# A duck! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581 "2004-06-04T04:24:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/1 "2004-06-04T04:24:15Z")
:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/2 "2004-06-04T04:28:26Z")
Why? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/3 "2004-06-04T04:30:24Z")
Yes, but does its quack echo? Aflac! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/4 "2004-06-04T04:33:11Z")
It’s a fair cop. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/5 "2004-06-04T04:33:34Z")
Wanna buy? ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/6 "2004-06-04T04:34:46Z")
Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, Mushroom! Mushroom! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/7 "2004-06-04T04:37:32Z")
Och! These are terrible times we live in, when any passing ruffian can accost us with meaningless, nay, VAPID! threads on unseemly foul fowl. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/8 "2004-06-04T05:24:18Z")
Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/9 "2004-06-04T05:45:15Z")
Shouldn’t **Why A Duck** be in here? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/10 "2004-06-04T05:45:29Z")
You [found my duck?!?!?!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=241292&highlight=duck) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/11 "2004-06-04T06:20:00Z")
It turned me into a newt! I got better. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/12 "2004-06-04T06:24:08Z")
> [@Tikki](#): > > Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, > Mushroom! Mushroom! NO! It’s: Duke, duke, duke, Duke of Earl, duke, duke, Duke of Earl, duke, duke, Duke of Earl. Goose–you’re it! ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/13 "2004-06-04T07:44:00Z")
Ah, they’re 1920’s style “Duck Rays.” ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Star_to_the_Right)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/14 "2004-06-04T07:50:16Z")
1)When come back bring duck 2)My duck’s breath smells like duck food 1. Hi **Duck!** ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/15 "2004-06-04T11:24:25Z")
Is it one of those _frog eating_ ducks we’ve been hearing so much about? ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/16 "2004-06-04T11:59:50Z")
Aflaaaaaccc!!! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/17 "2004-06-04T12:18:53Z")
A duck and cover **duck**? ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/18 "2004-06-04T12:36:20Z")
> [@RandomLetters](#): > > Ah, they’re 1920’s style “Duck Rays.” Let me guess… you were paid off in small bills to say that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/19 "2004-06-04T12:41:29Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Yes, but does its quack echo? > > Aflac! Quack Quack Quack Quack And rather amusingly have just been sent [this](http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm). Proving in fact that yes, a duck’s quack does echo. Sometimes I seriously wonder about scientists. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581/20 "2004-06-04T12:44:44Z")
Mmmmm duuuuckkkkkkk [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck/248581.md?page=2)