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Under these me-nus...
Not very fa-ar down...
Just under these me-nus...
Wee tur-tles are found!
Many of the posts herein consist of opinions. Others, memories. Memories are subjective, and, we now know from research, fallible.
Statements made about others in the posts and replies to comments on this blog are based upon the memories and opinions of the blogger. Readers are left to draw their own conclusions about the the accuracy of these statements.
I do not do reciprocal Follows (I cannot keep up with reading posts on the few blogs I currently follow) and to my great and deserved shame, have even been remiss about visiting and thanking you, my more recently-added Followers
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or popping in for occasional visits among the rest of my wonderful readers. But I will be trying to catch up with everyone over the next couple of months.
We'll see how well I manage and how long it takes!
The Last Half 
Sue Slaght
/ 2015/02/18So cute! I love the applause at the end.
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/18Thanks! They deserved it 🙂
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Eda
/ 2015/02/18Ducks are such hams.
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/18You said it!
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Unreqwrited
/ 2015/02/18Well conduckted 😉 You quack me up! Oh I know, that was lame as a duck but it’s those waddley functions at this time of cluck 😛
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/18I tried to get them to quack in tune,
But failing that, to quack in time,
And then, abandoning hip-hop hope,
To quack at all, quickly, in line.
But stubborn duckly princess, she,
She wouldn’t quack one measly whack,
And Mr. Drake, we all know he,
Can be a big pretentious hack.
I had to settle, as you see,
For half the pair, one quack, three times,
Not the best choice, poetically,
But still left room to rap my rhymes 🙂
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Unreqwrited
/ 2015/02/19I see it was not easy to quack the whip
But your rhymes fell in nicely slicker than hip 🙂
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/19Yeah, but now I heard I gotta be hidin’ from Drake for a good while. Ah do suffa so foa the sake of ma Aht. 😥 (foa-ahm to foa-head)
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Yemie
/ 2015/02/19Some Duck Movie this is Phoenix! Perhaps a career as a film director then?! Hollywood awaits you so get to it already! Nice one! applauding
So, let me get this straight! While one lil adorable Duckie clucked away, giving the performance of a lifetime at your stellar directorial debut, the other….well, it just tagged right along! What in the heck was that ’bout?! Cat got its tongue?! rasied eyebrow LMAO!
Your shortest post yet O.B, awesomely executed! So this is me giving it up for you, and lauding your effort! This smarts, pretty hilarious! LOL
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/19Yemie, this is filmed evidence of my species-wide pariah status. Though crowding other park patrons and begging them for bread, these duckies quacked rebuffs toward ME, and waddled off instead.
I wept wee-wee-wee all the way home.
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Yemie
/ 2015/02/19Hahahahahahaha! Oh O.B, you’re such a drama queen! Look at it this way, you got them on tape, filmed in your directorial debut! Surely, that must at least account for something, doesn’t it?! Lighten up Babe; don’t let ’em duckies get to you! LMAO!
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/19You’re right, Yemie! You fixed my moping, crabby view; You spun my straw like Rumple-boy; 🙂 My sow’s ear now is Gucci fine; My heart now almost quacks with joy! 😀
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Yemie
/ 2015/02/19Totally honored to have been of MAJOR help O.B! Plus, I only just thought how possible it might have been that ’em Duckies were perhaps camera shy?! That must explain why they needed to get away, not from you, but from the camera! Even for a wabbit like me, bread sounds a lot better than camera! Don’t you figure?! raised eyebrow LMAO!
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/19Eureka! You have found it! Bread trumps red, indeed! Thanks, Yemie! Now I can get back with a light heart to the work-for-hire I’m supposed to be doing 🙂
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Paul
/ 2015/02/19I always knew you were quackers OB.
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/19Well, if we’re going THERE, Paul, which one should I choose:
Takes one to know one? or I’m rubber you’re glue? How about both?:
I’m rubber, you’re glue,
I’m quackers, you are too;
You saw I was quackers, too,
But now my quacks’re stuck to YOU!
😈
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Paul
/ 2015/02/19Oh, as an aside OB, i did a guest post over at Cordelia’s Mom this morning. I’d be honored if you had the time to drop by for a read. http://cordeliasmomstill.com/2015/02/19/the-learning-curve-guest-post-by-paul-curran/comment-page-1/#comment-8951 Thanks OB! 😀
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/19I love it so when you say you’d be honored, Paul. It’s always such a pleasure and an honor to be asked to read one of your pieces. 🙂 Of course I will stop by. Just gonna take a late wash first and read it to continue my good start to my busy day.
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elleturner4
/ 2015/02/20Oh me oh my the duck movie
Has sent me all a quiver
I have to see some mallards soon
I must head off to the river!
Flippin’ marvellous…what a great start to my day. 😃😊😄😜😊
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/20Those two were so comical and appealing, walking all on their miffed own up beside the road in the dry dirt, nowhere near the pond or stream. I had at first slowed, and then pulled over my car (illegally) to watch them. I was sticking my head out the passenger window trying to snap some photos when Mr. Drake let me know his opinion of me. And THAT is when the film idea was born : )
Leaving more duck photos to the expert duck photographer 🙂 🙂 🙂
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elleturner4
/ 2015/02/22I loved the film…they are very very comical little critters! When inspiration strikes one must always go with it! 😀
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naptimethoughts
/ 2015/02/20Fin.
I laughed, I cried, that movie has it all. I could watch it again and again, each time learning something new about myself… About humanity.
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/20I know–right? Pure genius. But your words put it so eloquently, have ordered them up in an embroidered version from Etsy.
Or do you think I should have gone instead with one of those lit marquees for my rear car window, with a running DVD player next to it, and blown an air horn every few to draw folks’ attention?
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kirizar
/ 2015/02/20Seems a bit derivative to me.
(And this is where I learn whether you can embed a video in a comment.)
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/20Now that I see the close similarity to my own film, and I must face the implied accusation of plagiarism, perhaps I will have to finally give in and avoid my nausea-inducing avoidance.
Or not: How hard the duck, when my gut says “YUCK!”?
(Man, that SWIDT [“See What I Did There”–word play in the line above] was a real reach, wasn’t it? 😉 )
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kirizar
/ 2015/02/23I recommend avoiding the movie like it has a communicable disease, because 2. The plot is as stupid and annoying as the main character is butt ugly. Ugly Duckling is an understatement, and 3. Please, don’t make me look up text speak! I won’t say it is grounds for terminating a friendship, but it could get you moved into the ‘maintain a polite distance’ category.
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/23Oh, dear. First, I am so relieved that you didn’t like the film, for that thing is so aesthetically hideous that I just couldn’t bear the thought that a person whose wit I admire–no, I’m sexist here–that a woman whose wit I admire liked that monstrosity. Next: If you don’t like something I say or do, Kiri, please don’t just drop a hint. We Aspies don’t get hints. Come right out and SAY it.
😉
JEEZ. You sure do let a person know when you’re unhappy, lady! I do feel…I don’t know what. Because what irks you, and what I was guilty of, irks the h#ll out of ME as well! And now I have begun doing it!
😳
Have I been trying to be one of the cool kids? I do know that “SWIDT” (See What I Did There), meaning “Notice the play on words, amusing back-references, or other clever thing I just wrote”, is the first abbreviation like this I picked up, and I got it from reddit. I liked it. But I can’t retain all the others, and strongly dislike having to look up the same ones repeatedly: IMHO [In My Honest Opinion], TBH [To Be Honest], and so forth (okay, those two I know by now, but not all the others).
So: (1) I apologize. Use of these is smarmy and off-putting to those not in the know. (2) I will do my best to avoid their use in my blog and comments from now on, or add in brackets their meanings.
Thank you for your gently-worded helpful suggestion.
😛
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/23Wow. Replying to my own reply. That sure was filled with odd errors, and I’m finding more and more of those. I lost my reading glasses and am using old pairs. I sure HOPE that’s why these are happening, but it looks more like semantic and syntax-related neuro-lapses to me. Behcet’s? Alzheimer’s? Post-anesthesia effects from last week’s surgery? Eek. Sure hope it stops!
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thevenerable1
/ 2015/02/20You are a scream, Babe ! 😀 I ADORE ducks; so it’s just as well that you weren’t as bad as some of those Hollywood directors who insist on nothing less than 20 takes for every setup ! [grin]
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/20It was tough deciding on the total number to include, in case no one sat through to the end. Adding the video length helped, I hope, though I’m sure some audience members have still tuned out before learning that the ducks get rewarded for their outstanding work.
Shoot! I should have included the outtakes reel! Too late, though: I’d have to go through all that union rigamarole again–hardly worth it.
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thevenerable1
/ 2015/02/20[grin] Going to rushes at the end of the shooting days must’ve been marvellous …
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/20No many could make a rush pun (and so speedily [c’mon–that was practick’ly req’d there])–you are marvelous, M-R!
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Maggie Wilson
/ 2015/02/23This is hysterical! But I wonder about the lack of commentary on the boy duck perusing the girl duck. Was it something he said? Will she forgive he? Is she really a she? Likewise, is he a he and not the other way around? So many unanswered questions. Clearly there must be a sequel. If not, a prequel? The one that answers the question, “Which came first?”
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/23LOL for real, Maggie! Your ANSWER was hysterical–so creative : ) !
I love the idea of a sequel. I just may do it.
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Master of Something Yet
/ 2015/02/24Oscar-worthy performance right there. No, not Brown Duck. Too obvious and over-acted. Definite Academy Award for the understated, emotionally-repressed performance by White Duck. Put your bets on now.
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/24I know–right?
White Duck’s biggest challenge now will be the reverse discrimination that may be caused by the Academy’s pathetic attempts to brownwash its long history of pro-white prejudice.
Although, her own determination and behind-the-scenes maneuvering may prevail. Her favorite saying?:
“Nobody’s gonna keep THIS duck’s feathers down!”
😛
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/24Oops–I really must add, for Kiri (of The Dust Season):
“See What I Did There?”
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Master of Something Yet
/ 2015/02/24I did. But it could be taken eider way.
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/24Well, at least now I know you’ve reddit.
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RR
/ 2015/02/24Creating your own Duck Dynasty??? 😉
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/02/24Only if they agree to crown me their king and keep my nest well-feathered with tribute–Mwah-ah-ah!!
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ChristineR
/ 2015/03/02😮 ❤ the ducks but the applause was splendid.
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Outlier Babe
/ 2015/03/02Why, thank you kindly, ma’am 🙂
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