# Ever notice how ducks sound like they're laughing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567 "2003-01-30T07:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/1 "2003-01-30T07:11:34Z")
It’s uncanny. And what’s worse, it has the tone of someone really mean laughing at _you_. I can see why Daffy was such a dick. He said what every duck must be thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Jojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jojo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/2 "2003-01-30T12:32:59Z")
I couldn’t agree more with this OP. It’s about time those arrogant duck bastards were made to pay for their holier-than-thou attitude. Ducks? Schmucks, more like. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/3 "2003-01-30T12:33:00Z")
And the sound doesn’t echo. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/4 "2003-01-30T13:19:15Z")
Really? I never thought it sounded like laughter. I always thought it sounded more like constant complaining. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/5 "2003-01-30T13:58:18Z")
The title of this thread got me laughing. I’m sure my neighbors thought I was an idiot when they heard me laughing to myself at 7 this morning (I’m now on campus, and it still makes me chuckle). Let’s just hope I don’t think about it during class later or I’ll start snickering about it again. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/6 "2003-01-30T16:38:39Z")
They’re…des-pic-a-ble! ---
**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:** [January 30, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/7 "2003-01-30T17:10:16Z")
Ducks? Fuck 'em! (illegal in 49 states. Hooray Alabama!) ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/8 "2003-01-30T17:56:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ratty \* > \*\*Really? I never thought it sounded like laughter. I always thought it sounded more like constant complaining. \*\* I always thought the goose honk sounded like complaining. I haven’t got a handle on the loon call yet… ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/9 "2003-01-30T22:54:49Z")
It’s 'cuz we quack them up. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/10 "2003-01-30T23:52:37Z")
And that AFLAC duck is even worse. Not only does he laugh–he also interrupts people’s conversations and yells at them in a condescending tone. Ducks are so rude. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/11 "2003-01-30T23:59:39Z")
Nah, they aren’t laughing at you, they’re trying to [convert you](http://www.jagaimo.com/duck/). > [@](#): > > The Duck is quite a happening creature. It is indeed the Duck from which the state of Duckiness originates, but the potential to experience the Duck exists within all creatures, Ducky and not. Whether it is through a sensory perception or an intuitive contact, whether it is complete or partial, whether the Duck is within or without, the Duck remains, and the Duck is Ducky. > > Anyone who reads this far is on the path to Duckiness. Whether they move forward or not is a purely conscious decision, and can be made in any way which satisfies the Ducky-One-to-be. > > Go forth, and be Ducky. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/12 "2003-01-31T05:54:13Z")
So we (4 of us) were in an inflatable raft about 100 or so feet from shore,We ranged in age from 16 to 19… The thing was going flat from a nice size hole that we tried to patch at a float-house we were partying at. Paddeling like mad we made to within 30ft of shore and by this time it was clear we were going to get wet. Then I hear a sound like a duck laughing its ass off at us,I look to shore to see an older gentleman with a duck call who apparently watched us the whole time and used his duck call to “laugh” at us… ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-ducks-sound-like-theyre-laughing/151567/13 "2003-01-31T06:31:51Z")
I was out playing golf one day with the sales manager from the radio station I worked at when we came to the 9th tee. Absolutely overrun with ducks. I concentrated and let my tee shot fly - it dribbled about 3 feet from the tee. QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK sounded like HA HA HA HA The animal almost became 3 wood Duck Patè that lovely morning…