Talk:Rubber duck

non squirting ducks

"Bath toy ducks sometimes have a hole in the bill which allows the toy to take in and then squirt water, emulating the actions of real ducks." Real ducks do not spit water out like that! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.120.97.169 (talk) 11:12, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Rubber ducks travelling the Seas

I have added the following to the talk pages for Rubber duck and North Pacific Gyre.

There is a story about yellow plastic ducks travelling the seas, after being lost from a cargo ship in 1992.

• This link is already in the rubber duck article: [1].
• This link involves the North Pacific Gyre: [2].
• Other links to the story include [3], [4], [5], [6].

I think this story deserves to be documented in the Wikipedia — it is amusing, interesting, notorious, and of some scientific significance. Can anyone find a good article title, and write this? --Niels Ø 10:57, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

It has now been written; see Friendly Floatees.--Niels Ø 20:53, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

The Rubber Ducky history

Did you know that rubber duckies were thrown over bored in sea? People started finding them on the shores in Canada! Cool or what dude?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (By the way I didn't read the article. I just know that.)

Sorry

I'm sorry for vandalizing this page. It was quite rude of me. I won't do it again.

• Agreed that this page does need a history section. Just off the top of my head, we need non-squeaker hard rubber ducks, as well as early disney memoribilia (donald duck rubber ducks), italian/japanese brands (vintage), etc. Especially, someone should research the origin of the rubber duck. The article in general is too piecemeal, and needs to be cleaned.

Santaduck 19:13, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

• I agree about a history section. There is a lot of history to any toy and rubber ducks in particular which were sometimes touted as preventing masterbation by boys in the tub.

Mystic eye 18:01, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

An unnecessary warning?

"Due to environmental concerns, sites for duck races must be chosen with care." Is this little admonition encyclopedia material? --Wetman 04:13, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't have a problem with that line as written.

Mystic eye 18:01, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Yellow Ducklings?

Does anyone know if it is true that the Pekin duck is the only duck that has a solid yellow duckling? This was reported in Harpers, January 2006, Moby Duck: The Incredible Ocean Voyage or 20,000 Bath Toys" by Donovan Hohn Mystic eye 18:01, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Rubber ducks in movies and popular culture

I reverted User:Deco's deletion of most of the movie/pop culture references, so we could discuss which ones belong here and which don't. His comment was:

Remove incredibly obscure, fleeting references - a single subtle appearance of a rubber duck in a fictional work is not of note)

Perhaps that applies to some of the deleted references, but I think at least a few of these are not "obscure", as evidenced by the fact that they are among the most quoted and highlighted lines, e.g., of the Harry Potter movie, and perhaps others.

I realize that Deco is a very experienced and knowledgeable editor, unlike myself, so I could be way off base here, but I wanted to at least have a discussion about this before cutting out all that material. Kestenbaum 14:43, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

theres far too many references to popular culture. these are 3 that i feel are particulary uneccessary.

"In the video game Toy Story 2, in one of the backyards there is a large rubber duck which you are supposed to pump up, throw into the pool and jump on in order to retrieve a token."

and

"In the video game Metal Gear Solid 2, there is a rubber duck floating on the water near Emma's Room around the Filtration Chamber No.1"

and

"In the video game Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, there is a bathroom in the Arena area that has a rubber duck in it."

unless its either mentioned in the dialogue of film/tvseries/video game etc.. or is a running gag in the film/tvseries/videogame etc... and not just something in the background.--Numberwang 19:33, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Agreed that those should go, but I will leave a little time first, in case someone has a contrary opinion. Kestenbaum 21:10, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to go ahead and delete those now. Kestenbaum 15:32, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Interesting article about safety of Rubber ducks - potential source to expand this article

Article on use of PVC and phthalates in toys.

I removed the above from the External links section in Toy as it was not being used to source anything in the article and I felt its relevance to that article was marginal at best. However, it could prove to be an interesting and useful addition to the article on Rubber ducks as it is about the safety of said toys. I think it could be used to expand and improve this article, so I'm dumping it here if anyone wants to take a look. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 20:46, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

rubber ducky as discreet personal massager

Should it be mentioned in the article that some rubber ducks might also be used as a discreet/inconspicious personal massager/vibrator? A search for I rub my ducky brings up many sites selling these, including raunchy vibrating bondage rubber ducks etc--Soylentyellow 13:54, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

So it does. How odd.......Cls14 23:31, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Huh...you're right...EWW. [lol] I think that should be added, as rubber ducks can...excite...some people. =] --♥♥HOLLiSTERiSLOVE♥♥ 13:33, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Hitman link

I'm not quite sure if the Hitman link is refering to the Hitman (computer game). I looked at the article and could not find any references to the ducks. Having never played it, I wanted to ask and see if the link should be attached to the game (as of now it connects to contract killing). Snoopy525 01:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC) Thy are most effective iflathered in soap and slippery —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.68.92.35 (talk) 02:55, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Trivia!?

"On the 10th of January 1992" etc. - How can you call this trivia? This might well be the single most important contribution of rubber duckies to science! Have some respect for our brave yellow adventurers. Neither rain, wind nor snow could stop our cute friends as they valiantly crossed the frozen pack ice of the North-West Passage. Rubber duckies, I salute you! Shinobu 12:38, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks man, from all of my rubber ducky comrades! --Howard the Duck 04:53, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Who is this "Eric" that is mentioned in the article?

"Although Eric is credited with creating duck racing as a fundraiser, at least one other such race was conducted in Australia in 1988."

His first name is in the article only once and no last name is given. I think either the article should provide more info on him or this reference should be completely removed.

195.177.247.202 13:03, 5 November 2007 (UTC) NeonJuggler

You are correct; I had removed some obvious advertising about the person in question, along with the link to their commercial site, and missed one reference to him a few paragraphs on. The information was incorrect (it said he had invented duck races as a fundraiser at least a decade after they were used. This is original research, of course, but we did them annually as a fundraiser in my high school, and the stuff about him was pretty blatantly ad copy in tone (even if he had nothing to do with its insertion). Since I have no further info on the origin of the duck race as a fundraiser, I just removed it.--Thespian 13:40, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

"Races"

When I read the subject headline, I had thought the topic was going to be rubber duck races, as in the competetion for one to get to a predetermined point before another.

However, the "races" section seems to be about the different "ethnic minorities" of rubber ducks instead. This seems to be blatant vandalism to me, and I think it should be removed, or altered to be about the type of rubber duck race competition. Yakostovian (talk) 21:26, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Commentary

A rubber ducky can be described as a symbol of manufacturing genius, for there are no seams, corners, or sharp edges.....no mechanical device within, and yet it produces sound, has buoyancy, evokes familiarity, instills joy, and reflects what we put into it. A ducky is a powerful device not to taken lightly, yet as we see the novelty of this so-called toy, do we find the reflection of ourselves? In 200 years the ducky has taken on epic status, yet there will not be a bicentennial celebration. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.229.155.94 (talk) 06:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Giant Ducks?

Do giant rubber ducks belong in this article? A Dutch artist, Florentijn Hofman, makes giant rubber ducks as art installations, most recently in Osaka, Japan.

Pic from Japanese wiki: [[7]]

Identity0 (talk) 07:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Another race

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23332976/excitement-level-at-26th-annual-rubber-duck-race

A rubber ducky race down Boulder Creek in Boulder, CO has been happening for a over a quarter-century. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.200.115 (talk) 20:31, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

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