# Pigeons or rubber ducks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627 "2010-07-22T18:51:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/1 "2010-07-22T18:51:11Z")
Which of these makes for a sunnier day? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/2 "2010-07-22T19:02:54Z")
Is this a social experiment to see if people will vote in any damn poll whatsoever? I’m in! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/3 "2010-07-22T19:08:39Z")
I don’t recall any song about how fun pigeons are … because they are not fun. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/4 "2010-07-22T19:19:18Z")
Depends. Are you Ernie, or [Bert](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPj3G7U-K04)? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/5 "2010-07-22T19:20:26Z")
Rubber ducks, if only because they don’t shit on my car on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/6 "2010-07-22T19:22:27Z")
Apparently, you folks are awfully fond of rubber ducks. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/7 "2010-07-22T19:23:03Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > Depends. Are you Ernie, or [Bert](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPj3G7U-K04)? I’m always with Ernie. Rubber Ducky, youre the one! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/8 "2010-07-22T19:26:52Z")
In what world are pigeons anything besides disease-infested winged rats? Duckies. ---
**Author:** ![Staver808](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Staver808](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staver808)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/9 "2010-07-22T19:27:37Z")
Oh! Rubber _ **DUCKS** _! I misread the question. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/10 "2010-07-22T19:39:03Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I don’t recall any song about how fun pigeons are … because they are not fun. Sure they’re fun – and [here’s the song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY) to prove it. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/11 "2010-07-23T10:34:18Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > In what world are pigeons anything besides disease-infested winged rats? The world in which they helpfully clear up city centre vomit while maintaining a beautiful plumage. Rubber ducks aren’t even alive. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/12 "2010-07-23T18:39:48Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Is this a social experiment to see if people will vote in any damn poll whatsoever? > > I’m in! 🙂 Apparently, so is the verdict. (“Any damn poll” indeed.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-or-rubber-ducks/547627/13 "2010-07-23T20:51:31Z")
And I’m not the one who chose it, but I really like the phrasing on choice 3.