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SniffCheck t1_ixa0d6b wrote
That’s quacktastic!
BelligerentHorticult t1_ixa0zpq wrote
You can still find ones randomly sometimes. It's getting rarer and rarer of course, but you might get lucky. I've always wanted one.
TooSmalley t1_ixa1gws wrote
My favorite story like this is the French coastal town that has sporadically had Garfield telephones wash up of their shores for the last 30 some years. A shipping container went over board in the 80’s and was the source of the Garfield phones.
TooSmalley t1_ixa1mym wrote
Yeah but Evergreen is also one of the largest shipping companies in the world.
Sorry_I_Am_Stoned t1_ixa3n2q wrote
That seems like a bad omen.
striped_frog t1_ixa3zcs wrote
Much better than disembodied feet.
SarcasticAssClown t1_ixa6phf wrote
Great - now I can't get the image of an armada of rubber duckies floating through the Suez canal out of my head...
RedSonGamble t1_ixa8141 wrote
Is this what they call the cat in the hat?
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BrokenEye3 t1_ixahd1w wrote
There was something similar in England with LEGO pieces. Curiously, a disproportionate number of them have been nautical themed pieces (diving flippers, octopi, ship rigging, cutlasses, harpoon guns, etc)
bungalowstreet t1_ixak9en wrote
Requires a subscription to read. Got another source?
KanePilkington t1_ixaoyq5 wrote
The ducks, realising their worth, went on strike. Their demands weren't met so they quit, en masse.
sunnie_day t1_ixaqsrd wrote
Try using 12ft.io to bypass the paywall, it worked for me.
Thebluecane t1_ixasspr wrote
I appreciate it is an Armada of Rubber Ducks. Where is u/fuckswithducks when you need em
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Conscious-Parfait826 t1_ixauyot wrote
That doesn't make the fact uninteresting. It makes it more relevant today tho...
Froggy_hop t1_ixawk9s wrote
Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long while...
_Princess_Peach t1_ixaxdom wrote
There’s a children’s book by Eric Carle about this incident called 10 Rubber Ducks!
MidgetRodeoClown t1_ixaxips wrote
Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, wrote an adorable children's book inspired by this called '10 Little Rubber Ducks'. My kids all loved that book.
Fresh720 t1_ixb3y9f wrote
Didn't they die?
SavageComic t1_ixb5bcv wrote
There's a twitter account called "Lego lost at sea" that does beach litter picks on a beach in Cornwall. A Japanese freighter lost a cargo of Lego and they still find things washing up there.
The cargo was lost in 1987
ATLtinyrick t1_ixb6zok wrote
ATLtinyrick t1_ixb739e wrote
Link not working in Qatar
Thebluecane t1_ixb9pls wrote
Really? Fuck I don't know
jellyrollo t1_ixbfzem wrote
I still look for them every time I go down to the shore.
BelligerentHorticult t1_ixbgqak wrote
lexxatron84 t1_ixbkdoa wrote
When I was a kid on Cape Cod one containing mermaid stuffed animals went over board and these things started washing up on shore for something like a year after that. I think my mom still has one.
drunkin_idaho t1_ixbkzjz wrote
Streaming Wars
Psycho_Mr_Saturn t1_ixbp88n wrote
Yeah, around January this year I believe
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therealsirlegend t1_ixbwg7y wrote
I really hope the company that made these things marketed the hell out of. 15 yrs in the sun and salt water and they were still floating! That's some impressive manufacturing quality standards.
arcosapphire t1_ixbwwfp wrote
Citation? A lot of times reddit just makes stuff up.
kelldricked t1_ixc3cew wrote
They didnt try to make it unintressting they just explained the reason behind it. Evergreen is probaly responsible a majority of shipping accidents because they do most of the shipping.
destuctir t1_ixc7rpo wrote
The last major cluster made landfall in France after making their way from the pacific to the Atlantic via the arctic circle for 15 years
Bandalk t1_ixc8f1u wrote
This sounds like a wild accusation. I'm going to need a source from you.
JimMorrisonWeekend t1_ixc8y3u wrote
yep. autoeroticducksphyxiation
FuriouSherman t1_ixcrb3n wrote
Yup. The odyssey they went on has always been a story I've enjoyed.
reddit_user13 t1_ixcrka5 wrote
All i found was luggage from Flight 800.
sdn t1_ixcyccm wrote
Is the northwest passage open or something? I didn’t realize anything could up through the arctic
alow2016 t1_ixczyoo wrote
A man has fallen in the ocean in Lego City
AlbrahamLincoln t1_ixd13ls wrote
Just like reddit, wild accusations and stuff made up.
destuctir t1_ixd1tg1 wrote
The ice sheets of the arctic advance and retreat during the year, I imagine the ducks were trapped in ice frequently before thawing and continuing east over Canada and Greenland.
Edit: duh asked about the northwest passage, ducks were never found in the area which suggested they avoided the tight corridors somehow.
Lydian2000 t1_ixd3vt8 wrote
This immediately brought me back to James Veitch's "roommate" sketch!
bloodshotforgetmenot t1_ixdfy50 wrote
Good TIL
VeryJoyfulHeart59 t1_ixdqoga wrote
Do you mean 816?
VeryJoyfulHeart59 t1_ixdr7zj wrote
Oh no, beached mermaids!
VeryJoyfulHeart59 t1_ixdrmxu wrote
Me too!
Here's a link for those unfamiliar with the bit.
VeryJoyfulHeart59 t1_ixdt7d4 wrote
Shout out to all the red beaver, blue turtle, and green frog Friendly Floatees who are so often forgotten when this story is told.
Psycho_Mr_Saturn t1_ixe17pj wrote
I just heard through the grapevine from other redditors, sorry
jump_the_snark t1_ixe1pnr wrote
There’s a book about this (I don’t mean a children’s book).
bungalowstreet t1_ixexvz0 wrote
Absolutely fascinating. Thanks for sharing!
arcosapphire t1_ixft7j2 wrote
Ah, yes, the clear evidence:
> Just a heads up- ShittyMorph has posted a correction, and FucksWithDucks is still alive. ShittyMorph got incorrect information:
> https://www.reddit.com/user/shittymorph/comments/s7wnpz/shittymorph_here_i_am_a_big_dumb_idiot_for/
Oh wait that's the exact opposite and shows it did not happen
Snoo48605 t1_ixzn1fr wrote
Life of Pi: 1992
MDNick2000 t1_ix9zd6g wrote
Another little interesting fact: the container ship that lost comtainer with rubber ducks was owned by Evergreen - the same company whose another ship blocked Suez Canal.