# Some random thoughts on the AFLAC duck **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 18, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239 "2001-06-18T17:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/41 "2003-10-05T17:51:30Z")
Imagine yourself arriving at your new digs in Japan. Now, imagine yourself turning on the TV, hoping to introduce yourself to some local culture. Now, imagine your brain exploding as you see those _same freakin’ AFLAC commercials,_ only _dubbed into Japanese._ It took a while, but now the Japanese division AFLAC is finally making their own commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/42 "2003-10-05T17:58:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > \*\*The duck can stay, but the Verizon “Can you hear me now? Good!” guy must be tortured and killed. \*\* Oh how I do agree so much with this! “Can you hear me now, Verizon asshole? Good. It’s time to die.” ---
**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:** [October 5, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/43 "2003-10-05T19:38:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*Oh how I do agree so much with this! > > “Can you hear me now, Verizon asshole? Good. It’s time to die.” \*\* If you hate the Verizon guy, you’ll love [this!](http://liquidgeneration.com/poptoons/whorizon_commercial.asp) (Warning: Flash movie) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/44 "2003-10-05T20:07:12Z")
Funny thing is… the word AFLAC… doesn’t echo. And no one knows why. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/45 "2003-10-06T07:23:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*The AFLAC duck doesn’t do a thing for me, but lordy oh lordy did I love that Bathroom Duck of a few years ago. You know, the relative of Toilet Duck? He’d come winging in on his biplane, wearing a leather bomber jacket and aviator’s cap, quacking that bathroom clean and shiny! Whoo-hooo! > > I think that’s when I started to suspect how weak my sense of humor really was, when I found myself laughing at that duck for the 100th time. \*\* I LOVE that commercial, and your post cracked me up. I wish I could download that li’l duck somewhere! ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/46 "2003-10-06T18:05:21Z")
Sorry to say, but the missus and I actually like the duck, especially the roller coaster commercial (where, for those who haven’t seen it, every time the duck tries to say “AFLAC” the coaster takes a dive and everybody, including the duck, screams at the tip of their lungs. At the end, the duck staggers away from the car). There are plenty of annoying commercials out there, especially those that have little if anything to do with the product being sold. In fact, I think I’ll start my own Pit thread on those. The duck works for me, though. I remember the product, I remember what the product _is_, and I remember it fondly as I think of the humorous commercials. Barry ---
**Author:** ![ThatDuckIsEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@ThatDuckIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatDuckIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/47 "2003-10-06T19:09:23Z")
::shuddering, looking over shoulder:: GRACIOUS so many Duck Haters around here. Despite my title here, I LOVE duckies. The AFLAC duck can go scratch, but the toilet duck was cute as pie. ::treading softly:: ---
**Author:** ![MarkofT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MarkofT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkofT)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/48 "2003-10-06T21:42:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > \*\*C’mon, guys, yeah - the one with Yogi Berra at the barbershop (“And they give you cash, which is just as good as money!”) was one of the funniest TV bits I’ve ever seen. \*\* I’ve only seen that ad once but I’m keeping my eye out for it to show up again. ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/49 "2003-10-06T23:58:32Z")
Ok, add my name to the list of people who despise both the AFLAC duck and the Verizon guy. Can we add the Arby’s talking oven mitt to the list? Seriously, how stoned do you have to be to think that a talking oven mitt is going to help you sell sandwiches? ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/50 "2003-10-07T00:20:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aenea \* > \*\*I have now joined the ranks of Insurance People. > > Care to guess who I work for? 😃 > I have a BIG box of those ducks right here. \*\* Have you seen any of those giant sized ones they have? One of them was sent to my work by mistake. It was about 3’ long and about 2’ tall. We had fun playing with it until the boss made us put it back it the box so it could be sent to the right place. I’m gone for 7 months and the first thread I post to is about the AFLAC duck. Well, things are back to normal. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/51 "2003-10-07T00:28:09Z")
I like the duck–it’s that Arby’s oven mitt who must be flame-broiled until he shuts up. Of course, there can never be anything in a commercial that’s one-millionth as annoying as the Energizer Bunny. I’ve hated that critter for over a dozen years now. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/52 "2003-10-07T19:08:41Z")
My MIL arranged a meeting with the AFLAC people because she wanted one of those ducks! I love the duck! ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/53 "2003-10-07T19:17:26Z")
I LOVE that duck. Love him to pieces. Why? because he gives **mouthbreather** a coronary every single time. What’s not to love? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/54 "2003-10-07T19:36:24Z")
The early duck ads were the best…the series has sort of run out of gas. I DO like the Yogi Berra ad, though…the expression of slack-jawed amazement on the duck’s face as he tries to parse Yogi’s brilliance is spot-on! The Verizon guy and the Arby’s mitt, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239/55 "2003-10-08T19:49:05Z")
Actually, “Can you hear me now” is good for a laugh if you utter it while ministering to your SO in, er, a below the belt fashion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-random-thoughts-on-the-aflac-duck/69239.md?page=2)