what the hell is a gander?

in the expression....


whats good for the goose is good for the gander...


what the hell is a gander?

 

I think it's a female goose, or some type of bird that's a lot like a goose.

 

Isn't it a male goose? Try a dictionary. . .

 

It's a male goose.

 

I thought a gander was an old man who liked to dance the jitterbug.

 

You could have tried to look it up here before wasting valuble space on the boards.

5D2M1

 

A gander is to take a look at something. Eg: Take a gander at this blue spotted pig. If you want to know so bad why dont you look at a dictionary?


Raincloud

 

Main Entry: [1]gan·der
Pronunciation: 'gan-d&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gandra; akin to Old English gOs goose
Date: before 12th century
1 : the adult male goose
2 : SIMPLETON

Main Entry: [2]gander
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from [1]gander; from the outstretched neck of a person craning to look at something
Date: circa 1914
: LOOK, GLANCE <take a gander>

 

"whats good for the goose is good for the gander..."

I'm more confused as to why it's good for both. I mean, wouldn't geese and ganders have different needs? I do not like the inherent fallacy of that statement.

Amazing.

 

hey 5darth2maul1... calm down man...

just having some fun in the community board...


if you say i am wasting time... then what do you think ALL THE OTHER threads in comunity do????



so we have to definitions... to look and a male goose....



but i agree with amazing that the statement is inheretly wrong....

 

Like a Gonder, only bigger.