You’ve probably seen it. It’s usually made to look like a bird on a stick, with a bulb at the bottom of it. It keeps dipping down and putting its beak in a small bowl of liquid. What the hell is this thing called? I can’t even search for it on the internets since I don’t know what the damn thing is called!
Apologies for a mundane question, but this is driving me nuts. Thanks.
I believe the most common name is simply Drinking Bird, though I’ve also seen it called a “dipping” or “dippy” bird.
That would be the famous “Drinking Bird”.
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Thanks A Million, gang! Now I can sleep tonight 
Whatever you do, don’t let it do your job for you, or you’ll wind up with your ass stuck in a nuclear reactor pressure vessel.
In the future, they bob for a really long time (see Alien).
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