Tuesday, 13 December 2011

The Duck Naming Fiasco

I never thought there was so much effort that needed to be put into naming rubber ducks! What I thought was going to be a two minute process ended up spanning over two hours and 86 comments. That seems a little excessive, but hey, I'm not complaining with the awesome. However, while five awesome people were quarrelling over Ducky McDuckworth of Duckington (which I disregarded because I already have a duck of that name. Seriously), over on my Harry Potter fan-page (where I go by the pseudonym Remus), I mentioned the four ducks in need of naming and instantly received the suggestion of Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, and I kicked myself for not thinking of that first. I have to say it, I love being an admin; I'm respected and happy, but that's a blog post for another time. Anyway, I'd already decided to let my IRL friends decide on the names, and so they did.

During the deciding debate, names suggested include Ducky McDuckworth, as seen above, Puddles was an instant favourite of mine but unfortunately it didn't make it into the final four. Squaddles and Quackers were next and I liked both of them, even though I have an old toy duck from when I was little called Quackers, as I'm sure most little kids with toy ducks would have. But then, joy of all joys, Shredded Graham popped up and brightened the event. For those who don't know, Shredded Graham is the product of Shredded Wheat mating with Golden Grahams, and I'm sure we can all agree, they would taste delicious. At first I disagreed with calling a duck Squishy because Squishy was a jellyfish not a duck, but eventually I agreed to let that slide because these ducks are particularly Squishy-like. Of course Cedric McHookaduck stuck his beak in and then withdrew, being the awkward name he is. 

I don't know why I assumed all of these ducks were male, considering they all seem to be wearing very elaborate eye make-up. 

So that's pretty much all of the names, but then there was a big thing about which ones to use and how everyone should have one name each, and even when we FINALLY decided on the final four names, we waited for everyone's approval so that I could al last tattoo their names onto their arses, so I shall never forget this wonderful event. And now, sitting on my computer table, there are four ducks. Their names? Shredded Graham, Crispin, Squaddles and Squishy. Together they shall embark on a journey as soon as I have finished writing this post, and they shall travel up the stairs, into by bedroom, and spend a large portion of the rest of forever in my bookcase, as four of a collection. Four very proud assets to a team, and for that, I thank the wonderful person who presented them to me. 
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My conclusion from all of this naming business? I should not let my friends name my children. Not that I would, but y'know, if we named kids any of the majority of the names that we suggested for the ducks, those kids would be in a for a lot of trouble. 

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