In Canada, the largest and best known of the wild geese is the black-necked Canadian goose.

I grabbed a tissue, tried to blow my nose discreetly, and instead sounded like a beacon for every Canadian goose on the planet.

If those turbofans were to start up all of a sudden, she didn't want to get sucked in and shredded like some Canadian goose.

"This," she said, glad to give information, "is the Canadian goose, and