Release the Quacken!

[Polymath257]

China may 'deploy' 8000 ducks to Pakistan (was, mistakenly, India) to help relieve an infestation of locusts.

Who knew that China had a strategic reserve of ducks? Does the US have one? Are we behind in duck readiness?

China may deploy ducks to battle with locusts

 

[Secret Chief]

Thems gonna be a lorra fat ducks.

(PS it's Pakistan I think, not India)

 

[Revoltingest]

I hope they use the kind of duck who doesn't continually yell "Shoot me now!".

 

[oldbadger]

China may 'deploy' 8000 ducks to Pakistan (was, mistakenly, India) to help relieve an infestation of locusts.

Who knew that China had a strategic reserve of ducks? Does the US have one? Are we behind in duck readiness?

China may deploy ducks to battle with locusts

Our Dolly Duck and her mate Splash want to go, but my Missus said it's too far from UK.

 

[exchemist]

China may 'deploy' 8000 ducks to Pakistan (was, mistakenly, India) to help relieve an infestation of locusts.

Who knew that China had a strategic reserve of ducks? Does the US have one? Are we behind in duck readiness?

China may deploy ducks to battle with locusts

I'm waiting for someone to find locusts carry a virus or parasite than infects the ducks and then.......

....[cue circus music and clowns]....

 

[exchemist]

Actually, this reminds me of a terrible joke I was told by the guy behind me in the 2 seat, when I was in the 1st VIII at school (1971):

Q. Why do ducks have webbed feet?

A. To stamp out forest fires.

Q. Why do elephants have big feet?

A. To stamp out burning ducks.

Ordinarily, this would just meet with a groan, but this guy managed to say it just as we were about to practice a racing start. Result? Chaos, in the first 10 strokes, in bow four. The coach was mystified as to what had gone wrong.

 

[BSM1]

Soooo....you saying the rest of the world doesn't give a duck about Pakistan's (maybe India's) locust problem?

 

[Twilight Hue]

China may 'deploy' 8000 ducks to Pakistan (was, mistakenly, India) to help relieve an infestation of locusts.

Who knew that China had a strategic reserve of ducks? Does the US have one? Are we behind in duck readiness?

China may deploy ducks to battle with locusts

I've heard of extending the Olive Branch, yet this is totally quackers.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I hope they use the kind of duck who doesn't continually yell "Shoot me now!".

Oh boy! Wild turkey surprise!

 

[ChristineM]

I've heard of extending the Olive Branch, yet this is totally quackers.

Just wait until they get the bill

 

[Dan From Smithville]

China may 'deploy' 8000 ducks to Pakistan (was, mistakenly, India) to help relieve an infestation of locusts.

Who knew that China had a strategic reserve of ducks? Does the US have one? Are we behind in duck readiness?

China may deploy ducks to battle with locusts

This all sounds so Daffy.

 

[Stevicus]

China may 'deploy' 8000 ducks to Pakistan (was, mistakenly, India) to help relieve an infestation of locusts.

Who knew that China had a strategic reserve of ducks? Does the US have one? Are we behind in duck readiness?

China may deploy ducks to battle with locusts

We obviously need to upgrade our capabilities in the area of duck warfare.

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Twilight Hue]

Just wait until they get the bill

That would put a feather in their cap.

 

[Brickjectivity]

China may 'deploy' 8000 ducks to Pakistan (was, mistakenly, India) to help relieve an infestation of locusts.

Who knew that China had a strategic reserve of ducks? Does the US have one? Are we behind in duck readiness?

China may deploy ducks to battle with locusts

The ducks are a neat idea.

Of interest is a team working on long term alternatives for East Africa which also has a locust problem. They're researching how to make the locusts more palatable for humans, and they're looking into tricking the locusts into attacking one another.

How to rid East Africa of locusts? Serve them in a kebab or drive them to cannibalism

 

[Stevicus]

Actually, this reminds me of a terrible joke I was told by the guy behind me in the 2 seat, when I was in the 1st VIII at school (1971):

Q. Why do ducks have webbed feet?

A. To stamp out forest fires.

Q. Why do elephants have big feet?

A. To stamp out burning ducks.

Ordinarily, this would just meet with a groan, but this guy managed to say it just as we were about to practice a racing start. Result? Chaos, in the first 10 strokes, in bow four. The coach was mystified as to what had gone wrong.

When the team was asked about it, I assume they ducked the question.

 

[Secret Chief]

The clever country will be able to offer Pakistan a solution to their upcoming infestation of fat ducks.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Great. So now we'll end up with a plague of ducks.
I suppose we can control them by releasing a horde of French chefs, as long as we can keep them supplied with enough oranges.

 

[PureX]

I immediately claim rights the term "duckployment", and demand remuneration for it's usage!

 

[Tambourine]

All these old canards makes this operation sound like so much quackery.