Proof that ducks are way cuter than chickens
We’ve always thought that our ducks are just adorable. Unlike chickens, they have beautiful eyes, expressive faces and are just cute & cuddly. Chickens, on the other hand, have hard, soulless eyes & unexpressive faces. When Quint was talking about ‘black, lifeless eyes’ in Jaws, he might as well have been talking about chickens.
We found proof that ducks are cuter than chickens in our library in the form of a histrionic book on avian flu titled The Monster at Our Door. What’s on the cover? (below left) A chicken. An evil-looking, bad-ass, switchblade-wielding willkillyouinyoursleepandeatyourchildren chicken. Look at those eyes. And that beak that will poke your eyes out at the slightest provocation. That is the face of avian flu, or unspeakable TERROR.
Now to the right is the cover with our adorable ducks replacing the killer chicken. They’re just too damn cute to be threatening. Their faces are soft & expressive, and the worst those beaks could do is scoop some goo out of the corner of your eyes. There is no way in hell that you could sell fear & terror with the face of a duck.
There you have it – proof positive that ducks are cuter than chickens.
Actually, what’s really interesting is that on the chicken cover, the chicken looks like the perpetrator of evil. But on your re-done cover, the ducks actually seem like victims! If you look at that cover, it seems like the “monster” is the man in the surgical mask, and who knows what he might do to the defenseless duck?!
LOL I know some people who raise chickens and might disagree with you. I just can’t back the ducks are cute theory because of the killer ducks at the park who chase me while squawking aggressively. *shudders*
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Man, I’ve seen chickens and they all look cute until you get up close and take a good look at their faces. It’s their eyes. Black, lifeless eyes…
Do the duckies in the park have babies? I’ve never been chased by a duck, but we’re thinking of getting geese in Costa Rica (along with a few dogs) for security. Big geese can be scary. I don’t trust the friendly ones at the park all that much.
Oh – Trish got chased by a chicken a couple of times. We used to get our eggs from a local egg man who had some 30 chickens. He said he had to watch out for his grandchildren because some of the males were really aggressive.
I don’t know, summer. I’ve never seen a duck chase a human before. I think we need some pictures of these supposed ducks to verify your story!
LOL Next time I’m running for my life, tossing bread at them to go away I’ll try to snap a few pictures.
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