Goose question

**Bonehead** · 02-05-2004, 00:53

I heard someone say whats good for the goose is good for the gander. I know what a goose is, but whats a gander?

**attroll** · 02-05-2004, 01:24

A goose is the female and a gander is the male. So what they mean is what is good for the female is good for the male.

**Brushy Sage** · 02-05-2004, 09:47

Also, Bonehead, here in the Western NC mountains, a gander is a purposeful look, as in "I took a gander at the hills."

**Lilred** · 02-05-2004, 10:56

Originally Posted by attroll

A goose is the female and a gander is the male. So what they mean is what is good for the female is good for the male.

I'm not so sure that the sexes are really the meaning of this saying. It's more like, what's good for one is good for another.

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