Friday, September 29, 2006

Does the bear ?

Public Policy Crisis: Bears Go in the Woods » Outside The Beltway | OTB: "We needed a major study to figure out that wild animals poop outside? And it’s page 1 news?"

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

We could always bring back market hunting, like in the 19th century - an activity for which pump shotguns were supposedly invented.

I wonder. Say you stuck a shotgun in your golf bag right there in that empty slot next to your pitching wedge and the course were made available to you in the early morning before it opened to the public. If you bagged a goose somewhere on the course, could you get a reduction in green fees, like on days when they've aerated the grass?

I think Cabela's or somebody sells blaze orange polo shirts, which could become a safety requirement for golfers in such circumstances. A small price to pay.

Anonymous said...

Knuck:

Except if you've had one too many bourbon and branch waters. Then it's for woozies.

I do think my golf course goose cleanup project is something I should bring up next time I'm down at the clubhouse.

Anonymous said...

Knuck,

I remember years ago walking through Chinatown in San Francisco and seeing roasted goose and duck carcasses hung upside down in the streetfront window. You could pick out the one you wanted. And if I remember correctly, fish in the aquarium, too. I wonder if they still do any of that, or if these displays have long since been banished.

They love the end product; they just don't want to be involved in the acquisition phase of the endeavor.

Anonymous said...

Knuck:

If you gulp down one of those anti-giardia pills when you take that first swallow, you'll be fine. If you make it something like Woodford's Reserve, you'll be even finer.

chuck said...

...an activity for which pump shotguns were supposedly invented,

If butchering road kill was legal in Utah we wouldn'd even need the shotgun. Although chasing down geese in a automobile could get pretty interesting.

Speaking of geese, they get pretty ornery when nesting. I recall my brother and I laughing like crazy when a goose chased my then girlfriend out of the shed, ran up her back knocking her down, then beat her with its wings. Didn't do much for the relationship but the memory remains vivid.

Anonymous said...

chuck:

They really are everywhere on golf courses throughout western Washington. Goose poop everywhere. When ever I see a herd walking around on a course, I imagine a distant herd of dinosaurs. And they certainly can be ornery. I know a few people who've been chased, not when the geese were nesting either, but just seemingly 'cause they don't like ya.

On the other hand, maybe that particular goose was trying to tell you something...

Unknown said...

I work with a woman who used to be in the Air Force and she was stationed in Turkey. She said the sight of dead birds crawling with flies and strung up in open markets took a bit of getting used to. She is not much for exotic food, she claims she knows where too much of it came from.

Charlie Martin said...

You can still get the whole duck or goose, head, feet and all, in real Chinese groceries. You have to have the head and feet to prove it really is a duck.

One just opened about a mile from me. Yum.