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A worldly perspective through the eyes of a goose and regurgitated back out the beak.


so forget the tripe, scoff on my fois gras (metaphorically speaking).
After all, im not just for christmas at the Cratchit's house!





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Mar
30th
Tue
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eat the cherry under pain of death..

(Pictured above old spec can, now contains the phrase ‘all shapes,all sizes’)

Im a sucker for tinned fruit cocktail, but i feel sainsbury’s have let me down two-fold here.

Number 1 the consistancy of said fruit has been reduced to a watery mush. Where is my solid al dente pear i ask? has sainsburys become froogle with fruit?

Number 2 i thought they had redeemed them selves by teasing me with fruit nirvana, but it turned out to be an aweful illusion…

what i thought i saw bobbing around the fruity depths of my tin…

when what i actually found was more like this…

to show a goose a clear half cherry is fine but to taunt him with a full one is lunacy.

l’oie x

Mar
28th
Sun
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“I do not agree with a word that geese say, but I will defend to the death their right to say it”

- Voltaire

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Is he a sardine??

No, he’s Tom O Connor……

Mar
10th
Wed
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I seriously can’t stop laughing at this picture.

I seriously can’t stop laughing at this picture.

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L’oie on toilet facilities #2

Location: Pizza Express - 56 Peter Street - Manchester

At first i was hessitant. Unable to see any form of sign for the toilets from my possition in the restaurant and being an english male goose, refused to inquire as to their whereabouts. I decided to risk burst kiddneys in exchange for false shame.

 I enjoyed a good meal, both visually and on the pallet and managed to sink a sneeky ale along side it. The waiter was taking his time with the bill, where as i was ready to give him good poke with mine.

Mother goose decided enough was enough, and waddled over to the desk to pay.
when interigated as to why the waiter had been so long he replied “we just got these new candles in and i got a tad distracted”. A dire excuse at best, but still nice to see a young chap interested in the art and manufacturing of wax.

We turned to leave when i saw the silhouettes of a lady and gentleman. I had a feeling i needed to investigate the state of these lavatories, and by jove how glad i am that i did.

Untouched, pristine, virginal if you will, as if the whole toilet had been lamanated.
And the smell! oh the smell! It took me back to those summer days drifting carelessly along the pond, occasionally going for a walk and whiffing the marigolds.

To keep with the good nature of this relief area, i decided to treat my self and wash my wings, but nothing had prepared me for what was next…..

For those of you that don’t know this, THIS my feathered friends, is the Dyson Airblade. A revolution in restroom hygiene. simply place your hands or wings in and out a couple of times and BAM! your outta there feelin’ superdry; which i have heard to believe is the name for the promotional song performed by curtis mayfield himself.

This was truely a wee to remember.

In summary,

DON’T INSTALL OR USE NEAR VAST AMOUNTS OF WATER!
This could cause a drought of epic proportions, and would instantly wipe out all fish, amphibians and waterfowl.

For this reason i give..

4/5 quacks

L’oie x

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The State of comedy

It seems to me that there isn’t much good comedy on tv these days.

As an infant goose, primetime comedy commenced around 9 through to 11, on various days of the week, (the majority of the time being a friday) consisting of gems such as shooting stars, NMTB (with the 50’s throwback grease ball) The fast show and League of gentlemen. After which point id dabble in a ‘trashy’ european excursion.

Shows like little britain, catherine tate show and most channel four American addopted comedies, are as rusty and out of date as the tinned laughs usedfor these shows. Canned laugher is for partridge and partridge alone.

There is Hope however.

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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the Geese of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

  

- Winston Churchill

Mar
8th
Mon
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One step down from sild….

But still a quick and tastey treat for the discerning goose on the go!

why not try….

slicing one burger bun in half  - grill to a light golden crisp

add one and a half sardines to each half of bun (tomato sauce/oil optional)

top with a little grated cheese and re-grill until warm.

the geese at your near by lake will lay you golden eggs if you turn up with these to feed them!

L’oie x

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“It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it’s the parts that geese understand”

- Mark Twain