Trigger Happy
Nov 07, 2019
3 minutes
STEVEN POOLE
According to Brewer’s Dictionary Of Phrase And Fable, the goose symbolises conceit or foolishness. “You silly goose!” is an affectionate insult in literature of yore, mainly directed (you will not be surprised to learn) at women; but a vain and silly type of man is also portrayed as a goose in Egyptian hieroglyphics. In the present age of technology-enabled narcissism, of course, there is no shortage of such human geese.
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