{"id":358,"date":"2008-11-24T12:06:22","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T19:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=358"},"modified":"2014-07-05T20:19:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T03:19:56","slug":"why-did-the-geese-cross-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/24\/why-did-the-geese-cross-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did the Geese Cross the Road?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"017 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/3056831690\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3244\/3056831690_0a345e19db.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"017\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I never did figure out why these silly geese so desperately wanted to cross the road.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"021 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/3056832162\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3207\/3056832162_d52630da31.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"021\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each of these drivers had to stop and honk for the geese to get out of the way.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"022 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/3056832286\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3269\/3056832286_414e7d61ab.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"022\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They disrupted traffic for quite a while before one of them remembered that <em>they can fly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"023 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/3055994831\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3058\/3055994831_96ce749b67.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"023\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/3056831690\/\" title=\"017 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3244\/3056831690_0a345e19db_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"017\" \/><\/a>I never did figure out why these silly geese so desperately wanted to [<a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=358\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[762],"tags":[18,230,246],"class_list":["post-358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life-living-well","tag-critters","tag-geese","tag-photography","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"762":{"name":"Daily Life","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/living-well\/daily-life-living-well\/"}},"tags_names":{"18":{"name":"critters","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/critters\/"},"230":{"name":"geese","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/geese\/"},"246":{"name":"photography","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/photography\/"}},"comments_number":0,"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fDeG-5M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9230,"url":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/20\/a-fresh-start-for-the-new-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":358,"position":0},"title":"A Fresh Start for the New Year: Are You Ready to Turn the Page on 2020?","author":"Judy Schwartz Haley","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"the year is almost over. 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