July 28, 2014
I have acquired a duck
Not meaning to horn in on Wonderduck's territory, but I now have a rubber duck.
Every year at the Big Airplane company, they have a Safety Fair, where all the employees mill around the various booths scooping up small candies and doo-dads while the folks running the booths hope they wait in line long enough to look at the presentations. At one booth, they gave away ducks. It was some pointless booth about Diversity, where you stuck a push-pin in your place of origin and they let you reach into a box and pull out a duck. Now if I had gotten the pilot duck, that would have been cool. but instead....
If, before his ill-fated teleportation experience, Seth Brundle had tried the trick with a duck and a soccer ball, this is what he might have gotten. It's a soccer-ball duck, made of white rubber, with hexagonal lines molded into him, with the occasional black spot. They had printed "777 Diversity" on his chest, but that came off fairly easily. Since two of his black spots were on his eyes, one of my co-workers remarked he looked more like Alice Cooper, but I decided to name him "Soccertes".
The cats seem disinterested in playing with him. They were more interested in the silly reflector disk with the blinking LED in the middle that the HR department was giving out. Kittens these days, all fixated on their high-tech toys.
Ah well, maybe when I finally get that hot tub I've always wanted, he'll take up residence there.
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Every year at the Big Airplane company, they have a Safety Fair, where all the employees mill around the various booths scooping up small candies and doo-dads while the folks running the booths hope they wait in line long enough to look at the presentations. At one booth, they gave away ducks. It was some pointless booth about Diversity, where you stuck a push-pin in your place of origin and they let you reach into a box and pull out a duck. Now if I had gotten the pilot duck, that would have been cool. but instead....
If, before his ill-fated teleportation experience, Seth Brundle had tried the trick with a duck and a soccer ball, this is what he might have gotten. It's a soccer-ball duck, made of white rubber, with hexagonal lines molded into him, with the occasional black spot. They had printed "777 Diversity" on his chest, but that came off fairly easily. Since two of his black spots were on his eyes, one of my co-workers remarked he looked more like Alice Cooper, but I decided to name him "Soccertes".
The cats seem disinterested in playing with him. They were more interested in the silly reflector disk with the blinking LED in the middle that the HR department was giving out. Kittens these days, all fixated on their high-tech toys.
Ah well, maybe when I finally get that hot tub I've always wanted, he'll take up residence there.
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Another unsuspecting human falls...
Posted by: Wonderduck at July 28, 2014 07:45 AM (clyIq)
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I was gonna ask if you wanted him, but you probably already have one, or two.
I should post a picture maybe?
I should post a picture maybe?
Posted by: Mauser at July 29, 2014 02:22 AM (TJ7ih)
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Do what I do with mine. Keep him in the rear view window, unobstructed. This will allow safe passage when they set up roadblocks.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at July 31, 2014 07:35 AM (DnAJl)
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I love ducks of all sorts, but that "777 Diversity" bit would have been excellent. I appreciate ducks with a purpose.
Posted by: Wonderduck at August 05, 2014 01:12 AM (bAT/z)
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I'm not sure how they applied the text, it was black, but not paint or ink (toner?) transferred on. It was just plain old Helvetica or something. It didn't adhere very well, and once it started to come off, a little work with my fingernail and a moistened fingertip cleaned it all off.
Posted by: Mauser at August 05, 2014 12:26 PM (TJ7ih)
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So, business-related question for you. Ph.Duck is getting on a 777-300ER for a nonstop flight to Bombay today... whaddya think of the plane for a trip of that length? Or in general?
Posted by: Wonderduck at August 28, 2014 06:27 AM (eNsTS)
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Well, it's not an Airbus, so that's one point in its favor. (I have a thing about airliners that only consider the pilot's inputs as suggestions).
Hopefully it's one that still has 9 abreast seating. Some newer ones squeeze in 10. Depends on the airline, they choose what seats to have put in.
It's a good plane with a proven safety record, and the ER means "Extended Range" so it's built for long trips.
Of course, it doesn't have some of the Dreamliner's amenities, like higher cabin humidity and lower altitude pressurization. Be sure to keep hydrated, especially on a long trip.
Hopefully it's one that still has 9 abreast seating. Some newer ones squeeze in 10. Depends on the airline, they choose what seats to have put in.
It's a good plane with a proven safety record, and the ER means "Extended Range" so it's built for long trips.
Of course, it doesn't have some of the Dreamliner's amenities, like higher cabin humidity and lower altitude pressurization. Be sure to keep hydrated, especially on a long trip.
Posted by: Mauser at August 29, 2014 04:39 AM (TJ7ih)
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