Duck, Duck, Goose Dinner

So I was out at dinner tonight with my friend Jen. We have started a Monday night tradition to go to Chili's for dinner because they have a great special on their fajitas and drinks. 

While a dinner I saw a little walking around her family's table playing "Duck, Duck, Goose". In truth she was just playing by herself because she was with 3 adults who just didn't want to yell at her to sit down. However, this made me think of something Sam wrote years ago.

Sam used to write his "random thought"he would have and post them on Facebook; and one happen to be called "Duck, Duck, Goose". It was so funny that I feel like I should share it with the rest of the world. (Hope you don't mind, Sam.)

(Sam's current Facebook picture is this snowman- also very random- so it seemed fitting)

I've read many blogs where they have other people do "guest post". However I don't have enough readers for that, so tonight I bring you Sam's  "Random Thought #21- Duck, Duck, Goose". (Please excuse the language- but it's pretty funny stuff) Enjoy!

Has anyone ever really sat down to think about this game for a minute? We all know it but have we ever actually thought about it? Well at 4 in the morning I had nothing better to do so this is what I came up with.


First off what is the damn goose's problem? What, just cause a person is a goose means they're crabby bastards who are going to chase you around for taping them on the head? This game really portrays geese in a poor light and really says nothing about the temperament of ducks. Hell, I bet you ducks are worse than geese. Those bastards always waddling around looking so innocent. Of course that's what they WANT you to think. Ducks are evil conniving bastards. And what about the social implications of the game. Only the goose is supposed to get up and chase you around. What does that say about being different? Oh, you're not a duck, AHAHAHA I'm going to run away from you because you're different than everyone else. Really what kind of message does it send? This of course is on top of the fact that it is the most pointless game ever. So if you get away from the big bad goose do you get a prize or a point or anything? No, you just get fucking dropped back in the circle to be singled out again for ridicule. And what happens when you catch the person you're chasing as the goose? You go right back to the fucking spot you just left. Fuck that noise, I'll just sit here and tag the douche that knocked me on the head when he runs his slow ass around the circle. Boom I win......more like BOOM I still get to sit here.

Actually the more I think about it the more I realize that duck, duck, goose is fucking bullshit. You know what we should have our children playing as they grow up? Paintball. Thats right paintball, it teaches teamwork, strategy, self-reliance and I'll be damned if there's not a punishment for losing. Yea those things sting a little but think about how that'd feel for a 6 year old, talk about motivation to succeed. Of course there still the positive flip side to that as we introduce our children to pain early so they can build up a tolerance. Thats it, right here, right now, I am officially starting a movement to replace all games of duck, duck, goose with games of paintball. Enough with the coddling. I say we make the bastards work for it and by bastards I mean our children.

(Yeah, I know. I'm going to be marrying this guy- what am I thinking. And no I will let our children play paintball instead of Duck, Duck, Goose. Paintball is just too expensive! )

Question: Do you have really random thoughts in the middle of the night? (Or is it just Sam?)