poop is a big part of what people think of when they think of geese. Great migrating or perhaps non-migrating flocks will peck and poke at the grass and leave their droppings all over the park.
I'm not sure whether I identify more with the silly goose or the silly rescuer in the story. The primary joke is ha ha the bird sat there so long that it got its ass stuck. The second part is that by the time the somewhat elaborate rescue had been mounted the bird was no longer frozen in place, but still somehow helpless.
trying to avoid predators like coyotes.
You have coyotes in Boston? I thought coyotes were only in places like Montana.
Goose bæsj is not to be sneezed at. I often confuse it with dog poop.
"confuse it with", I mean "mistake it for".
There are coyotes around here, and I don't just mean these.
Interesting that there's a $3 savings if you buy them six at a time, but I don't know what I'd do with half-a-dozen plastic coyotes. The geese aren't here in winter.
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