BS: Dick Miles wins second prize

Subject: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: The Sandman
Date: 21 Aug 11 - 07:50 PM

yeaaaaaa, in the Ballydehob Duck race.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: gnu
Date: 21 Aug 11 - 09:07 PM

You don't quack?

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Smokey.
Date: 21 Aug 11 - 10:09 PM

Try not to feel like a failure - there's always next year.

(Is the duck race anything like the lizard people?)

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Charley Noble
Date: 21 Aug 11 - 10:13 PM

Inquiring minds would like to hear or see more.

And what would be first prize?

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 21 Aug 11 - 10:20 PM

Congratulations.

We have a duck race too:

"(Kansas City) After a three year absence, the ever popular Duck Derby returns to Kansas City on Sunday, June 29, 2008. Thousands of yellow rubber ducks will be racing down Brush Creek on the Country Club Plaza. The fun-filled family event is sponsored by RED Development and is benefiting the Children's Therapeutic Learning Center, an accredited preschool serving children with developmental disabilities and special healthcare needs since 1947."

Was your race something like that, or did you yourself race against an actual duck? If so, second place may not be that big a deal.



(Just joking!)

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Smokey.
Date: 21 Aug 11 - 10:57 PM

At least it wasn't duck wrestling - cruel and unnecessary, and it's high time they banned it.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: MartinRyan
Date: 22 Aug 11 - 03:05 AM

Next time - Dick Miles wins duck miles!? ;>)>

Regards

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 22 Aug 11 - 03:21 AM

They were never going to let an Englishman win that one. You duck had been tampered with. The days of the great duck tampering scandals are over in most other places.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: The Sandman
Date: 22 Aug 11 - 05:23 AM

Leenia has the answer, i will duck for cover

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Charley Noble
Date: 22 Aug 11 - 08:56 AM

Dick-

After the race, did they send you the bill?

Cheerily,
Charley Ignoble

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: The Sandman
Date: 22 Aug 11 - 12:55 PM

They sent FOR the old Bill to see if there was any nefarious doings

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: gnu
Date: 22 Aug 11 - 01:44 PM

Surely plastic ducks don't do nefarious doings, nor... nevermind.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 22 Aug 11 - 03:14 PM

most plastic ducks are, as you say, of good character and couldn't even spell nefarious. But these were Irish plastic ducks and you know what they say - innocent until proved to be Irish.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: olddude
Date: 22 Aug 11 - 03:21 PM

How many bullets did you have to duck? I am impressed

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 23 Aug 11 - 10:48 AM

I had to make sure nobody was pulling my leg. Ballydehob is an actual town, as shown here:

http://homepage.eircom.net/~ballydehob/

The reference to wildlife and rare plants intrigues me.

Dick, what was the worthy cause that the yellow plastic ducks volunteered for? (Good for you for supporting it.)

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: The Sandman
Date: 23 Aug 11 - 03:57 PM

The worthy cause was the Ballydehob Village festival it has to be financed somehow.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: gnu
Date: 23 Aug 11 - 04:04 PM

Buck a duck? Well, pound a duck, I suppose.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Smokey.
Date: 23 Aug 11 - 04:07 PM

It's a noble man who can shake off the humiliation of losing for the sake of a good cause.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Newport Boy
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 11:13 AM

Euro a duck, gnu! Get the country right.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: The Sandman
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 01:27 PM

but coming second is not losing, it is nearly winning

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: GUEST,999
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 01:37 PM

Hate to bring the sad news, GSS, but the duck came in second.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Smokey.
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 05:58 PM

Don't kick the man when he's down, 9. I admire those who can put on a brave face and maintain their dignity in the face of a crushing defeat and the public humiliation of failure. An admirable and inspiring example of gentlemanly conduct and true sportsmanship to us all.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: GUEST,999
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 07:11 PM

LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Smokey.
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 08:50 PM

Did you lose by a great distance, GSS, or were there just a few feathers in it?

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: The Sandman
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 12:39 PM

It was by a Ducks Ass, or alterntively by a Ducks Tail.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: GUEST,999
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 01:24 PM

The DA was a hair style when I was a kid.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: gnu
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 03:15 PM

I suppose it was taken in stride, like water off a duck's ass.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Smokey.
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 05:56 PM

A close run thing, then. Did you fail to win at anything else, or was it just the one event?

My advice would be to try and think of it as just a bit of harmless fun. You had a go, and that's what really counts. It's the taking part which is important, not the glory of victory.

I, for one, do not believe the rumours circulating about you taking a dive in the last furlong or receiving a bribe from the local bookie whether or not there is YouTube footage of it.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: GUEST,999
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 06:46 PM

Hey, someone puts the fix in, it's a done deal. Dick put lead weights in the duck that woulda beat him thus leaving Dick in THIRD place. I put some bucks on the nose of duck three who woulda been duck two. Thanks a fu#kin' load, Dick.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Smokey.
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 07:07 PM

Duck racing is a dog eat dog world.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: gnu
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 07:07 PM

Are you sayin Dick ducked it?

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Smokey.
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 07:08 PM

Heck, it's just a rumour. What sort of scum starts these things?

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: GUEST,999
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 08:03 PM

Yeah. Well, I can tell you this: there are a few heavies looking for the guy who fixed the duck race. The guy who came in second. Word on the street is that he'll have trouble playing the concertina what with the somewhat restricted space they intend to put it.

Someone has to speak for the duck.

Subject: RE: BS: Dick Miles wins second prize
From: Smokey.
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 11:24 PM

Question is, did he fix the duck race, or did he duck the race fix?