IPDuck: The Peabody Duckmaster Blog

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Peabody Duckmaster Blog

Apparently the Peabody Hotel in Memphis has famous ducks. So famous, in fact, that the ducks now have their own blog. Including such items as this delicious menu.

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AnonymousMarch 21, 2012 at 3:50 PM
I've seen the whole duck ceremony at the Peabody in Memphis. Pretty disappointing...
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Why a Duck?

The "IP" part of this blog's title is self-explanatory -- the abbreviation for the shorthand term "intellectual property." But what to call the humor part of the name? It turns out that the duck is the funniest animal alive. A 2002 study confirms that jokes mentioning ducks are funnier than others.

If you think about it, that makes sense. Think of the funniest joke you know, and replace one of the characters with a duck. It instantly becomes even funnier. You might not even need the punchline. For example, which is funnier:
"A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar . . . "
-- OR --
"A priest, a rabbi, and a duck walk into a bar . . . "

And needless to say, "Weird Al" Yankovic's "I Want a New Duck" is MUCH funnier than Huey Lewis' "I Want a New Drug."