| Author | Message | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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3 men suffered concussions and serious head bruises because they tried to imitate a duck. What happened? | ||
| Birgitta Ericsson (Brid)
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Did they do this together? Or independently of one another? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Did they do this together? Yes Or independently of one another? No | ||
| Birgitta Ericsson (Brid)
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Was this an imitation of one duck that took three men to do? Or did they each do the same thing? Were they drunk? Or just silly? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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Did it involve quacking? Flapping 'wings'? Was a play on words or misunderstanding involved? | ||
| Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters)
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Playing some game, and when told to duck, they imitated a duck instead of ducking to avoid getting hit? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Did they go bottoms up in water that was too shallow? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is the type of duck relevant? | ||
| Lisa (Dlcygnet)
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They went hunting with Dick Cheney? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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By Birgitta Ericsson (Brid) on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 01:57 pm: Was this an imitation of one duck that took three men to do? No Or did they each do the same thing? Yes Were they drunk? No Or just silly? Most people would probably agree to a reluctant "yes" By Katy (Katy) on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 02:33 pm: Did it involve quacking? Flapping 'wings'? Was a play on words or misunderstanding involved? None of these By Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters) on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 04:01 pm: Playing some game, and when told to duck, they imitated a duck instead of ducking to avoid getting hit? Not this By Lynne (Lynne) on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 04:44 pm: Did they go bottoms up in water that was too shallow? No... By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 05:36 pm: Is the type of duck relevant? Yes By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 06:22 pm: They went hunting with Dick Cheney? No. However, this reminds me of one of the most dangerous activities one can undertake in Norway during autumn: Run madly around in the forests shouting "I am a moose! I am a moose!" That is tantamount to suicide. | ||
| B. Johnson (Sycorax)
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Did the duck imitation involve water? Did the imitation involve unusual movement of: the legs? the arms? the head? Is the relevant type of duck a literal species or breed of duck? Or is it a metaphorical type of duck such as "sitting" or "lame"? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is the type of duck: Living? Non Living? Unique? male? female? Someone dressed up as a duck? A mechanical device? Talking of Moose, it reminds me of a previous puzzle which seems to be etched in my memory. Isn't it peculiar how the memory seems to store such useful information? ;-) | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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By B. Johnson (Sycorax) on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 09:49 am: Did the duck imitation involve water? No Did the imitation involve unusual movement of: the legs? the arms? the head? All of these. Mostly arms and legs. Is the relevant type of duck a literal species or breed of duck? No(ish) Or is it a metaphorical type of duck such as "sitting" or "lame"? No By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 12:56 pm: Is the type of duck: Living? Non Living? These depend on your frame of reference Unique? Yes male? Yes female? No Someone dressed up as a duck? No A mechanical device? No Talking of Moose, it reminds me of a previous puzzle which seems to be etched in my memory. Isn't it peculiar how the memory seems to store such useful information? ;-) You mean, like when you effortlessly remember the registration number of your family's first car that was scrapped 30 years ago, but can't - no matter how hard you try - remember your own social security number? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Daffy Duck? Donald Duck? Francis Drake? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Daffy Duck? No Donald Duck? No... Francis Drake? No | ||
| Howard Wilde (Woodworm)
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Hewey, Dewey and/or Louie? Howard the Duck? Anything to do with bird flu? | ||
| B. Johnson (Sycorax)
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Is the imitated duck a fictional character? If so, is he best known from: animated cartoons? a comic strip? a book or books? a song? some other visual medium? some other audio medium? some other text medium? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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By Howard Wilde (Woodworm) on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 06:13 pm: Hewey, Dewey and/or Louie? Howard the Duck? Anything to do with bird flu? All no By B. Johnson (Sycorax) on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 09:23 pm: Is the imitated duck a fictional character? Yes If so, is he best known from: animated cartoons? a comic strip? This, I believe a book or books? a song? some other visual medium? some other audio medium? some other text medium? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Scrooge McDuck? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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John D. Rockerduck? Ludwig Von Drake? Flintheart Glomgold? Gladstone Gander? Gus Goose? Quackers? Orville? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Crikey duck? Shaggy Duck? Purple Duck? Juggling Duck? Debt Duck? Mad Duck? Mallard the Duck? Ducktor Duck? Super Duck? Destroyer Duck? Toilet Duck? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Darkwing Duck? Plucky Duck? Drunk Duck? Lame Duck? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is diving of any sort relevant? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Dippy Duck? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Scrooge McDuck? Yes Is diving of any sort relevant? Yes | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Scrooge McDuck has been known to dive into his massive pile of money. Is that relevant? Did the men per chance to imitate Scrooge McDuck in this endeavor? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Scrooge McDuck has been known to dive into his massive pile of money. Is that relevant? Yes Did the men per chance to imitate Scrooge McDuck in this endeavor? Yes ******************** SPOILER ****************** The notorious gang of bandits in the Donald Duck comic again was up to no good as they broke into Scrooge's money storehouse and managed to get Scrooge himself at gunpoint. At last, having secured Scrooge's fortune for themselves, they tried to dive into the enormous riches from everal metres height the way they knew Scrooge used to do. Obviously, like so many other things in life, it wasn't as easy to do as it would look from seeing a pro do it. They were knocked unconscious as their heads crashed into the piles of coins. So once again, Scrooge was saved from ruin at the hands of - perhaps - the world's dumbest criminals. | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Nice one Torgeir. The incident sounds familiar, I'm sure I have read that comic at some point! |
