He wouldnt say boo to a ...

[Ginger]

makes you look a fool for 23 years

I rest my case 

[tikay]

Flushy asks "why a goose"?

Goose is a variation on the Latin "goo" (timid feathered animal), and it was not until the mid sixteenth century that the plural of "goo" became accepted use - "goose". ("Goos" would not work, of course). The Annual Fair in Nottngham - "Goose Fair" started in 1647.

[Royal Flush]

Is it not past your bed-time Tikay!! 

This truely has rocked my sense of what is and is not real!

[tikay]

It's all true Flushy. At the time "goo" was first termed, it was the only feathered "animal", as Ducks & birds were not invented until a lot later.

[Royal Flush]

You were probably there!!

[tikay]

 

Two more, & you'll have had a half-century of Red Cards.

[The Truth]

Well i always thoguht it was a stupid saying!! Hence the debate....

Having said that, why is it boo to a goose? i mean ok its not the most intimidating animal but there are better animals to choose!

Geese are well hard!!!!!! The Romans used them as 'guard dogs'. Next time a goose wants afight I will give her your name.

[tikay]

To be serious for a moment, geese are still, to this day, used as "Guard Dogs" in East Africa. They are kept in a pen at the entrance to a property. They can't do you any harm, but they make one helluva noise if they see a stranger, in effect they are a security alarm.

[TightEnd]

I don't like geese, never have

I take my daughter to feed the ducks on a local river and the Canadian Geese come along and stand there hissing and coming closer and closer, beaks at the ready

a strange phobia I have, really

[mikkyT]

It's all true Flushy. At the time "goo" was first termed, it was the only feathered "animal", as Ducks & birds were not invented until a lot later.

So who invented Ducks and birds? I thought geese where birds, jeez, 27 years of my life has been proven to be a lie!

[tikay]

Ducks were invented in 1372, in Bombay, and were imported to Europe in 1544. Aylesbury later become the headquarters of The British Duck Federation.

[mikkyT]

I thought genetic engineering wasn't invented until the late 20th century?

[RED-DOG]

I once said Boo to a goose and they glued me to a yak

[RED-DOG]

Do you know why ducks quack?














Because they are not stuck together pwoperly

[Rod Paradise]

To be serious for a moment, geese are still, to this day, used as "Guard Dogs" in East Africa. They are kept in a pen at the entrance to a property. They can't do you any harm, but they make one helluva noise if they see a stranger, in effect they are a security alarm.

They are stll used at the Johnny Walkers Distillery as well (they are fed the grain after all the booze has been extracted).

A few are killed for Xmas & AFAIK the staff draw lots for them.