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TheTango to Uplifting NewsEnglish · 2 年前

Boston.com: Giant inflatable ducks are floating in a Maine harbor, and no one knows where they came from

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Boston.com: Giant inflatable ducks are floating in a Maine harbor, and no one knows where they came from

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TheTango to Uplifting NewsEnglish · 2 年前
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Giant inflatable ducks are floating in a Maine harbor, and no one knows where they came from
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Giant inflatable ducks are floating in Belfast Harbor in Maine and no one knows where they came from or who put them there.
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  • klemptor@lemmy.ml
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    Bet it was /u/fuckswithducks

    • three@lemm.eeBanned
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      Removed by mod

      • CluckN
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        Ah, the ol’ Lemmy lies

        • JWBananas@startrek.website
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          Hold my rubber ducky, you’re the one

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    IT DOESNT MATTER WHERE THEY ARE FROM,

    IT MATTERS THAT THEY ARE HERE.

    AND NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN

    • boredtortoise@lemm.ee
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      I hope that they will exist for a long time

  • Flying Squid
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    Look, where do you expect me to put my giant inflatable ducks?

    • NeoNachtwaechter
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      Where your giant inflatable doll wants them.

    • NedK@lemm.ee
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      Put them on my bill.

  • DepthCharge
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    From China, probably

  • AnUnusualRelic
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    Well, you see, when mother giant inflatable duck and father giant inflatable duck love each other very much…

    What?

    • Natanael@slrpnk.net
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      I suspect reddit’s /u/fuckswithducks is involved

  • massive_bereavement@kbin.social
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    We don’t know where do they come from but do we know where are they going?

    • SpaceNoodle
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      Where do they come from, rubber duck Joe?

    • corytheboyd@kbin.social
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      rubberdux

  • MxM111@kbin.social
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    They come from rubber eggs, obviously.

  • Harpsist
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    Doesn’t Toronto and other Canadian cities do this? Did they have ducklings?

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      Yeah I think they came from Canada. I mean they keep exporting their damn geese to us too.

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    Maybe it was James Veitch again…

  • ryan213
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    Toronto

    • triclops6@lemmy.ca
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      There was only one iirc, but nature finds a way

  • NedK@lemm.ee
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    How do you become a famous New Zealand athelete?

    • Sit in the bath until your Dick Quax.
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    Looks like the work of Florentijn Hofman.

  • Alexstarfire
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    Sorry, I was taking a bath and they got away from me.

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    How does one pull off a feat like this?

    • NeoNachtwaechter
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      Someone’s job was to blow…

    • ShittyRedditWasBetter
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      I mean it’s Maine in a harbor in a small-mid sized town for Maine. You sneak out at night and if you’re even close to stealthy and past last call it’s pretty easy.

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    the friendly floatees are all grown up!

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