Tag: geese
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Did not find GCARTJD 5Gee, Under the Oak Tree
This one's going to bug me! The second nearest cache to this week's volunteering event accommodation and I had to DNF it!? Poked my fingers into every hidey hole I could find (while a nearby goose honked at me: maybe it was mocking me, or perhaps it was saying "it's on your left" - afraid I don't speak goose) before giving up. It's right on my doorstep, though, so I may well be back for another attempt!
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Unusually, we had no guests this Christmas Day. This meant that my usual level of overcatering went even further than normal.
A side effect of this is that a certain little doggo was delighted and surprised by her Boxing Day breakfast of roast goose!
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A champagne-coloured French Bulldog kicks her lips excitedly alongside a bowl full of chunks of roast meat.
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Solitary Nouns
Collective nouns are great and all, but what if we had solitary nouns?
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Goose-Related Etymologies
Geese seem to work their way all over our language. Let's take a look at the etymology of some goosey terminology.
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The Great Flamingo Uprising
The story of the war between the geese and the flamingoes at a petting zoo. Laugh-out-loud funny.
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The Legend of the Homicidal Fire-Proof Salamander
Wired wrote an article about the mythology surrounding salamanders, and it reminds Dan of other animal myths.
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Building Geese Games
I got into a general life slump recently, and so to try and cheer myself up more, I’ve taken up building fun projects. I joined this industry because I wanted to build things, but I found that I got so carried away with organising coding events for others, I'd not made time for myself. I …
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Alton Towers
Went to Alton Towers on Friday for the first time in years, along with Ruth, Annie, JTA, and his sister Harriet. Highlights include:
Actually wandering around the towers, as opposed to just spending time on the rollercoasters. Who knew there was a ruin in the middle of the theme park (yes, I know, we all knew, …