A duck?
for sale: cheap.
(it's a Groucho reference)
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A duck?
for sale: cheap.
(it's a Groucho reference)
Either he's dead or my watch has stopped.
I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
Comedy 1: A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants
That works for me.
But I still like Procedurals 1: This whole THREAD is out of order!
(it's a Groucho reference)
Oh. I thought it was a reference to the "Would you like to buy a duck?" game.
I'm guessing no one will go for
Procedurals 1: Good Cop
Comedy 1: Drooling Thule cultist berserker
the "Would you like to buy a duck?" game.
I've never heard of this game. Is drinking involved?
I've never heard of this game. Is drinking involved?
What? They don't show Marx Brothers at your theater?
I've never heard of this game. Is drinking involved?
Drinking would make it far more difficult, as it involves recursion. It goes like this:
"Would you like to buy a duck?"
"A what?"
"A duck."
"What kind of duck?"
"A purple duck."
"Would you like to buy a desk chair?"
"A what?"
"A what?"
"A duck."
"A desk chair."
"Whose desk chair?"
"What kind of duck?"
"A purple duck."
"Benjamin Franklin's."
"Would you like to buy a monkey?"
"A what?"
"A what?"
"A what?"
"A duck."
"A desk chair."
"A monkey."
"Where's it from?"
"Whose desk chair?"
"What kind of duck?"
"A purple duck."
"Benjamin Franklin's."
"Mongolia."
And so on.
hmm. It sure looks like a drinking game. The harder they are the drunker you smoke!
Awww. I remember reading a Marx Brothers group biography at my grandfather's house once that had a lengthy interview with Chico about the duck routines, including a long rant about Viaduct/Why A Duck? and how it really should have been Why A Fuck? Though what I mostly remember about it is how scandalized my ten-year-old self was that Chico said the F word.