Comments on: The Pink Easter Duck,Southern California, 1957 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/pink-easter-duck/ God Bless Americana! -- Books, Slide Shows, & Field Trip Tours Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/pink-easter-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-21687 Peter Tue, 22 May 2007 22:48:02 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=178#comment-21687 Perhaps the shirt isn't too small. Maybe he has massive pecs. That duck could be heavier than it looks. Perhaps the shirt isn’t too small. Maybe he has massive pecs. That duck could be heavier than it looks.

]]> By: Bob Brooks, Esq. http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/pink-easter-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-1834 Bob Brooks, Esq. Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:05:05 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=178#comment-1834 Dear Charles, I am late on this one, but I remember going to Woolworth’s as a kid and they had the dyed chicks and rabbits. All different colors just like they had come from the Paaz factory! Mother never let me or my brothers get any of the dyed critters, but we did get a rabbit one year. That poor bunny - we treated him well enough but he bolted to freedom one day when the screen door was ajar. Poor Mr. Jack Rabbit was not as swift as he could have been - seems that hopping across our living room is not the same a sprinting away from wolves. He made it to the door but, at the last moment, the door snapped shut on one of his long, floppy ears! He suffered a bad cut across half of his ear which gave new meaning to our chosen name for him: Floppy. After that mother said his life would be more suited on a "farm" so off he went. We had heard about pets going to the “farm” and knew not to pursue the matter. Hearing that the Pettermans, our German, down-the-street neighbor, had had hasenpfeffer the following Sunday did not make us suspicious at the time, but in retrospect, I have always wondered. Warm regards, BB Dear Charles,

I am late on this one, but I remember going to Woolworth’s as a kid and they had the dyed chicks and rabbits. All different colors just like they had come from the Paaz factory!

Mother never let me or my brothers get any of the dyed critters, but we did get a rabbit one year.

That poor bunny – we treated him well enough but he bolted to freedom one day when the screen door was ajar. Poor Mr. Jack Rabbit was not as swift as he could have been – seems that hopping across our living room is not the same a sprinting away from wolves.

He made it to the door but, at the last moment, the door snapped shut on one of his long, floppy ears!

He suffered a bad cut across half of his ear which gave new meaning to our chosen name for him: Floppy.

After that mother said his life would be more suited on a “farm” so off he went. We had heard about pets going to the “farm” and knew not to pursue the matter.

Hearing that the Pettermans, our German, down-the-street neighbor, had had hasenpfeffer the following Sunday did not make us suspicious at the time, but in retrospect, I have always wondered.

Warm regards,

BB

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]]> By: Tim Severs http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/pink-easter-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Tim Severs Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:41:53 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=178#comment-305 Look mom, he followed me home. This looks like something you might see on a Leave it to Beaver episode. You don't see a pink duck everyday. Look mom, he followed me home. This looks like something you might see on a Leave it to Beaver episode. You don’t see a pink duck everyday.

]]> By: Christine http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/pink-easter-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Christine Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:05:35 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=178#comment-303 How do you even get hair to do that? I've been imagining the methods one would require to achieve such a ridiculous 'do, but I haven't settled on a technique that sounds quite right. It does look a bit like the duck sat on his head at some point, but I assume this hairdo was intentional....though I can not imagine why. And I thought the 80's produced bad hair! How do you even get hair to do that? I’ve been imagining the methods one would require to achieve such a ridiculous ‘do, but I haven’t settled on a technique that sounds quite right. It does look a bit like the duck sat on his head at some point, but I assume this hairdo was intentional….though I can not imagine why. And I thought the 80′s produced bad hair!

]]> By: Rich http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/pink-easter-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Rich Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:28:16 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=178#comment-301 His hairstyle reminds me of an old Leave It To Beaver episode where Wally horrified his parents by deciding to follow along with some of the "cool" kids at school by greasing up his hair and wearing it in a similiar fashion to the kid shown in this wonderful slide. His hairstyle reminds me of an old Leave It To Beaver episode where Wally horrified his parents by deciding to follow along with some of the “cool” kids at school by greasing up his hair and wearing it in a similiar fashion to the kid shown in this wonderful slide.

]]> By: Mike from Cleveland,Ohio http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/pink-easter-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Mike from Cleveland,Ohio Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:01:18 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=178#comment-300 I have to agree,that it does resemble a laundry mishap.He should never wash a white Duck with colors.As for the haircut,I cannot comment,I remember Grandpa's Summer crewcuts.If you all get bored this Easter,stick a Marsmallow Easter candy in the microwave,It will swell up more than a hundred times it's normal size{Great wat to impress new inlaws!)As always,Thank you Charles,And happy Holidays to all of you. I have to agree,that it does resemble a laundry mishap.He should never wash a white Duck with colors.As for the haircut,I cannot comment,I remember Grandpa’s Summer crewcuts.If you all get bored this Easter,stick a Marsmallow Easter candy in the microwave,It will swell up more than a hundred times it’s normal size{Great wat to impress new inlaws!)As always,Thank you Charles,And happy Holidays to all of you.

]]> By: GailMarie http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/pink-easter-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-298 GailMarie Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:22:02 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=178#comment-298 We never dyed a duck (for any occasion) but once my father decided to dye a pair of tan pants green in the bathtub. Our white cat, Isabel, was in the habit of jumping into the window over the tub, but couldn't make it in one leap from the edge, so she had to jump down into the bathtub first.....you can imagine what happened next. At the sight of a cat that was green from the chest down, my father laughed so hard he cried. Isabel didn't like being laughed at, and peed in his slippers in retaliation. We never dyed a duck (for any occasion) but once my father decided to dye a pair of tan pants green in the bathtub. Our white cat, Isabel, was in the habit of jumping into the window over the tub, but couldn’t make it in one leap from the edge, so she had to jump down into the bathtub first…..you can imagine what happened next.
At the sight of a cat that was green from the chest down, my father laughed so hard he cried. Isabel didn’t like being laughed at, and peed in his slippers in retaliation.

]]> By: missy kelliot http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/pink-easter-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-297 missy kelliot Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:47:08 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=178#comment-297 WHAT THE DUCK???? WHAT THE DUCK????

]]> By: Miss Sharon http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/pink-easter-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Miss Sharon Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:35:16 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=178#comment-296 I am absolutely certain that I do not have to comment on the incredibly bad etiquette demonstrated by dyeing a duck . The horror! Animal abuse is always out of style! So I will move on to give a few suggestions to Jets Member #18 From West Side Story in case he is getting ready to go in to Easter dinner. I am certainly hoping that he at least puts a jacket on over that teeny tiny shirt. Do you suppose that is Mr. Switchblade's Easter Shirt and it is perhaps a tradition to photograph him in it? A lovely tradition, no doubt, but one the family should've given up about 3 sizes ago. I have turned this week to _Etiquette for the Teens_ (yes, "the teens") by the Home Institute of the Detroit Evening Times (1937). A little dated for Rebel With a Pink Duck, but I am a firm believer that good table manners remain remarkably constant. I have turned to a subsection entitled "Don't" in the "Table Manners" chapter. I hasten to add that this particular etiquette book is written like a story with the boy's story of good etiquette on the left hand side of the page and the girl's on the right. We follow the travails of Bill who goes from a shy and dateless football star to be a hot party ticket. Again, these are Bill's "Don'ts": Bill doesn't play with the silverware; or make designs with crumbs on the tablecloth, or gulp food and wash it down with water; or crumble crackers and bread in his soup; or dunk; or use a handkerchief at the table if he can avoid it; or refuse dishes that are offered to him; or blow on hot liquids to cool them; or use a toothpick; or scrape his plate hungrily; or look at other people's plates; or comment about the food he is eating unless it is an occasional word of praise; or stack his dishes or push them aside when he has finished a course; or shovel food with his fork; or mash and stir it around on his plate; or speak about offensive subjects that affect people's appetites; or hammer the salt-and-pepper shakers; or talk with his mouth full; or smack his lips; or chew noisily; or hunt through food on a serving dish for the piece he prefers; or act greedy in any way. Whew. I hope The Wild One can keep all that straight! Although I suspect him as a salt-and-pepper shaker hammerer if there ever was one. And you KNOW he looks at other people's plates. Happy Easter and Peppy Passover! xoxo! Miss Sharon I am absolutely certain that I do not have to comment on the incredibly bad etiquette demonstrated by dyeing a duck . The horror! Animal abuse is always out of style! So I will move on to give a few suggestions to Jets Member #18 From West Side Story in case he is getting ready to go in to Easter dinner. I am certainly hoping that he at least puts a jacket on over that teeny tiny shirt. Do you suppose that is Mr. Switchblade’s Easter Shirt and it is perhaps a tradition to photograph him in it? A lovely tradition, no doubt, but one the family should’ve given up about 3 sizes ago.

I have turned this week to _Etiquette for the Teens_ (yes, “the teens”) by the Home Institute of the Detroit Evening Times (1937). A little dated for Rebel With a Pink Duck, but I am a firm believer that good table manners remain remarkably constant. I have turned to a subsection entitled “Don’t” in the “Table Manners” chapter. I hasten to add that this particular etiquette book is written like a story with the boy’s story of good etiquette on the left hand side of the page and the girl’s on the right. We follow the travails of Bill who goes from a shy and dateless football star to be a hot party ticket. Again, these are Bill’s “Don’ts”:

Bill doesn’t play with the silverware; or make designs with crumbs on the tablecloth, or gulp food and wash it down with water; or crumble crackers and bread in his soup; or dunk; or use a handkerchief at the table if he can avoid it; or refuse dishes that are offered to him; or blow on hot liquids to cool them; or use a toothpick; or scrape his plate hungrily; or look at other people’s plates; or comment about the food he is eating unless it is an occasional word of praise; or stack his dishes or push them aside when he has finished a course; or shovel food with his fork; or mash and stir it around on his plate; or speak about offensive subjects that affect people’s appetites; or hammer the salt-and-pepper shakers; or talk with his mouth full; or smack his lips; or chew noisily; or hunt through food on a serving dish for the piece he prefers; or act greedy in any way.

Whew. I hope The Wild One can keep all that straight! Although I suspect him as a salt-and-pepper shaker hammerer if there ever was one. And you KNOW he looks at other people’s plates.

Happy Easter and Peppy Passover!

xoxo!
Miss Sharon

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