# You wanna buy a duck?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wanna-buy-a-duck/705718>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 26, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wanna-buy-a-duck/705718 "2014-11-26T23:16:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wanna-buy-a-duck/705718/41 "2014-12-03T15:13:58Z")

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I always got a chuckle about DUKW’s being called amphibious ducks. Of course they are, they’re ducks. If you have a duck that’s not amphibious isn’t that basically a chicken?

I wanted one of these in the worst way when I was a kid.

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**Author:** ![slightly\_askew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wanna-buy-a-duck/705718/42 "2014-12-03T15:38:40Z")

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Does it quack?

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**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wanna-buy-a-duck/705718/43 "2014-12-04T21:50:43Z")

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I know that phrase from [this game](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Want%20to%20buy%20a%20duck%3F).

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**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wanna-buy-a-duck/705718/44 "2014-12-05T00:43:06Z")

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It’s funny. I could have sworn Joe Penner came up with the phrase, but [this site](http://i.imgur.com/JEx0Fhh.png) says otherwise.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wanna-buy-a-duck/705718/45 "2014-12-05T00:58:13Z")

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In school back in West Texas, a common catchphrase bandied about was “Fuck-a-Duck Farms. Take home a six-pack.”

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