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@Alice
Relevant:
https://mastodon.online/@jaykass/114195850771963124

But now, I'm also thinking we should call a group of silly geese a giggle.

@Alice

@Alice

serious as cancer

@amiserabilist I realize that's not a duck, but I once had a dream where I had discovered a correlation between ducks and cancer, but the problem is that I can't remember if ducks cure cancer or cause cancer so it's kind of pointless.

@Alice

Some of you might have heard this piece of medical humour. It goes something like this:

An internist, a surgeon and a pathologist decided to go duck hunting together. Pretty soon a bird appeared on the horizon.

The internist watched it carefully as it came over and said, "Gentlemen, observe the colourful plumage, the quacking call and the web feet trailing behind."

As the bird disappeared out of range he said, "Based on my observation, I would venture that we have seen a duck, but further tests may be necessary before we decide on a course of action."

The other doctors looked blankly at him, but there was a slight sneer from the surgeon. It wasn't long until another bird appeared. They waited until it came closer and then the surgeon leaped to his feet with his gun. BLAM!

Feathers and pieces of feet, blood, guts and bill exploded overhead and a sorry-looking carcass fell. The surgeon turned to the pathologist and said, "Hey boy, would you mind running over, getting that bird and telling me if it was a duck?"

https://www.icr.ac.uk/about-us/icr-news/detail/of-ducks-and-tumours

@Alice

i have an eccentric Syrian friend who told me to investigate hedgehog blood and garlic as a cure for HIV.

i wish i could say that i did.

it would be nice if there was more blue sky thinking in research, but funding is tight enough as it is, and i already had a reputation.