I wonder how the goose would react if I said "Ahhh!!! You scared me to death, I'm dead!" and slumped over on the bench with my eyes closed.

You gotta try that sometime, then let us know here how it went! I love it.

But I'm being polite now and avoiding that particular table until they stop nesting there.

Yeah, I'd probably favor kinda just letting them have their own thing at this point, as well.