Shut the Duck UP! - Page 14 - PhillyBlog

steiner555 · #**131** (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim K

There is a difference between being annoyed by something....and thinking that the duck tours are INTENTIONALLY TRYING to annoy YOU.

For example....I am annoyed by your 'fight', but I am not cuckoo enough to think that you are posting, creating websites, and trying to hold rallys to annoy me. Those are the thoughts of a paranoid person.

Being annoyed is normal.
Thinking the duck tours are trying to annoy you is not normal.

The duck tours actually do intentionally try to annoy you. They may not pick Walt or me out from the rest of the crowd, but they are trying to annoy everyone on the street with their quackers. I've seen them consistently encouraged by the tour guide to quack at people. It's not mystery that being quacked at by forty tourists is something which many people don't feel like and don't feel like dealing with on any given day.

Mr. Brightside · #**132** (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by steiner555

The duck tours actually do intentionally try to annoy you. They may not pick Walt or me out from the rest of the crowd, but they are trying to annoy everyone on the street with their quackers. I've seen them consistently encouraged by the tour guide to quack at people. It's not mystery that being quacked at by forty tourists is something which many people don't feel like and don't feel like dealing with on any given day.

Considering that you and Walt are the same person ... that makes one person who takes the quacking as a personal affront.

QVNewcomer · #**133** (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steiner555

The duck tours actually do intentionally try to annoy you. They may not pick Walt or me out from the rest of the crowd, but they are trying to annoy everyone on the street with their quackers. I've seen them consistently encouraged by the tour guide to quack at people. It's not mystery that being quacked at by forty tourists is something which many people don't feel like and don't feel like dealing with on any given day.

sticks and stones may break my bones but quacks ... those are the wounds that never heal.

It'sJessMe · #**134** (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steiner555

The duck tours actually do intentionally try to annoy you. They may not pick Walt or me out from the rest of the crowd, but they are trying to annoy everyone on the street with their quackers. I've seen them consistently encouraged by the tour guide to quack at people. It's not mystery that being quacked at by forty tourists is something which many people don't feel like and don't feel like dealing with on any given day.

Yes, the tour guides encourage riders to quack at people. But are they encouraging that action in order to ANNOY the people (which is what you're stating) or in order to GENERATE FUN AND ENTHUSIASM among the riders?

While the action may have the effect of annoying listeners, I suspect the drivers are encouraging the quacking for the benefit of their paying customers, not for the express purpose of annoying listeners.

kilbillrain · #**135** (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 06:27 PM

How many cities actually have a duck tour? Does it not say something for the status of the city that it can actually support a duck tour. Does Detroit or even LA have one?

gone down south · #**136** (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 06:51 PM

Geez, the guy doesn't like the duck tours (which indeed can be unecessarily obnoxious at times), but there's no need to all gang up on him and get personal!

Lolly · #**137** (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steiner555

The duck tours actually do intentionally try to annoy you. They may not pick Walt or me out from the rest of the crowd, but they are trying to annoy everyone on the street with their quackers. I've seen them consistently encouraged by the tour guide to quack at people. It's not mystery that being quacked at by forty tourists is something which many people don't feel like and don't feel like dealing with on any given day.

That's funny. The way I look at it, I think they are quacking at me (& others) because they're trying to get us to lighten up & have a laugh with them. Which I usually do. But then again, I'm one of those glass is half full people.

CountFunkula · #**138** (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 07:06 PM

I have nothing at all to add to this thread.

Click at your own risk

How about reforming the duck tours...don't eliminate them.

Voodoo · #**139** (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CountFunkula

I have nothing at all to add to this thread.

Click at your own risk

How about reforming the duck tours...don't eliminate them.

Now that was a lot better than "ShutTheDuckUp" It was both funny and well articulated. A bit on the 'wordy' side, but well worth the read. It puts a much nicer spin on the topic and may have me reconsidering my position on The Ducks. Did I mention it was wordy?

Maybe they can be reformed. Perhaps some sort of Duck Reform Bill should be presented to city council and we can vote on it in the next election. The Duck Bill.

CountFunkula · #**140** (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 09:15 PM

hey, wordy is what I do. Without it, I'm nothing.