The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for December 22, 2021

That’s just ducky

Just duck and run.

Is getting your ducks in a row anything like herding cats?

You just might find a pink slip where those ducks should be.

How about any P’s and Q’s then?

And if i DID have ducks, why would I want them to fight?

Don’t have any ducks, Brutus?? Then take six geese a laying, four calling birds and three French hens!! That should suffice!!

/SHMIRK/

getting his ducks in a row should be like water of a duck’s back, as easy as duck soup…

unfortunately, it’s all duck or no dinner for brutus, like milking a duck, so he’s a dead duck unless he ducks out…

Another one? Today’s Bloom County re-tread was full of idioms as well.

I have tried herding my chickens and it doesn’t work very well.

Gee Chief, if you think I can afford ducks on the salary you pay me, you’re quackers.

must’ve been out on hunting season and hasn’t returned yet, knowing them, they probable got the hunters good. bullets works both ways. ;)

just put it on my bill

A RAFT of ducks is a a flock not a gaggle. I got ducks and geese in my fishing pond. I don’t shoot them but over winter I can get some nice wild duck for our dinner. (yes, got permanent N.C. hunting/fishing license and get yearly duck stamps/ big game) I never use decoys. Brutus should buy him some. Hand carved wood decoys – expense boogers they are. Some over 4 grand upwards of 25 grand. Get the cheap ones Brutus. Let Veeblefester buy high class ones – impress himself – got no friends.

The Creterman account is Doomed!

He does trust and need Brutus. Now about that Christmas Bonus we were discussing…….

This time the boss is the looser…sob.

“Don’t worry boss, I’ve got my i’s crossed and my t’s dotted…”

[“SIGH…”]

Gee boss, I didn’t know we were allowed to have pets in the office.

Poor Brutus thought Vebblefester said Cremation sale!

He could have said he is so ready he doesn’t need the ducks, but that isn’t going to happen.

Brutus needs to brush up on his analogies, especially since Veeblefester seems to like using them.

‘Having our ducks in a row’ is one of those expressions most of us take for granted without having the slightest idea how it originated. Actually, experts can’t agree on its origin.

Per the website ducksinarow.com:

For some, the phrase conjures an image of bowling pins neatly aligned at the end of a bowling alley. In the early 1900s, bowling pins were much shorter and fatter than the ones we know today and were often called “ducks” due to their water-fowl like appearance. These were also the days before automatic resetting machines so the pins had to be manually reset in neat rows between rounds. Having “one’s ducks in a row” meant the bowler was ready to send the next ball down the alley.

Others speculate that the idiom comes from pool. When a ball is lined up directly in front of a pocket it is called a “duck” or “sitting duck.” A pool player with “one’s ducks in a row” has all easy shots with balls lined up in front of the pockets, and hopefully also an easy victory.

The phrase could also come from the popular carnival game in which players shoot at metal ducks for a prize. Likewise, in the sport of hunting duck, “having one’s ducks in a row” means the skilled huntsman was able to take out multiple birds with one shot.

Perhaps the most obvious origin of the phrase is from nature and it’s the symbology of a mother duck carefully wading into a lake, her ducklings following behind her in a neat line.

Or, the “V” formation ducks travel the skies in. This ingenious formation allows each duck flying behind the leader to experience less wind resistance, allowing them to fly further with less energy. This “V” formation is highly efficient and organized, just like the phrase implies.

There is only one place a duck should be….sitting next to a baked potatoe!

Hope nobody quacks up over that last comment….

Many years ago there was a Heineken advert about ducks in a row

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELaO0alqgbU

“What did you just call me, Chief??”

I don’t have any ducks either. So when the duck cleaning companies call me about getting them cleaned I always ask if the clean chickens too.

Eider know about you folks. I Teal a Pekin here and all I see is Wood play about ducks. If it wasn’t so close to Christmas, I’d whack you all with a Mallard.

Brutus takes things very literally.