# A duck at Starbucks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596 "2013-01-18T06:17:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596/21 "2013-01-19T04:34:54Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Did the duck ask if they had any bananas? Waddle, waddle. Got any…grapes? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596/22 "2013-01-19T04:41:47Z")
I expected to see that the story was from either Japan or Portland. But wait a minute? Muscovy duck? You didn’t describe to them, “oh yeah, it’s got horrific tumors all over its face”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596/23 "2013-01-19T04:47:21Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I hope the duck is healthy. I’d hate to see it come down with some strange mallardy. Eider rather not get involve in pun wars, web be going for days. ---
**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596/24 "2013-01-19T06:52:46Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I expected to see that the story was from either Japan or Portland. > > But wait a minute? Muscovy duck? You didn’t describe to them, “oh yeah, it’s got horrific tumors all over its face”? 😉 It’s staffed by volunteers. 🙂 Anyway… am I the ONLY person in the WORLD who learned how to play “duck, duck, gray duck” as a child? (Only the correct name counts!!) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596/25 "2013-01-19T09:18:35Z")
Are there no photos to link to? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596/26 "2013-01-19T13:04:15Z")
[Here’s a pic](http://ii.wbshop.com/fcgi-bin/iipsrv.fcgi?FIF=/images/warnerbros//source/warnerbros/ddicmug01.tif&wid=370&cvt=jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596/27 "2013-01-19T15:22:04Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [Here’s a pic](http://ii.wbshop.com/fcgi-bin/iipsrv.fcgi?FIF=/images/warnerbros//source/warnerbros/ddicmug01.tif&wid=370&cvt=jpeg) No fair Peking. ---
**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596/28 "2013-01-20T00:56:17Z")
Sorry… I really thought I took at least one pic of that duck. (It’s a REAL DUCK! Not a hallucination… 😉 Maybe I’ll take one the next time I go to that Starbuck’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596.md?page=1)