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[Rufus T. Firefly]

I don't know about you Murph, but having seen up close and personal what 40 lbs of pissed off male turkey can do to someone in a barnyard, I have developed a fairly healthy respect for my fellow species on this planet. And yeah, I suspect the guy probably did something pretty moronic to earn himself a buck asskicking.

Good - real good - to learn that perspective from you, Tom, about those big birds. I have wondered if my mindset toward them were practical and realistic. One can have an attitude full of hubris before ever standing next to or in front of them, but I had wondered they might be at least a bit of a challenge to handle. Yet, what else is one to do before ever being in such a situation besides being ready with some boldness.

At times, discretion is the better part of valor and a strategic retreat is at times the right action; there are graveyards full of people that decided otherwise.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'm not retreating from a dambird. I'd be an embarrassment to my species (perhaps either way!) At this point, I still say, Clobber 'em and fry 'em up!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'm not retreating from a dambird. I'd be an embarrassment to my species (perhaps either way!) At this point, I still say, Clobber 'em and fry 'em up!

You'll get hurt, and hopefully live and learn a lesson during recovery

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'm not retreating from a dambird. I'd be an embarrassment to my species (perhaps either way!) At this point, I still say, Clobber 'em and fry 'em up!

You'll get hurt, and hopefully live and learn a lesson during recovery

Cute, I'll try to take iPhone photos during the inevitable skirmish.
And in the Recovery Room. Or kitchen!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'm not retreating from a dambird. I'd be an embarrassment to my species (perhaps either way!) At this point, I still say, Clobber 'em and fry 'em up!

You'll get hurt, and hopefully live and learn a lesson during recovery

Cute, I'll try to take iPhone photos during the skirmish.
And in the Recovery Room. Or kitchen!

Yeah, maybe Nurse Ratchet will fluff your pillows.

[robert.]

I watched a man go one on one with a goose. Let me tell you that goose had the upper hand. As the man rode by on his bicycle one lone goose picked a beef with him. That goose bit him in his calf. Poor guy tried to ride away with a goose clamped to his calf. He kicked at that goose with all he had. Even tried to smack it with his tire pump. Well the goose was not fazed at all. It kept right on attacking this guy. Finally he dismounts his bike and runs at the goose. Using his bike like a snowplow. He pins the goose to the ground. After this altercation the goose flew away and the men went for medical treatment. He had purple welts all over his body. He said to someone it felt like he was hit with a Louisville slugger. Stay away from large birds. their feather structure helps soften blows to the body.(theirs not yours)

[MurphOnMillerAve]

ok

[Tom Dempsey]

He ain't jokin' Murph, remember, they're just later day T-Rex's.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

He ain't jokin' Murph, remember, they're just later day T-Rex's.

Oh, I'm takin' him seriously, all right. Discretion. Plus Caution. Plus one ready-to-be-pissed-off White Man. Ya' never know what may happen next. Stay tuned. This is just Springtime.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

He ain't jokin' Murph, remember, they're just later day T-Rex's.

Oh, I'm takin' him seriously, all right. Discretion. Plus Caution. Plus one ready-to-be-pissed-off White Man. Ya' never know what may happen next. Stay tuned. This is just Springtime.

I can see the headline now = "Old White Man Beaten to Death by Geese"

[aterry11]

I just returned from this years Berkshire Hathaway Borsheims event, 27 hrs. in 2 days.
In the late 80's I was fortunate to live at Hollywood Park backside in the old Mickey Rooney barns, old school class, those barns had great ventilation and heat capabilities not like the sterile concrete boxes there now.
Stumbling home from a Kings game drunk Thought I would cut through Charlie Whittinghams barn. Dumb mistake his night watch Geese had a field Day beating and biting the tar out of me . They can beat you with their wings and by the bruises you'd think you were beat by a baseball bat.
NO Joke

[MurphOnMillerAve]

He ain't jokin' Murph, remember, they're just later day T-Rex's.

Oh, I'm takin' him seriously, all right. Discretion. Plus Caution. Plus one ready-to-be-pissed-off White Man. Ya' never know what may happen next. Stay tuned. This is just Springtime.

I can see the headline now = "Old White Man Beaten to Death by Geese"

Or geese served up with a Christmas pudding.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Oh, I'm takin' him seriously, all right. Discretion. Plus Caution. Plus one ready-to-be-pissed-off White Man. Ya' never know what may happen next. Stay tuned. This is just Springtime.

I can see the headline now = "Old White Man Beaten to Death by Geese"

Or geese served up with a Christmas pudding.

You ever cook a goose?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Hey fellas, I'm not sure how I let myself get self-cast into the role of being the resident big-fowl-beater-upper, but in all actuality, I have always found geese to be good looking pleasant folk. The only times I have been among them have been when they and I have been strolling through a local cemetery, each keeping a certain distance from the other, and the frequent times I have driven into the supermarket parking lot and found a gaggle of geese goose-stepping their way across the entrance road. Every driver I have ever seen there patiently awaits the geese having accomplished their trek across the roadway and into safe quarters.

I suspect, most people might find themselves on the defensive with marauding geese, rather than taking a more aggressive posture, so as to not appear mean to onlookers. I can't even actually imagine myself grabbing one by the neck and flailing it around in the air to teach it a lesson in my neighborhood. That would put me in the local news and getting picketed by every naturalist and Nature-lover in the tri-state area (!) Even I would think I had been mean-spirited and newsworthy for lunacy.

[robert.]

"You ever cook a goose?" rufus, Yes. Canada geese are horrible. Only taste good as jerky. If these things were a delicacy our lawns ,parks and water ways would not be over run with them.