Anyway, I can relate to such experiences when I visit my favorite local park. It has a high concentration of ducks, which I’ve come to terms with over the years (I once had a strong hatred for that particular fowl due to an art project), but the geese at the park are another story. You are right, they can be downright vicious nasty creatures that don’t care who you are–wherever they are is their turf and you better deal with it.

Unfortunately, with both the ducks and geese, it’s hard to say who is leaving the park pathway so… colorful. It’s the part of the park I dread, but I must go through it if I want to get back to my car.

As for figurative poop in my life… Don’t we all? I can’t think of specifics other than using the word as a playful TV-friendly synonym to a more popular term. I can be quoted as calling my car for being a poop. Poop stinks and is useless, so when my car, or a friend, isn’t acting right… the word applies.

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@Shannon, so you are kind of a pooper scooper? LOL! I love the mirror idea. Hmm, gives new meaning to the expression “silly goose.”

@E, I don’t live on the lake but we have a body of water here, which initially I thought was weird. I did know about the imprinting which is why some steal their eggs, but I can’t do that! I know that as much as I find them a nuisance, they’re part of the natural world, I can’t have the planet to myself so it means getting along with the animals – all of them. I never really thought about it not smelling. Ya know that’s a good thing, poop that doesn’t stink! Growing up there was an expression when you were acting like a little snot, older people would say (older women): “Oh so you think your poop doesn’t stink”, except they didn’t use the word poop!

You must live on the lake and have a field nearby for the cranes.

When I worked for MDNR we used to gather all the “nuisance” geese up for the unhappy water front homeowners and transport them somewhere else. The trouble is geese imprint on a body of water so they always come back to the same one.

Make sure your neighbors don’t feed the geese.

Goose poop is the worst. Slimey green stuff. Yuck! I hate it when I get it on my shoe! At least it doesn’t stink.

My husband and I walk our dog twice a day, and we are vigilant about picking up her poop. However, there are those dog walkers in our neighborhood who do not think they have to play by the rules. These walkers leave poop on the sidewalk for the rest of us picker-uppers to slog through.

What’s the moral of the story?
A pessimist would say, “Don’t bother doing the right thing because you’ll end up with poop on your shoe no matter what.”
An optimist (like me) says, “Always do the right thing. Karma is a bitch, and there’s a big pile of doo-doo waiting for the non-picker-uppers when they least expect it. Hopefully when they’re dressed up and running late for a meeting.”

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Anyway, maybe you should just hang a big mirror somewhere away from your car, or design a goose-shaped scarecrow they can call friend.

Sorry for being so literal… but some days, it’s all I can do to keep from picking up the poop in my road and flinging it.

Thanks, Karen — good times!

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