3 men swept out to sea on giant inflatable duck

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3 men swept out to sea on giant inflatable duck

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Three men had to be rescued after drifting out to sea… on a giant inflatable duck.

...The RNLI said: ‘With the strong tides and offshore breezes of the Bristol Channel, the RNLI urges people never to take an inflatable toy into the sea.

‘There is no way to control them, and they get pulled out from shore within seconds....
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MaxPC wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 12:21 am
Three men had to be rescued after drifting out to sea… on a giant inflatable duck.

...The RNLI said: ‘With the strong tides and offshore breezes of the Bristol Channel, the RNLI urges people never to take an inflatable toy into the sea.

‘There is no way to control them, and they get pulled out from shore within seconds....
Article with photo of Quackers
I was first looking for this to be Quakers and then I saw it was Quackers. :D
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The article doesn't say where they were from; were they perchance from Gotham?
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ohio jones wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 1:34 pm The article doesn't say where they were from; were they perchance from Gotham?
Article said Devon Beach and the Bristol Channel = UK. :dance:
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ohio jones wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 1:34 pm The article doesn't say where they were from; were they perchance from Gotham?
I don't think that duck was inflatable and a Penguin rode it.
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They were Brits?

How much beer was involved?
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Szdfan wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:51 pm
ohio jones wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 1:34 pm The article doesn't say where they were from; were they perchance from Gotham?
I don't think that duck was inflatable and a Penguin rode it.
I am unsure as to what this reference is. Rubber duck races are a staple of fundraisers that seems to be universal.
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MaxPC wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 8:58 am
Szdfan wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:51 pm
ohio jones wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 1:34 pm The article doesn't say where they were from; were they perchance from Gotham?
I don't think that duck was inflatable and a Penguin rode it.
I am unsure as to what this reference is. Rubber duck races are a staple of fundraisers that seems to be universal.
It's from a Batman movie.

I was actually referring to the nursery rhyme about the "3 wise men of Gotham" who went to sea in, well not a duck exactly, but another vessel that doesn't seem like a very wise choice.
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ohio jones wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 5:40 pm
MaxPC wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 8:58 am
Szdfan wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:51 pm
I don't think that duck was inflatable and a Penguin rode it.
I am unsure as to what this reference is. Rubber duck races are a staple of fundraisers that seems to be universal.
It's from a Batman movie.

I was actually referring to the nursery rhyme about the "3 wise men of Gotham" who went to sea in, well not a duck exactly, but another vessel that doesn't seem like a very wise choice.
Batman movie? That is why it did not ring a bell. :lol:
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