IPDuck: "3 Reasons Why Every News Story Should Be About Ducks"

Sunday, August 25, 2013

"3 Reasons Why Every News Story Should Be About Ducks"

Cracked has a great article, "3 Reasons Why Every News Story Should Be About Ducks." As the story says, "Yes, duck news is the perfect news." We already knew that. Here are the reasons:

     #3. Ducks Are the Roombas of the Animal Kingdom
     #2. Ducks Drain Humans All of Dignity
     #1. Duck News Represents an Ideal World

The explanations are worth reading -- they include some great stories about ducks.

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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."

Sunday, August 25, 2013

"3 Reasons Why Every News Story Should Be About Ducks"

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