Saturday, May 18, 2019

Louise Penny and Inspector Gamache Would Be Proud of This Duck

Just when you think you've seen it all, along comes a duck calmly sitting on top of a car and quacking at anyone who pauses for a second look - or in my case, a couple of quick pictures.

I admit to eating an Egg McMuffin for breakfast at least three times a week, and that's why I spotted this car in the side parking lot I use on the mornings I stop by a local McDonalds.  Since the duck showed absolutely no fear of humans, I suspected he/she was someone's pet, so I mentioned it to a couple of folks inside McDonalds hoping that someone could tell me why the bird was out there sitting on, and messing on, someone's car.

That's when the story got even stranger...turns out that the duck belongs to a fellow who was having breakfast in McDonalds, and that the big white bird is his daily companion as he runs errands around town.  The man even claims to have left that cup of on the car especially for the duck but I didn't ask him what was in the cup. Yes, you read that correctly: the duck rides around Houston all day long with his friend, the owner of the car.  

Louise Penny, who has created a wonderful old lady poet character  who carries her pet duck around with her everywhere she goes in the Inspector Gamache series, would be proud of this pair.  Whoever said that truth is stranger than (or at least every bit as strange as) fiction was right.

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  1. Thanks for this! It put a smile on my face, especially thinking about how much Ruth's duck would enjoy this breakfast. :)

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    1. I can imagine. I never expected a sight quite like this one on Thursday morning. It still makes me happy to know there are real people out there like this guy and his pet duck - which he obviously loves every bit as much as Ruth loves hers.

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  2. LOL. Ruth is a great, unique character, but I guess she's not quite as unique as I thought she was! Thanks for the chuckle :)

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    1. I think I embarrassed the poor duck owner because he quickly left the building after I brought attention to the duck on top the car. I'm sure he thinks he is completely normal and that he thought I was crazy for making such a big deal of a duck companion.

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