Friday, April 10, 2009

Name That Goose Contest



Step right up, folks! (Insert circus music here.)

In the center ring we have The Nameless Goose whose many traits include an ardent distaste--if not blatant disgust-- for human beings; a desire for world peace; and a compelling need to cut grass.

My mother's goose, pictured above on the tractor, because that's where you always find geese, does not have a name.

What would you name an ornery goose who bites, hisses, spits and boxes you out as you move towards the lawn mower?

Contest Rules:

1. I'll convey the rules of the contest as soon as I dream them up.
2. Right now, there are no rules.
3. Just leave a name for the monster goose, and I'll present them to Chesapeake Bay Mother.
4. Contest ends sometime. I can't tell you when.
5. I might leave this post up for two days. I never give myself a day off, and I'm thinking this might be a good time to leave something up for more than 24 hours. However, I don't do well with change and I do heavily compete with anything that breathes myself so we'll see about not posting on Saturday.
6. I do not know when the contest ends, maybe Sunday, because see #2 above.
7. The winner will receive this: (Insert sound of crickets here and refer back to #1 above.)

Basically, I'm loosey goosey on rules and antsy to receive names, although no ants are welcome in this contest.

Please. Name that goose.
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47 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 10, 2009 at 12:52 AM

    I'm not good at these things for gosh sakes.

    Ok, your mother should name her "Cookie"

    You know, as in, "Your goose is cookie"

    Ok, I'll go to bed now.

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  2. ValApril 10, 2009 at 5:37 AM

    you could name him 'Tyson'...

    still thinking...

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  3. AnnieApril 10, 2009 at 6:08 AM

    I was going to call him Luce..as in "Luce the Goose" but he is definitely a him right?

    mmm..back to the drawing board...be right back...sometime...

    btw thanks for your visit and thanks for your comments re my photographicable photography...oops..can photography be photographicable? Anyway, high praise coming from you , the Master of Photography.

    I better go back and crawl under a stump and go to sleep, it is way too early to think straight! Actually I need to sneak out to the kitchen for a cuppa..and wake the baby and the whole household..that'd be nice woudln't it?

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  4. EllenApril 10, 2009 at 7:14 AM

    How about "Dead Duck?"

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  5. Mental P MamaApril 10, 2009 at 8:00 AM

    Foie Gras.

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  6. Karen DeborahApril 10, 2009 at 8:40 AM

    NASTY name her NASTY!

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  7. Caution/LisaApril 10, 2009 at 8:54 AM

    I'm sorry, but s/he is obviously named, "Silly." I know. I know. You admire my out of the box creativity.

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  8. AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 9:05 AM

    I have a couple of possibilities...assuming that the goose is male. If it's a she, please let us know and I'll go back to the drawing board.

    Here goes...my entries

    Bubba
    Duckie
    Big Boy
    Mike
    Sammy Davis Jr.

    -Middle Sis

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  9. AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 9:33 AM

    since we have been choosing puppy names here are a few:

    bouy
    splash
    stormy

    have fun getting goosed
    kitty litter

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  10. Chesapeake Bay WomanApril 10, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    I should have stated this sooner, but this ferocious beast is a male.

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  11. tjApril 10, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    ...I say "Butterball" or "Christmas"...lol :o)

    ...Cute goose and that looks like our mower too... I wish they would come out with a Roomba Mower. You know where the mower will just move about your yard 'til its all mowed like the lil' vacuum does? Ooo, and a mop too! *hee,hee*

    ...Btw, speakin' of geese, remember back in the day when I had a blog and I blogged about a big African goose here at our place that befriended a lil' family of Canada geese? Anyway, someone decided we had too many Canada geese around here and thinned out the flock and they took my lil' buddy out with 'em... :o(

    ...Btw, your mom doesn't by chance raise Cape Barren geese does she?

    ...So, what is it we win if we name the goose? ;o)

    ...Blessings...

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  12. tjApril 10, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    ...A male? How 'bout "Terminator"? The "Hulk"? "Arnie", for Arnold Schwarzennegger? Or "Dirty Harry"?

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  13. tjApril 10, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    ...Vinny? You know, if he's mean then he's probably part of a Goose Mafia (if there is one...:o)

    ...'kay, I'm done now...lol

    ...Happy Easter CBFamily! And fello' CBPeeps too! :o)

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  14. abbApril 10, 2009 at 10:00 AM

    Dammit. You're not swearing at him, you're just sweetly calling his name!

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  15. AnnieApril 10, 2009 at 10:17 AM

    OK..I got it

    His name is TKG

    (that is short for Thanksgiving)

    but don't tell the goose!

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  16. AnnieApril 10, 2009 at 10:18 AM

    ps. you could call him TK for short!

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  17. AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    Ok, how about El Ganso. Sounds sort of intimidating....makes him THINK he is something special, intimidating, big shot....but we know it's really just plain ole simple Goose in Spanish.
    msseabreeze

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  18. mmmApril 10, 2009 at 10:31 AM

    Fowl

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  19. AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    Gustav the guard goose.

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  20. Meg McCormickApril 10, 2009 at 10:54 AM

    TYSON. As in Mike. Also, reference to poultry.

    F*&^%in' geese.

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  21. AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    Okay, here goes. And, by the way, one of these had BETTER win...remember all those " talent contests " that you made me judge AND made me make you the winner of???
    1. GOOSEtav ( after all, he is stomping around on the grounds of our grandfather, Gustav.)
    2. SUSSY (if it's a girl... named after me, of course, because according to some country folk, anyone named SUSIE or anything like should be referred to as SUSSY if you live in the sticks)
    3. EL CONQUISTADOR ( how can you be a wimp with a name like that?)
    4. SHAMUS
    5. GOONTANG

    love,
    Baby Sis

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  22. AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    And, by the way, I hadn't read the comments yet....someone already said GUSTAV, but maybe they weren't thinking of pronouncing it as GOOSEtav???
    Baby Sis

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  23. DarylApril 10, 2009 at 11:46 AM

    Mother.

    Mother Goose.

    I mean really you know its THE name.

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  24. AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 12:50 PM

    I still think Sammy Davis Jr works.
    The name just kind of flows....
    -Middle Sis

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  25. fooleryApril 10, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    How can I compete with your sisters for creativity and the inside scoop?

    Can't.

    I have two ideas.

    Barry and Pat.

    "This is my Goose Barry."

    And Pat? Well, if he's nice, you pronounce it "pat." If he's a turd you pronounce it "pat-TAY."

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  26. UnknownApril 10, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    Ok, if he is a mail...um male then I will make my pick gender specific

    Cooky...as in "Your goose is Cooky"

    Or since it's Good Friday, how about Jesus.

    btw, how do you know he's a he? his breasts look awfully supple

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  27. AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 2:11 PM

    Slim Shady?
    Pimp?

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  28. big hair envyApril 10, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    -Mighty Morphin Mower Ranger
    -"Bruce" Willis
    -Deere Slayer
    -"Sly" Stallone
    -"Jerry" Springer
    -"John" Deere

    I can't leave my other suggestions, because your children read this blog!!!!!

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  29. AnnieApril 10, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    ok here I am again..

    TKG is also short for That Kranky Goose

    or alternatively you could call him Cooper.

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  30. Meg McCormickApril 10, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    I like Slim Shady!

    Or Fred. Fred is a nice name for a goose.

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  31. mmmApril 10, 2009 at 4:02 PM

    Webster

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  32. mmmApril 10, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    Downy

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  33. AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 5:22 PM

    Toooo funny. I think this contest is getting lots attention. I kinda like Gustav too. Great names!!!!
    msseabreeze

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  34. UnknownApril 10, 2009 at 6:27 PM

    Can I try again? How about

    King Tut

    Foul Balls

    Jack

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  35. AnnieApril 10, 2009 at 8:36 PM

    well, I think it will have to be Goostav or El Ganso.

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  36. big hair envyApril 10, 2009 at 9:22 PM

    Oooooohhhhh!!! "Jack" Bauer, or, just "Kiefer"!!!! LUV ME SOME KIEFER:)

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  37. AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 9:43 PM

    You should call him Killer or TKG lol


    Cheasepeake Bay Daughter

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  38. Golden To Silver ValApril 11, 2009 at 12:07 AM

    Mr. Deeds. (In reference to "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap) I think it has a sinister ring to it...much like your fowl little friend there.
    I was once chased by one of those and bitten on the derriere and they can really HURT. I was minding my own business and didn't deserve it either. Every since then I've been very careful around geese, even though I do think they are rather handsome.

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  39. AnonymousApril 11, 2009 at 6:30 AM

    Hmmm....no blog for Saturday yet...hope you're ok.

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  40. Chesapeake Bay WomanApril 11, 2009 at 6:58 AM

    Good Morning ! - There are some really great names suggested.

    Last night I spoke with CBMother and told her about some of them. Tonight or tomorrow I'll read her the entire list and let her decide - I"ll announce the winner by Monday at the latest.

    I'm not going to post anything today in the hopes of getting more names.

    So put your thinking cap on and keep the names coming, there's still time left.

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  41. mmmApril 11, 2009 at 7:34 AM

    Pinata

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  42. AnonymousApril 11, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    Mamma's going to love Sammy Davis Jr....I can feel it already!

    -Middle Sis

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  43. well read hostessApril 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    Based on personality, I'd name it Dick Cheney.

    Otherwise, I'd call him Christmas dinner.

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  44. Mental P MamaApril 11, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    Mine's the best so far. Just sayin'.

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  45. kaffyApril 11, 2009 at 4:38 PM

    Mr. Grinch

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  46. Maria from NJApril 11, 2009 at 9:43 PM

    Chesapeake Pate.

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  47. DavidsdeskApril 11, 2009 at 11:40 PM

    Lord Dunsmore

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