# Thinking of the Aflack duck **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 3, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252 "2004-02-03T00:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/1 "2004-02-03T00:25:32Z")
I’ll bet you could walk right up to him in the yard. Take his head off with some pruning shears while he stands there. Then you could pluck his pretty, white feathers into a sack to save for a pillow. A propane torch would singe the hairs right off of his body. Remove his entrails and he’ll be ready for a pan. I’d lay a couple of slices of good, fat bacon across his breast to keep him juicy like Granny used to do. An hour or so in the oven then to the table with some orange sauce, Granny’s recipe. I’m not a vegan, I wish I had a duck to slaughter. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/2 "2004-02-03T00:44:16Z")
Just staple his beak shut. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/3 "2004-02-03T00:49:15Z")
Be careful about getting burned while doing this, hate for you to get hurt and not have that insurance… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/4 "2004-02-03T01:28:02Z")
Ducks is _mean_! Tricksy too! Just keep your distance, unless ye be manly men, of sure courage. And have lots of bactine. ---
**Author:** ![BytopianDream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@BytopianDream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BytopianDream)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/5 "2004-02-03T01:55:54Z")
> [@The Man With The Golden Gun](#): > > Be careful about getting burned while doing this, hate for you to get hurt and not have that insurance… What kind of insurance? Oh, you mean that insurance that gives your pants a good browning everytime the commerical comes on for them. Hmm, whats the name of that insurance? 😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/6 "2004-02-03T20:53:59Z")
So I guess I’m the only one that likes those commercials? My favorite is the one with Yogi Berra ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/7 "2004-02-03T21:13:34Z")
No, I like the commercials, too. But one came on yesterday and it made me think that it has been a long time since I had roast duck. 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/8 "2004-02-03T21:24:49Z")
> [@hlanelee](#): > > I’ll bet you could walk right up to him in the yard. Take his head off with some pruning shears while he stands there. Then you could pluck his pretty, white feathers into a sack to save for a pillow. A propane torch would singe the hairs right off of his body. Remove his entrails and he’ll be ready for a pan. I’d lay a couple of slices of good, fat bacon across his breast to keep him juicy like Granny used to do. An hour or so in the oven then to the table with some orange sauce, Granny’s recipe. I’m not a vegan, I wish I had a duck to slaughter. Please, please don’t do this. After all, it’s Wabbit Season… ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/9 "2004-02-03T21:37:41Z")
I like the AFLAC duck. He’s like a brother to me. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/10 "2004-02-03T21:40:49Z")
oh…and can someone tell me how to edit my sig. Stupid mistakes… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/11 "2004-02-04T04:17:12Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > oh…and can someone tell me how to edit my sig. Stupid mistakes… Click on the “User CP” button at the top of the page. You’ll get a screen with a list of editing options on the left, the first of which is “Edit signature”. Be sure to remember to click the save changes button when you’re done. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/12 "2004-02-04T04:50:46Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > So I guess I’m the only one that likes those commercials? My favorite is the one with Yogi Berra Oh, that one sends my son into peals of giggles everytime he sees it. I love the duck. Josh got one that talks for Christmas from a generous Doper. It’s so cute! “Aflac. Aflac. AFLAC!!!” ---
**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:** [February 4, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/13 "2004-02-04T06:06:29Z")
I love that duck! And that one poor guy that’s in most of the commercials, too. He’s the guy that actualy seems to understand that the duck talks. fyi: The word “Aflac” doesn’t echo. And no one knows why. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/14 "2004-02-04T09:04:14Z")
I’ve always wanted to see the Aflac duck meet the Parkay bucket. (Do you youngin’s recall the Parkay bucket?) I suspect it would go thus: Aflac Duck, in usual nasaly tone: Aflac! Parkay Bucket, in smooth senuous voice: Parkay. AD: AFLAC! PB: Parkay. AD: **AFLAC!** PB (still calm and suave): Parkay. AD (increasingly irate): _ **AFLAC!** _ PB: Parkay. AD: _has aneurysm and dies_ Fin ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/15 "2004-02-04T09:09:50Z")
> [@](#): > > **A propane torch would singe the hairs right off of his body.** No wonder it’s so annoying! It’s some kind of mutant, hairy space duck! “Ma, get the kids in the cellar; it’s the _duck thing_!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Astra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@Astra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astra)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/16 "2004-02-04T11:03:15Z")
I was with you all the way until I realized you mean the duck and not the actor. Ben Affleck + propane torch = FUN! (and never having to suffer through a “performance” like _Armageddon_ or_Forces of Nature_ ever again) ---
**Author:** ![APOC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@APOC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APOC)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/17 "2004-02-04T11:14:04Z")
I love that exasperated little duck. Leave him alone. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/18 "2004-02-04T11:59:51Z")
What the wide wide world of sports ia an AFLAC duck? I have no idea what any of you are going the fuck on about. anyone care to help? ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/19 "2004-02-04T12:24:01Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > What the wide wide world of sports ia an AFLAC duck? > > I have no idea what any of you are going the fuck on about. anyone care to help? [Look here, grasshopper, and understand.](http://www.aflac.com/about_us/aflac_commercials.asp) ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252/20 "2004-02-04T12:29:10Z")
Oh, and I was going to say, my personal favorite is the one with the couple in bed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-the-aflack-duck/227252.md?page=2)