Sunday, January 18, 2009

Happy Belated New Year!

The first post of a new year.

And with it, a New Series of Posts begins:

100 Things You Don't Know About The Mighty Goose (and NOT because I just made them up...)!

Shall we begin? Yes!

#1. The Mighty Goose wasn't always THE Mighty Goose!

Wha...?
That's right, little goslings. For a brief time during the late 1920's, a second Goose emerged. Having FOUR HEADS, the ability to PREDICT STOCK PRICES, and IMPECCABLY CLEAN TROUSERS, the New Goose apparently had an Order of His Own dating back to the ancient Egyptians. His order, referred to as The Order of The Really Mighty Goose, conducted their business as Investment Advisors to the Stars for millennia under total secrecy, until just recently, when they discovered the existence of a "guild of imposters" pilfering their identity.

The Order of the Mighty Goose claimed ignorance and offered their sincerest apologies, but refused to disband. The matter was taken to court, and the Order was allowed to exist, but under a New Name.

And thus, The Order of One Particular Goose of Supposed Might was born.

Marred by shame, membership of the Order plummeted, while the Really Mighty Goose saw his clientel increased 20-fold.

But, in early September of 1929, the Really Mighty Goose disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Shortly thereafter, upon discovery of a reciept for four pairs of Goose trousers, the Really Mighty Goose was revealed to be not one Mighty Goose, but four ordinary Geese.

The newly re-named Order of the Mighty Goose issued a public statement codemning the Imposter's unconcionable acts and apologizing on behalf of Greater Geese everywhere, and all was well with the world.

2 comments:

  1. WAS I AWARE OF IT?
    No, I was not. Oh, how wonderful it is to learn!

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  2. I like reading what you put up. even if i do get to it late. is there more like this about the mighty goose?

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