The Darling Bride is a Missouri girl (she's
from there, not there now, so she's recovering!) - we once observed a flock of geese migrating over us. She asked, "you see how the geese form a V-shape, with geese in a line on either side of the lead bird?"
I told her yes... and then demonstrated my consummate knowledge by explaining that the strongest bird takes the lead position. The other geese honk in encouragement, riding on the lift provided by the wings of the bird in front of it. When the lead goose gets tired, it slips back while another takes its place.
"Correct," she replied, "but I'm sure you notice that one side of the "V" is longer than the other side. Do you know why
that is?"
I pondered it and, perplexed, admitted that I didn't know and awaited her wise Midwest explanation.
"Because there are more geese on that side than on the other!"
I felt like such a chump