# Does a duck shit in the water? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026 "2000-12-04T22:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/1 "2000-12-04T22:24:57Z")
Do fish swim? Is the Pope Catholic? Do birds fly? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/2 "2000-12-04T22:32:21Z")
Does mouseshit roll? ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/3 "2000-12-04T22:34:44Z")
1. Yes, and on land also. 2. Yes, and ‘fly’ also. 3. As far as I know. (Most of 'em, at least.) 4. Yes, most of them. ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/4 "2000-12-04T22:43:14Z")
Is a frogs asshole watertight? ---
**Author:** ![Fillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2acd7d/32.png) [@Fillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fillet)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/5 "2000-12-04T22:44:43Z")
Do chickens have lips? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/6 "2000-12-04T22:48:54Z")
Does the Pope wear a funny hat? Does a frog bump its ass on the ground when it hops? Does a bear shit in the woods? ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/7 "2000-12-04T22:57:52Z")
Do chicks swoon the the sight of JDT? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/8 "2000-12-04T23:08:51Z")
Does a screech-owl hit herself upside the head for thinking this was GQ and not MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/9 "2000-12-04T23:12:54Z")
If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent? If a parsley farmer is sued, could they garnish his wages? Do sheep get their hair cuts at a baa baa shop? Is a barber who works in a Library called a Barbarian? If a tree falls in a forest, and hits a mime, does anybody say anything about it? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/10 "2000-12-04T23:49:51Z")
If a man says something in a forest, and a woman is not around to hear him, is he still wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/11 "2000-12-05T00:14:08Z")
was Sue Duhnym smashed when she started this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/12 "2000-12-05T00:24:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ad Noctum \* > \*\*was Sue Duhnym smashed when she started this thread? \*\* Is my Mom a virgin? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/13 "2000-12-05T00:29:12Z")
If a tree falls on a bear shitting in the woods and no one else is around, is the Pope still catholic? No WAIT! If a tree falls on a bear shitting in the woods and no one else is around, is the Popes asshole watertight? {sub]I’m going to helllll…I’m going to helllllll [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/14 "2000-12-05T00:30:25Z")
Is there an Absorbine Sr? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/15 "2000-12-05T00:32:23Z")
Do tree huggers write on paper? ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/16 "2000-12-05T00:41:35Z")
_wrenching the thread back to Sue’s original premise_ Does Howdy-Doody have wooden balls? Is a pig’s ass pork? Is de Nile a river in Egypt? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/17 "2000-12-05T01:01:37Z")
Is Johnny B Good? Does Lucille Ball? ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/18 "2000-12-05T01:12:25Z")
_startled gasp_ Hey!!!-Sue-- don’t you be confusing the Hell outta me! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/19 "2000-12-05T01:23:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ren \* > \*\*If a man says something in a forest, and a woman is not around to hear him, is he still wrong? \*\* Good one, ren! Why do they call us ‘engineers’ if we don’t work on trains? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026/20 "2000-12-05T01:27:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silo \* > \*\*If a tree falls in a forest, and hits a mime, does anybody say anything about it? > \*\* Does anyone _care_? Robin [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-duck-shit-in-the-water/44026.md?page=2)