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Friendly goose assists Rowlett crossing guards
DMN ^ | 4-24-08 | Friendly goose assists Rowlett crossing guards

Posted on 04/24/2008 7:47:36 AM PDT by Dysart

ROWLETT – Once upon a time, down a two-lane road, past a field with horses and near an elementary school, a big ol' goose lived in a sparkling, blue pond.

Each morning, the goose saw children laughing and talking while walking to school. Two friendly crossing guards helped the children cross a busy intersection to get to class.

He was intrigued, this curious goose. One day in February he left his pond pals, a duck and a swan, and waddled through the grass, past the large rocks, onto the sidewalk, to the intersection.

The crossing guards, Joan Maddux and Earl Burnett, were surprised to find the goose at their side – and they were concerned. Cars, trucks and school buses zoomed through the intersection. They worried he would get hurt.

But this was a fearless goose.

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crossingguard; goose

Rowlett resident Laurieann Dygowski spends some afternoon time with Aggie, the goose that she once cared for at Waterview Park in Rowlett.

1 posted on 04/24/2008 7:47:36 AM PDT by Dysart
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To: Dysart

Geez can be verry nasti.


2 posted on 04/24/2008 7:49:16 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Shaking in the flatlands. "All your Richter scale are belong to us.")
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To: Dysart
VIDEO AT THE LINK.

BTW, hope they drivers aren't honking mad at having to yield to the goose.

3 posted on 04/24/2008 7:49:43 AM PDT by Dysart
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To: Dysart
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4 posted on 04/24/2008 7:50:54 AM PDT by Sax
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To: CholeraJoe
Geez can be verry nasti.

It's true, what you say. I hear tale they can give you bumps something fierce.

5 posted on 04/24/2008 7:52:31 AM PDT by Dysart
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6 posted on 04/24/2008 7:53:26 AM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: CholeraJoe

They can aklso be very tasty. Spicy fig sauce comes to mind.


7 posted on 04/24/2008 7:53:31 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: PzLdr; Dysart

A goose once bit my sister.


8 posted on 04/24/2008 7:56:33 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Shaking in the flatlands. "All your Richter scale are belong to us.")
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To: Dysart

Don’t get goosed in the crosswalk!....


9 posted on 04/24/2008 8:08:17 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Dysart

Love it ((((((((((hugs)))))))))

Have fond memories of a childhood that included experiences much like this that were *routine*.

How lucky we were - tearing up now;(


10 posted on 04/24/2008 8:20:48 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
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To: Dysart
After reading about the jerkoff with BDS in NYC who beat the gal in the wheelchair it sure is nice to read a story like this.

Thanks.

11 posted on 04/24/2008 8:22:24 AM PDT by paddles
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To: sodpoodle

Son in law grew up in a rural MO county, had a rooster that used to meet him at the school bus stop every day.


12 posted on 04/24/2008 8:26:33 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Don't just do something! Stand there!)
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To: Sax
Make way for ducklings! Here comes Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Quack……damn.

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13 posted on 04/24/2008 8:26:46 AM PDT by Sax
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To: Dysart
At least it isn't a Canada Pooper. I hate those geese.
14 posted on 04/24/2008 8:29:19 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Pray for Rattendaemmerung: the final mutually destructive battle between Obama and Hillary in Denver)
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To: Judith Anne

We had two ganders - my mother named them after her two brothers-in-law (Dick & Billy). They chased us around the barn every afternoon when we came home from school.

Mean biscuits;)


15 posted on 04/24/2008 8:30:29 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
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To: sodpoodle

Dear Hubby and I had two mated geese pairs. They used to wander together in the yard, side by side, lords of all they surveyed...and yes, they were MEAN!

We put in a small pool for them, and to watch them bathing on hot sunny afternoons was just beautiful, splashing huge sparkles of water many feet into the air, grooming and fluffing...

We had a large pond, but they preferred the house yard; fortunately they stayed off the porch. :S


16 posted on 04/24/2008 8:50:38 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Don't just do something! Stand there!)
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