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2013-05-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Hong Kong Cries Fowl as Giant Rubber Duck Deflates

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Posted by Fred 2013-05-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 "The sky looks like it is crying for me -- I took time off from work just to see the duck, now it is just a blob," she told Agence La Belle France Presse. "It's really our childhood dream, because when we bathed as children, we would have one or two of the rubber ducks next to us."

I see a life of drama and disappointment for Mirinna. Jeebus

Posted by Frank G 2013-05-16 08:03|| 2013-05-16 08:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Skinless people in a sandpaper world...

Posted by Steve White 2013-05-16 09:45|| 2013-05-16 09:45|| Front Page Top

#3 the wind had firmly been taken out of the duck's sails leaving it looking like a floating fried egg

Hokay, so throw in some floating 'bacon'...

Posted by Pappy 2013-05-16 11:00|| 2013-05-16 11:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Not News, just Crap.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-05-16 11:27|| 2013-05-16 11:27|| Front Page Top

#5 If life deflates your duck, make duck sauce.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-05-16 11:28|| 2013-05-16 11:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Just occured to me that we here in the USA also have a lot of air leaving a giant duck.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-05-16 11:30|| 2013-05-16 11:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Cavity search!

Posted by Muggsy Mussolini1226 2013-05-16 12:34|| 2013-05-16 12:34|| Front Page Top

#8 They could always borrow Canberra's Skywhale with ten tit if they need something to gawk at.

Posted by tipper 2013-05-16 21:38|| 2013-05-16 21:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Channeling Ernie:
"Rubber ducky, you're the one,
Now with a hole, you're all undone..."
Sing it kiddies, you know how it goes.
(no charge for the earworm)

Posted by USN,Ret, 2013-05-16 22:28|| 2013-05-16 22:28|| Front Page Top

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