Anonymous
02/10/2020 17:06
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
I buy chicken eggs from a woman who has dozens of birds loose on her property. They swarm around my car when I stop by to purchase eggs. It takes me a lot more than five minutes to inch my car out of harm's way. I do not carry a grudge against the birds. It makes life more interesting.
Anonymous
02/10/2020 17:04
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
Anonymous wrote:Yes, I hit a goose and kept driving. We have a pond in our neighborhood that has a goose infestation problem that is the source of many NextDoor and neighborhood list serve threads, with people very involved on both sides, basically leave the geese alone they are nature and they are disgusting and leave poop everywhere let’s get rid of them.
I am on neither side and have never paid much attention.
Today I nicked one, there are probably 30-40 total, and kept going in my car. They are very slow and were crossing and I was thinking I could maneuver around them instead of waiting 5 min for them to cross as they grazed. I was apparently seen and my license taken down and tracked. Currently the source of a debate on both sites.
My plan is to continue to say nothing. Tell me how this is going to turn out. I really don’t want to be the goose killer lady but I am, so I just need to ride this out.
Geese are grazing on your neighborhood‘s streets? Do you have paved roads?
Anonymous
02/10/2020 17:00
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:...Have y'all ever MET geese? They're ornery as hell.
Sure. So is my neighbor. Doesn’t mean I want to see him in pain after a car accident.
DP. Ok, but you know we aren't talking about a person here, right?
DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.
+1. Yeah, geese are ornery. And they’re not people.
That doesn’t justify killing it or letting it lie in the road in pain, because you’re in a hurry.
Sure, next time she should get out and shoot that wounded goose to put it down. After all, what's good for the goose, is...something.
Or, you know, google animal control on her phone, call them, and tell them the street. One minute and done....
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:59
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:...Have y'all ever MET geese? They're ornery as hell.
Sure. So is my neighbor. Doesn’t mean I want to see him in pain after a car accident.
DP. Ok, but you know we aren't talking about a person here, right?
DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.
Come on. OP didn't deliberately hit the goose; she misjudged how slowly they were moving and how incredibly stupid they are. She didn't drive over it for no reason, she drove over it because the dumb things walk everywhere when they can fly out of the way of oncoming traffic like every other bird in creation.
Can't believe these dumb animals are protected as "migratory" birds. If they migrated, they wouldn't be here in February.
I heard a podcast once. Canada geese used to be threatened, some people tried to deal with that by introducing goslings to their local ponds, and because the goslings didn’t have parents they never learned to migrate. Other geese come down from Canada for the winter.
But they’re all protected.
- a birder with no particular fondness for Canada geese, except that I don’t think any living thing should be left to suffer
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:57
Subject: Re:I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
Anonymous wrote:DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.
NP -The Op did not intentionally hit the goose. Its not like she was sitting there waiting for them to move and decided OK I'm going to take one out and sped up. She tried to maneuver around the geese and did not realize that a goose is so stupid and stupid that it might walk into the car's path. Every other animal would move away from the car but this goose moved its rude butt under the moving wheels.
If anything OP you are the victim not the goose. I would stick with the goose ran into you.
She didn't say it walked out in front of her. She said she didn't want to wait, thought she could maneuver around them, and "nicked" one (to death). That sounds like she didn't go far enough "around", not that one surprised her by walking into her path. She killed an animal protected by federal treaty out of impatience. By her own accounting.
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:56
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:...Have y'all ever MET geese? They're ornery as hell.
Sure. So is my neighbor. Doesn’t mean I want to see him in pain after a car accident.
DP. Ok, but you know we aren't talking about a person here, right?
DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.
+1. Yeah, geese are ornery. And they’re not people.
That doesn’t justify killing it or letting it lie in the road in pain, because you’re in a hurry.
Sure, next time she should get out and shoot that wounded goose to put it down. After all, what's good for the goose, is...something.
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:56
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:...Have y'all ever MET geese? They're ornery as hell.
Sure. So is my neighbor. Doesn’t mean I want to see him in pain after a car accident.
DP. Ok, but you know we aren't talking about a person here, right?
DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.
Come on. OP didn't deliberately hit the goose; she misjudged how slowly they were moving and how incredibly stupid they are. She didn't drive over it for no reason, she drove over it because the dumb things walk everywhere when they can fly out of the way of oncoming traffic like every other bird in creation.
Can't believe these dumb animals are protected as "migratory" birds. If they migrated, they wouldn't be here in February.
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:56
Subject: Re:I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
Anonymous wrote:DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.
NP -The Op did not intentionally hit the goose. Its not like she was sitting there waiting for them to move and decided OK I'm going to take one out and sped up. She tried to maneuver around the geese and did not realize that a goose is so stupid and stupid that it might walk into the car's path. Every other animal would move away from the car but this goose moved its rude butt under the moving wheels.
If anything OP you are the victim not the goose. I would stick with the goose ran into you.
She did let it lie there, maybe in pain and definitely annoying the neighbors. She couldn’t take 3 minutes to get out of her car to check, maybe shove it to the side of the road, or call animal control.
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:53
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:...Have y'all ever MET geese? They're ornery as hell.
Sure. So is my neighbor. Doesn’t mean I want to see him in pain after a car accident.
DP. Ok, but you know we aren't talking about a person here, right?
DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.
+1. Yeah, geese are ornery. And they’re not people.
That doesn’t justify killing it or letting it lie in the road in pain, because you’re in a hurry.
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:53
Subject: Re:I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.
NP -The Op did not intentionally hit the goose. Its not like she was sitting there waiting for them to move and decided OK I'm going to take one out and sped up. She tried to maneuver around the geese and did not realize that a goose is so stupid and stupid that it might walk into the car's path. Every other animal would move away from the car but this goose moved its rude butt under the moving wheels.
If anything OP you are the victim not the goose. I would stick with the goose ran into you.
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:52
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
I'd go hide my car on a side street and buy new plates. You can get new plates in a week from DMVnow if you live in VA (get specialty plates as the reason)
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:49
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:...Have y'all ever MET geese? They're ornery as hell.
Sure. So is my neighbor. Doesn’t mean I want to see him in pain after a car accident.
DP. Ok, but you know we aren't talking about a person here, right?
DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:47
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
OP—yeah you were an impatient dick. We get it. Now that the deed is done—go buy a new car.
This thread is definitely Best Of. I laughed so hard I cried.
This thread is definitely Best Of. I laughed so hard I cried.
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:47
Subject: Re:I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
If this is a neighborhood with kids, how are these geese not a safety hazard?
Anonymous
02/10/2020 16:47
Subject: I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:...Have y'all ever MET geese? They're ornery as hell.
Sure. So is my neighbor. Doesn’t mean I want to see him in pain after a car accident.
DP. Ok, but you know we aren't talking about a person here, right?