Wild Goose Chase - Literally

I'm sure you have heard the term wild goose chase.

A couple days ago I went on an actual wild goose chase.

There is a goose on Lake Merritt. He's different from all the Canada geese. He's unique, a lot of people think he's a hybrid.

He stands out among the crowd. He's a leader, all the Canada Geese follow him where ever he goes, to the ends of the earth. They will follow him across the road, causing short traffic jams.

He's no chicken. No punch line. Just Traffic.

When I see this goose, I can't help but smile. This goose is so cool he's got me chasing after him. Imagine a celebrity, that's a goose. Everyone around the lake knows him, bird and human a like.

My girlfriend and I were walking around the lake looking for this guy, wanting to take a picture of him.

Then she turns and says to me "You realize we are on a wild goose chase right."

I've used that saying so many times, but never really thought about going on an actual goose chase. I mean who really does that?

It got me thinking maybe I should be turning more obscure phrases into actualities? Maybe that's why the English language is so hard to learn. A goose chase?

I got two really random idea's from this whole adventure. One is a blog dedicated to the literalization of phrases. You could have a picture for a different one each day. For instance the phrase: Cut the cheese, you have a picture of someone actually cutting a piece of cheese.

Sounds stupid? That could be my book deal!

The 2nd crazy idea is to start a Twitter page for the Lake Merritt Goose. Everyday it would say this: Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk.

I guess that's not very different from what ever other celebritie's Twitter page says...