Ducks on Liffey

Just The One · 06-06-2006 1:02pm #1

I am sure that a lot of people heard about the "sponsor a duck" thing on the Liffey on Saturday.

It cost €4 to sponsor a duck and it was in aid of Children's Hospital, Crumlin.

Apparently the 150,000 ducks were sponsored which means

150,000 x €4 = €600,000.

That sounds great - but according to reports on Sunday they raised €120,000 for the hospital - what happened the other €480,000?

Kimbot · 06-06-2006 1:04pm

Well alot of rubber ducks were floting down the liffey this morning!!

BendiBus · 06-06-2006 1:04pm

Just The One wrote:

I am sure that a lot of people heard about the "sponsor a duck" thing on the Liffey on Saturday.

It cost €4 to sponsor a duck and it was in aid of Children's Hospital, Crumlin.

Apparently the 150,000 ducks were sponsored which means

150,000 x €4 = €600,000.

That sounds great - but according to reports on Sunday they raised €120,000 for the hospital - what happened the other €480,000?

How much does it cost to buy 150,000 ducks?

BTW, there's still a lot of stragglers floating around the river!

ctrl-alt-delete · 06-06-2006 1:21pm

i have two here at home - so whoever had 117777 or 57889 im afraid you didnt win

monkeyfudge · 06-06-2006 1:28pm

Ah... I was wondering what the giant duck mascot walking around Grattan Bridge was for...

I thought it was Slappy the 'Don't Jump in the Liffey' Duckling from the Island of Misfit Mascots.

Zulu · 06-06-2006 1:33pm

..who's going to clean up? So it's ok to dump 150000 bit's of sh1t in the liffey now?
I'm all for charity, but wtf happens to the ducks? "Ah sure it's grand, they'll float away". :rolleyes:

Terry · 06-06-2006 1:36pm

monkeyfudge wrote:

Ah... I was wondering what the giant duck mascot walking around Grattan Bridge was for...

I thought it was Slappy the 'Don't Jump in the Liffey' Duckling from the Island of Misfit Mascots.

classic.

Degsy · 06-06-2006 1:53pm

Zulu wrote:

..who's going to clean up? So it's ok to dump 150000 bit's of sh1t in the liffey now?
I'm all for charity, but wtf happens to the ducks? "Ah sure it's grand, they'll float away". :rolleyes:

Isnt that akin to littering?I mean the things are made out of plastic its not like they'll biodegrade!!

Zulu · 06-06-2006 1:59pm

Well thats my point. There's feicen rubber ducks everywhere.

Setun · 06-06-2006 2:00pm

Degsy wrote:

Isnt that akin to littering?I mean the things are made out of plastic its not like they'll biodegrade!!

But they're all yellow and happy.

Archeron · 06-06-2006 2:00pm

Zulu wrote:

Well thats my point. There's feicen rubber ducks everywhere.

You must admit its not something you get to say everyday.

Degsy · 06-06-2006 2:05pm

Unless you have a phobia about rubber ducks,are hag-ridden by nightmares and talk in your sleep.THEN you'd get to say it everyday.

Dyr · 06-06-2006 2:09pm

i am inspired to launch into song

duuuckkks on the lifffeey
fire in the skyy

/richie blackmore riff

Zulu · 06-06-2006 2:11pm

Archeron wrote:

You must admit its not something you get to say everyday.

Indeed. ...but that doesn't do much to help the situation does it?

Degsy · 06-06-2006 2:16pm

Zulu wrote:

Indeed. ...but that doesn't do much to help the situation does it?

No it doesnt.I vote these envirinmental vandals are tracked down and made to eat every last duck before being shot.

Oriel · 06-06-2006 2:24pm

Archeron wrote:

You must admit its not something you get to say everyday.

Zulu · 06-06-2006 2:52pm

Degsy wrote:

No it doesnt.I vote these envirinmental vandals are tracked down and made to eat every last duck before being shot.

I find your ideas intriguing. I'd like to sign up to your newsletter.

Degsy · 06-06-2006 3:01pm

Zulu wrote:

I find your ideas intriguing. I'd like to sign up to your newsletter.

It was MY idea to pollute the liffey with dead ducks and ruin everybody's summer for them!

Mantel · 06-06-2006 3:20pm

They had two boats of people picking the ducks up and throwing them to people on the bridges and quays'. That solves the litter problem as people where going mad for them, they should have been arrested for bio-warfare. I can't belive people would touch something that's came out of the liffy.

Zulu · 06-06-2006 3:25pm

Mantel wrote:

They had two boats of people picking the ducks up and throwing them to people on the bridges and quays'. That solves the litter problem as people where going mad for them, they should have been arrested for bio-warfare. I can't belive people would touch something that's came out of the liffy.

Amazing! I don't know which is worse to be honest. That they only had two boats doing a half arsed job, or that the two boats were just throwing them back up onto the quays.

fjon · 06-06-2006 5:03pm

Just The One wrote:

I am sure that a lot of people heard about the "sponsor a duck" thing on the Liffey on Saturday.

It cost €4 to sponsor a duck and it was in aid of Children's Hospital, Crumlin.

Apparently the 150,000 ducks were sponsored which means

150,000 x €4 = €600,000.

That sounds great - but according to reports on Sunday they raised €120,000 for the hospital - what happened the other €480,000?

They bought/ were given 150,000 ducks, and hoped to have one person sponsor each one. Obviously they didn't get half as many sponsors as they were hoping, and hence a lot of non-sponsored ducks were floating down the Liffey.

whiskeyman · 06-06-2006 7:19pm

Degsy wrote:

Isnt that akin to littering?I mean the things are made out of plastic its not like they'll biodegrade!!

Tis a feckin joke! Only in Ireland...
They might as well have thrown in numbers shoppin trolleys instead...

vorbis · 06-06-2006 7:26pm

Christ, people are grumpy today. They had people picking them up. isn't there something slighly better to moan about?

whiskeyman · 06-06-2006 7:31pm

vorbis wrote:

Christ, people are grumpy today. They had people picking them up. isn't there something slighly better to moan about?

nope... ducks will do for the mo...

The Liffey is fowl enough as it is.
They ain't cleaning it up quack enough for my liking.

I could go on, but I'll beak quiet for now...

monkeyfudge · 06-06-2006 7:38pm

whiskeyman wrote:

nope... ducks will do for the mo...

The Liffey is fowl enough as it is.
They ain't cleaning it up quack enough for my liking.

I could go on, but I'll beak quiet for now...

You could have saved some puns for the rest of us, for ducks sake!

whiskeyman · 06-06-2006 7:41pm

monkeyfudge wrote:

You could have saved some puns for the rest of us, for ducks sake!

You should be able to wing it...

monkeyfudge · 06-06-2006 7:44pm

What I want to know is who is going to pay the bill for the clean up operation?

whiskeyman · 06-06-2006 7:49pm

monkeyfudge wrote:

What I want to know is who is going to pay the bill for the clean up operation?

Dunno, but they'd need a crane to fish them out. I'm surprised the Northsiders havent started robin them all yet. I can't believe we're so gullible to allow something like this to go ahead. We'd really swallow anything we're given, us dubs... No wonder it's a dirty owl town!