Man Allegedly Bench-Presses Goose for 10 Minutes at L.A. Park; Goose Allegedly Loves It

[Liberal_in_LA]

happy news for Friday. Human / goose positive interaction.



Update: "Who Is the Goose Whisperer of Hollenbeck Park?"

Reddit and Tumblr exploded yesterday with a photo of a barefooted man lying on the hillside of a somewhat crummy-looking park.

The man -- by all appearances -- was bench-pressing a goose.

Scott Lowell, the B-list actor who originally Tweeted the photo (sort of a George Clooney lookalike who does a lot of theater and cop TV), writes only that the crummy park in question is located in Los Angeles, and that the goose...

... was not exactly protesting.


You see amazing things in the parks of LA! This guy was Bench-pressing this goose for 10 min. ... the goose LOVED it!! pic.twitter.com/VNtis6UJ

In response to the onslaught of questions he obviously received in response to the Tweet, Lowell went on to imply that the man and the goose have some sort of relationship outside of bench-pressing.

"It was ABSOLUTELY a real Goose!!" wrote Lowell. "After bench-pressing it he cradled it, tickled it's tummy and then it walked away."

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/03/man_bench-presses_goose_la_park.php

[DJ13]

1. !

[ceile]

2. That's funny.

Made me smile on a crap day.

[joshcryer]

7. TGIF ceile. :)

Made me smile, too.

[ceile]

9. ...

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. The goose said he was *down* with it.

[Arugula Latte]

14. It didn't ruffle his feathers?

[WI_DEM]

4. Hmm, I wonder if it crapped on him?

[Kingofalldems]

5. Funniest thing I've read in a long time.

[Enrique]

6. I think i've seen a story about this goose guy before

but I thought it was Echo Park.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. what do you think about the writer calling it a 'crummy park'. Standard "nothing but grass" LA park

[Uncle Joe]

8. Probably the equivalent of a theme park ride for the goose.

This is a perfect Friday thread.

Thanks for the thread, Liberal_in_LA.

[TrogL]

10. I still love what somebody posted on another forum

Canada, please come get your geese. They're shitting all over the parking lot.

[FSogol]

11. He should mix in some goose squats to work his gluts too.

[modem77]

13. That could get a little messy.

[Arugula Latte]

15. Oh, come on. Who here hasn't done several reps with an Anatidae?

We've all been there, people.

[Zanzoobar]

16. "I could probably think of a couple reasons"

[Joe Shlabotnik]

17. Bookmarking. This story has wings, read it here first on DU lol. n/t