Rubber Ducky Sweepstake Winners
Here are two winning answers to last issue's Rubber Ducky Dilemma
question: "Why do most rubber duckies not float right, and what does
this say about us?"
There's no ducking this issue, even if the tub holds water. Like the
Iraq occupation, ducks which don't float, or tip over from the weight
of their empty plastic heads, quack of a bigger global mess. Only
bonds seem to be able to float in this morass of corporate
profit-centeredness. There's no heart or solid base upon which duckie
is centered enough to float. [Small detail: If duckies were really
made of rubber (but that wouldn't use hydrocarbons, would it, and they
would last longer) their bigger butts would sit right down and do the
job.]
Made in factories where labor is way cheaper than the US, (where there
are few factories left) millions of duckies get pooped out of a tube,
then glide on conveyor belts past overworked operators in a shockingly
small amount of time, without the benefit of baths. Non-renewable
packaging is the major material cost of one of these toys. Spruced up
real cute, sold real cheap; you buy it. You're disappointed, but you
figure you haven't time to make it worth your while to return it and
get your money back. The plastic goes to the landfill, and we need
another war. Returned by the millions these ducks could really stir
the pond.
But, better left on the shelves. Instead of taking a bath from these
toy's marketeers, we can splash around without them and have a real
good time.
--Susan Laughlin
Yes, we consider the fate of the once wide ranging wild and roaming
disposable now they are domesticated, disposible, decorative and
multiplied to fashion each demographic group such as devil ducks
celebs ducks and more--they now cant float--it is the sign of the end of
the world--the nice floating ducks have been spoiled by competitions to
fit the 31 flavors of ducks instead of buoyantly and longevity--use
once and throw or stay on the shelf is the new role of the rubber
ducky--no longer part of the bath at all--the end is near because of it--
--caren beecher
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