Editing 1729: Migrating Geese

{{w|Bird migration|Migrating}} refers to the changing of a habitat, which happens every year with {{w|geese}} traveling long distances to avoid cold seasons. When geese fly to their new habitat they tend to fly in a very clear shape or formation which resembles a flipped V. This formation is shown and explained here like a military formation with different geese labeled with different roles and different areas of the formation also labeled. See the [[#Table of labels|table below]].

The only part of the formation that would not normally be seen is Kevin, who flies off at a 45 degree angle. In that direction there is no help from the other birds, and in the title text the rest of the geese also exclaim, "Dammit, Kevin" when he (again?) tells them that he has a great new idea for a migration.

|This goose may become the newest monarch of the UK, assuming the three who are further in line die. The current fourth in line to the British throne is {{w|HRH}} {{w|Princess Charlotte of Cambridge}}. In North America, the best-known goose migration is that of {{w|Canada goose|Canadian geese}} to the US east coast; the movie {{w|Fly Away Home}} is a semi-fictional story about this. Canada used to be part of the {{w|British Empire}} and remains a member of the {{w|Commonwealth of Nations}}, so a Canadian goose would be well situated to stand within the succession.

|A {{w|quarterback}} is a position in {{w|American Football}}. In modern American football, the {{w|Quarterback}} is usually considered the leader of the team, and is often responsible for calling the play.

|A {{w|comptroller}} is a position in a company. A comptroller oversees and manages all financial operations.   

|This might be a reference to launch abort capsules used in rockets to safely land astronauts in the case of a critical stage failure

|This goose has two tails, which makes it look like a Twin-Engine aircraft which has two motors on either wing instead of one in the nose.

|Probably refers to Kevin Mcallister, from the {{w|Home Alone}} movies. Kevin, who was played by {{w|Macaulay Culkin}}, is a kid who tends to get separated from his family.  Might also be a reference to the [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/219w2o/whos_the_dumbest_person_youve_ever_met/cgbhkwp Kevin of reddit fame], or  possibly a reference to one of the {{w|Minions (Despicable Me)|Minions}} from the "{{w|Despicable Me}}" franchise ([http://despicableme.wikia.com/wiki/Kevin Kevin]), who leaves the main Minion group in search of a new master, hence the comment about migration.

|A person, usually a criminal, that surreptitiously provides information to the {{w|Central Intelligence Agency}}. If these geese are from Canada, the CIA might have inserted an informant to be kept up to date on their activities.

|These are geese that are not used in the formation so they can replace other geese in their positions in case they have problems performing their task.

|In Chemistry, {{w|Valence (chemistry)|valence}} electrons are the electrons in the outermost "layer" which change places when chemical reactions happen. As there is an optimal number of electrons in a layer, if there are missing valence electrons, atoms which can fill in these gaps tend to react with the atoms having the missing electrons. In case of "electron sharing" (aka. covalent bond) molecules result from such an encounter. The comic suggests, a second geese formation that has proper "valence geese" in the appropriate position could bond (=merge) with this one into a larger formation. A normal geese V formation like the one in the comic has one side longer than the other and this is possibly Randall's explanation for the phenomenon.

In reality, geese do form V-shaped flocks, since the rear geese can profit aerodynamically from the vortices created by the front geese, and that way the overall flock requires less energy. So there is actually some evolutionary sense for additional geese to fill the "valence holes".  

| A shock front is the front boundary of a {{w|shock wave}} created by either a {{w|sonic boom}} or another explosion in a fluid/gas. It can also refer to the shock wave itself.

|The formation is forming a protective surrounding around an empty space in the middle which in a military formation could contain protected cargo. As there is no cargo visible in the geese formation, it is titled "{{w|Stealth technology|stealth}}".