Ordinance would require everyone to carry loaf of bread

The Wilmington City Council is considering an ordinance that would require anyone who lives within the city to carry a loaf of bread in their car.

The reason is due to the large flock of domestic geese that continues to block Bridge Street which is a major highway that runs through town. The geese, who have made the north and south island parks their home, frequently stop traffic when they waddle from one side of the Historic Route 66 to the other.

The problem is they are slow to cross and fearless of cars as they associate vehicles with easy food.

Aldermen are tired of getting complaints from constituents and this proposed ordinance is an easy solution. With a bread ordinance, residents will be able to pull over, grab their bread and fool the geese into getting off Route 66.

The flock numbers about 30 fowl and they come and go as they wish. And when we say go, we mean they go, poop, that is, anywhere they wish. The geese even leave their deposits on the grounds where the Gemini Giant has been placed. If the townspeople lure them away with their bread then tourists from all over the world will have a better impression of the Mother Road icon.

The idea was proposed April 1.