Fortunately, it appears that Duck Dynasty, whatever that is, is water-soluble

[DFW]

Over the last week, I see nothing but posts about this, none of which I have read. Here in Europe, I have heard no mention of it, and have no clue what it is all about, other than a few photos of some ZZ Top wannabes.

Luckily, the whole thing dissolved in the Atlantic, and never made the news here in Europe (at least not in the German or French MSM).

I'm heading for the States in a couple of days. From the looks of things, there will be plenty of opportunity to get deluged by info about it/them (don't know which), if they aren't already yesterday's news by then. I can wait.

[G_j]

1. I suppose it's a good thing

it's not news over there. Our ongoing race to the heights of stupidity gets redundant.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Must be soluble

given its used in toilets

[MisterP]

12. Irish clergymen make use of it

[dipsydoodle]

13. Feck

[loli phabay]

19. lol, just watched them again recently, the one one the aircraft is bedwetting funny

and bishop brennan and the rabbits makes my daughter crease up.

[pansypoo53219]

3. america blah. but i expect it to be exported to euro teevee soon.

[pansypoo53219]

4. america blah. but i expect it to be exported to euro teevee soon.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Give it a couple more days and there will be another

manufactured outrage for people to focus on that will be just as silly as this one. It keeps attention away from the real issues.

[madrchsod]

6. it`s another moral outrage in the usa

as long as the duck boys find sponsors and the ratings are good a&e won`t drop the show.

[Pholus]

7. There is no target audience in Europe for this.

More reason to believe it was A&E pumping up a viewer base.

These guys are as fake as their "before" vs. "after' Duck Dynasty pictures: Yuppies to rednecks!

[DFW]

8. OK, I still have no idea what's going on, but.....

As it sound very ignorable, I'll continue to do just that.

[groundloop]

24. Yes, the world would be a better place if we all ignored it.

Nothing but a mode up controversy designed to fatten the wallets of television executives, while at the same time propagating more hate-talk.

[CJCRANE]

9. I used to watch it when I was a kid...

You are talking about Dick Dastardly..?

[DFW]

10. I must have been gone too long

I don't know who that is/was either.

Any relation Snidely Whiplash?

[CJCRANE]

11. Similar but Dick Dastardly is from Wacky Races...

which aired a couple of years later

[DFW]

14. "After my time"

to coin a phrase

"Been away so long, I hardly knew the place,
Gee it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case,
Honey disconnect the phone"

[KoKo]

15. You might find this poster's comment interesting:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4216484

[DFW]

16. Interesting but only mildly informative

I still don't know what the show is about. I assume "A&E" is some kind of cable channel.

I'm feeling a little out of it, but not necessarily losing out because of it. This really sounds like something not worth spending a lot of time to get educated. If it means I won't be participating in any discussions on the subject, well, I've suffered worse deprivations.

[KoKo]

17. Okay...here's a bit of background....

I don't know if the You Tube will work for you to get this...but, gives you the Background of the Show. My USA Internet has been cutting in and out ...so I can't post the depth I'd like to and given the holidays..and such. But, check out and see if you can get an idea about what it is from this.:

https://www.youtube.com/show/duckdynasty

It's a BIG THINg in Many Parts of the USA..and particularly in the Southeast around the Charleston Area with those who identify with the "homespun/radicals" of the Duck Whistle Company.

You won't run into many of them in the circles you run in...but, they are out there. Some of us have "relatives" who sort of sympathize with them and just LOVE that Homespun Comedy of the show. It's possible that the discussion will come up in your meetings over here as "social talk"...and you might want to understand about the controversy just to fit in...down there in Charleston or wherever. Bill Clinton would have understood it all because he grew up in Arkansas amongst some of same folks.

So that's why I'm passing it along to you.

[Iterate]

18. Just play "Diner for One" for them,

and try to explain its popularity or tradition in DE.

Their eyes will glaze and you can make your escape.

[DFW]

20. Now THERE'S an idea

I first saw this on December 31, 1974, and it was old then. I was spending my first holiday week in Germany with my new girlfriend. It was time well-invested, as she is now my wife. Next year we celebrate 40 years together.

"Same procedure as every year...."

[Iterate]

21. "Well, I'll do my very best!"

I could never drink enough sekt to quite join in with the howls and belly laughs. And I could never stay sober enough to understand the phenomena. In the end it's just been a yearly reminder of the limits to understanding another culture. Or our own, I suppose.

Congrats on your 40th (unless pre-wishing is bad luck).

[DFW]

22. It's a wonder the Germans always were so enamored over a skit so very British

One or the other of us could always get run over by a truck (my wife very nearly did a few years ago--she crawled out of the wreck, but her car was DOA).

Still, we've beat cancer (her) and a heart attack (me), and figure nothing at this point can take away the good times we've had. We'll just keep on keeping on. There was just a documentary on German TV here on the former chancellor, Helmut Schmidt. Although he was rumored to have had a few affairs, he was married for 68 years. At 40 (and only 32 of them married), we are just beginners by those standards. Schmidt is 95 and still more compos mentis than 95% of today's politicians anywhere. Back when he was in office, Schmidt, whose English is fluent, was on vacation in Florida, and "60 Minutes" did an interview with him. After it aired, they got hundreds of letters asking if it was possible to change the law to permit a German to become President of the United States.

[Ligyron]

23. It's amazing how few Americans can speak a different language

Hell, most of them have trouble with English come to think of it.

[DFW]

25. I never could figure out the mentality that made that attitude mainstream

OK, I get the "big country, far from any border" viewpoint of many Americans, and the Republican "we speak English here" bent doesn't help, even if half of them can't even speak or write correctly in English (I'm still waiting for our previous president to explain what "ecolectic" means).

But that's for others to deal with. An America incapable of communicating with the world beyond our borders is an America diminished, both commercially and culturally.

Part of the job requirements of this job I've boxed myself into mandate that I speak and write Spanish, Catalan, Italian, French, Russian, Swedish, Dutch and, of course, German and English. So I can reasonably claim that any fingers pointed for this national deficiency should not be done so at me.

[riverwalker]

26. prepare yourself

there are books, CD's, DVD's, T shirts, hats, pajamas, cards, and by all means stay away from Walmart, it's like full blown Duck Dynasty Dysentery in there.