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Thread #59494   Message #951021
Posted By: GUEST,Too Ducky For Words
12-May-03 - 11:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Any comic book readers here ?
Subject: RE: BS: Any comic book readers here ?
It sounds fascinating! Where can I find it?

By the way, that was supposed to be "Scotland" (Scrooge's birthplace), not "Sotland"! :-) Sotland sounds more like the birthplace of Sir John A. MacDonald...

Rick - It's true that the Beagle Boys are easily identified...by their little masks, their prison garb, and their number tags worn prominently on their shirts! (176-761, etc....) They do it deliberately, because they are proud of what they are, and they don't give a hang about it. They've got a lot of moxie. When a "job" requires stealth, they have been known to adopt disguises, however. One time they all dressed up as nautical types with identical souwesters, hats, and long beards. They got away with it for awhile till Hewey, Dewey, and Louie exposed them for what they truly were...the terrible Beagle Boys!!! Those kids are sharp!

The Beagle Boys have contempt for the ordinary police most of the time, and don't really worry about them too much, but one time they were prevented from blowing up Scrooge's money bin by a cop. This was after several fruitless attempts to do so...which had caused tremendous detonations in downtown Duckburg, and some collateral damage to neighbouring structures, and to the Beagles themselves. The cops were not interfering...I forget why...it was some legal technicality...but THEN a little old lady complained to the police department about the noise! Well, that was it. The cops arrived and told the Beagles they would have to cease and desist...and they did. The power of little old ladies is awesome!

You see, cops in Duckburg are a lot like cops in most places...they exert a great deal of effort in issuing parking tickets, littering tickets, speeding tickets, and so on (to enrich the city coffers)...enforcing petty minor bylaws and harassing ordinary citizens like Donald...but do they take on the major criminals? Not unless they're bloody well forced to! Ce'st la vie.

Did I mention Duckburg's lawyers? Utterly corrupt and heartless! They make the Beagle Boys look like saints. One of them is called "Sharky". He's a rat. He works for a pig named Beauregard J. Swinely.

Quack!!!