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Jul 30, 2017 9:44 AM
PaulyParker
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Deleven11
https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-07-2015/2TjIFm.gif
Treblaine
They're good ducks, Brent.
petgoats
Listen, it was either that or Vancouver Had to take back Luca Sbisa
GrabEmByTheEmbassy
Nope. Vegas' problem now. They should have taken Gaunce or Rodin, and they may wind up waiving Sbisa or another D begore opening day.
Fillifjonken
Can't really see it, seems to be ducking behind the buildings
PeteVenkmann
Release the quacken!
MaxWar
lel
chodemus1maximus
It's not that bad, he's brought amazing business to local restaurants. So that's a plus...
hodorgoestomordor
People that would have been there regardless of the duck.
missojennie
735824
¿costed?
eightdigit
Costed.
ifuckdragons
Too bad this one is a knockoff of the original design
bendover8825
Costed? Where did you learn English?
TJMack
I saw it and I thought it was amazing and hilarious
AllMyLifeisFake
But ... why a duck ?
OmegaYeti
"costed"
mnorthwood13
They rent it out to other cities for use. Last year during Tall ships it was supposed to go to my town...they couldn't find a suitable spot
hodorgoestomordor
the 121,000 was to rent it... Toronto doesn't own it.
zsefvgb
Well they did make back like 2 mill showing it off on canada day
hodorgoestomordor
No, you can't just credit all that money to the duck. THose people would have been there regardless and spent money.
Nomp
What else should it do?
Fargus57
Well, shooting laser beams out of its eyeballs would be a good start. After that, a few .50s and a couple of torpedo racks ...
Huhwhatcrazy
Bargin.
Gigaroni
http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/release-the-quackin-meme.jpg
MonkeyFoo2
I'd pay 200k for a giant rubber ducky. Install seats on it and charge people a small fee. The duck pays for itself and I'd get the chicks.
SuchkaBitch
It came to my city in coastal Oregon. Pretty cool bubberducky.
BattleBorn84
My definition of art is "anything that makes the world better or cooler" this delivers.
hodorgoestomordor
What's your definition for counterfeit art? http://globalnews.ca/news/3495290/canada-150-giant-duck-illegal-counterfeit/
BattleBorn84
It is still a giant duck
hodorgoestomordor
"...that they could have rented for much cheaper from the artist" - is what you meant to say right?
BattleBorn84
Dont get me involved in your shit canada
Philanthropyman
The US military spent 1.5 trillion on a jet that can't fly. The "old" F-35s are still better than anything else the world has.
ScottPilgrimVSTheIndians
I'm sorry. I know it's not your meme, but I cannot, in good conscience, upvote "costed."
Corona688
covefe
NivalisAngelus
As a Canadian, the initial.. Floating of this duck was the most patriotic I've felt. We need something to be proud of.
binkyboo
We've got lots to be proud of, the first thing that comes to mind is that Trump isn't the leader of our country!
Corona688
This. Our flag is a 2 year old's scribbling which feels pretty meaningless.
FisterMantastic
Wow ok, or learn something: February 15, 1965, the flag was raised, Honourable Maurice Bourget, Speaker of the Senate, stated: (1/2)
FisterMantastic
"The flag is the symbol of the nation’s unity, for it, beyond any doubt, represents all the citizens of Canada without distinction (2/3)
FisterMantastic
of race, language, belief or opinion.”. So yeah... like it or leave it. (3/3)
27yoUGLYvirgin
What's wrong with your flag? It's very unique and recognizable.
Corona688
It looks childish, and says nothing about our history
27yoUGLYvirgin
Your country is 150 years old, you can't expect to have a flag representing history like European countries.
Corona688
USA flag is ugly as heck but at least means something
knewseed
Are not tourist coming to see it??? Doh!
hodorgoestomordor
Tourists that would have been there anyways.
charlierunkle
costed
teddblackk
the past tense of cost
MissSpelledTattoo
I feel accosted
AndersCalrissian
By Tom Costa?
graehall
Top comment last time this was posted a few days ago. Posted.
SkinnySweatyManInTheGreenSuit
What do you mean pacifically?
DumberBlonde
Supposebly
AuntSharron
Supposively
PhinsUp
Should have put that money into the public schools obviously
railgap
Looks these words up at the libary.
memeseeks
Costedededededed
mailman7777777
I once boughted something that costed a real lot of money.
AndersCalrissian
It costed rent
huabba
Coasted
DickDastardly404
To be fair his government spent 200k on a duck, so idd the education budget suffered.
AuntSharron
For all intensive purposes we can planely understand the jest of what they is trying to said.
DarkestOfHumor
Sounds like they took directly from the education budget.
AndersCalrissian
Weeding whiting and murican
Akurei00
*educated
DarkestOfHumor
Klingon00
How many 'spensive is it?
ImmaNeedBoutTreeFiddy
Many
ImYourOtherPersonality
Yes
FlashyBeige
so many
cozmikkpope
IHaveToPeePee
Much moneys
charlierunkle
lots
mellino19
All of it
Whatismypurpose
Hella
NoUserNameIsTaken
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnR-X0OCYAAoymt.jpg
iynque
Quite costidious.
goodguyfromchicago
English not my first language. Can anyone explain why? Isn't costed like a past participle?
getridofTheSeaword
Costed is not a word. The past tense of cost is cost.
mikeatc
When cost means determine the cost of or set the cost of, it is inflected costed.
nofightinginthewarroom
Cost is a verb, coated is an adverb. Verbs do not chance with tense, as always with rules in English this rule may not apply every time.
WonderWomansHeroine
yeah, that grates on me like bark toilet paper
shadowex3
"costed" and "casted" are driving me nuts. It's "cost" and "cast" ffs
josieexplosion
Like people who don't know the difference between hung and hanged.
ReadOnlyMemories
Try coping with "burglarized"
iwearlittlesocks
That sounds like a fashion trend to make your home appear "ransacked-chic". We paid $1000 to have a professional burglarize our family room
onewomanriot
Hate to be /that/ guy, but it cost $121,000 of tax payer dollars and brought over 700K ppl to the waterfront that wkend. It paid for itself.
Pullout69
Costed*
onewomanriot
Ran out of space ;-)
jdbtl
So it was paid for by the city? Cos post makes it sound like it was the province or feds who paid, in which case it was still a waste.
hodorgoestomordor
Province I believe.
jdbtl
well that is probably a waste then, unless most of the tourists came from outside the province.
hodorgoestomordor
Even if they came from other cities, chances are they were planning to go to Toronto whether there was a giant duck or not.
sexandotherdrugs
Don't hate being that guy. Especially in this situation where a lack of context and false info create a vastly different impression
tb8s
One of my company's clients is the guy who operates that duck.
shortcakechuckles
Be that guy. I might be a minority, but I love that guy.
Silvermane
$121,000 isn't really a lot on a country spending scale anyway.
hodorgoestomordor
*Province... I'm pretty sure the province paid for it.
Bolletott
Don't hate being the guy that isn't blinded by big numbers and actually thinks things through!
sykoticflaw
How dare you use good sense and economic acuity to naysay these mouth breathers their unrequited anger?
BigSnicker
Totally... And this'll show those Americans the cutest reason for Big Ducking Government!
KizzyCaspy
It brought in over 4 million to local vendors
hodorgoestomordor
"brought in" 95% of those people wouldve been there anyways.
PaulyParker
That big fucker is worth 10x the price.
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Shmaaw
What?
LosPer
See, one dimensional thinking at its worst...
ShootYourGooMyDude
Cities pay that much for statues and other works that get no attention at all.
JustDontCare
Well, lamedotking did say it was doing it's best.
DevonGronka
You're not being *that* guy. sometimes people need to be force-fed obvious facts that they choose to ignore. =P
MeetCameron
I'm an American who drove north for Canada day. Destination: duck.
Aadinheals
I don't believe that you "Hate to be /tha/t guy"
Imsofuckingbasic
Thank you for being that guy
hardcorefanfictionreader
Also, $121,000 is not that much.
RayZerKai
Divided by the tax-paying population of canada... That's like, less than half a cent per person
HornyGifKing
121000 Canadian, so like 75 usd
nooowhaaaat
AND it wasn't even the real one
hodorgoestomordor
http://globalnews.ca/news/3495290/canada-150-giant-duck-illegal-counterfeit/
Cogrum
It probably paid for itself several times over if it brought that many people.
hodorgoestomordor
It didn't... of those 700k people, 690k would have been there anyways.
Lillysmom
And, I could be completely wrong, wasn't it already budgeted into the 150 budget?
hodorgoestomordor
Budget or not, it's still wasteful
StitchardRamireztheKnitStalker
I heard they didn't actually buy the duck but they rented it from some guy in the US
hodorgoestomordor
Yes, and it's a fake of an actual art piece they could have rented for much less
OneWayTicketToMidnight
And all the Torontonians in my fb feed changed their profile pics to selfies with the duck lol
ToxicPersonality
I'm pretty sure that stupid duck had nothing to do with 700k people spending Canada's 150th birthday at Toronto's party district
BigSnicker
You only need a tiny portion of those to have come for the duck for it to pay off and it's still generating international PR now! Brilliant.
JustHereForTopComment
Don't call brain that.
thatguywiththename
The brain couldn't recall
nashpotato
With Canada's population it cost each person a half of a cent
hodorgoestomordor
Well, the province paid for it so that doesn't work
nashpotato
If Ontario paid for it then it was a whopping 1.5 cents per person. If Toronto did it was a whole 7 cents per person. Oh dear.
hodorgoestomordor
That's not the point. If governments spent money by justifying how much it would only cost each citizen we would have huge problems.
ReallyGoodBee
I remember the Toronto Sun making a big huge !@#$ing deal out of this, blaming the liberals for wasting taxpayer money.
onewomanriot
Haha, funny enough, it was actually a Sun article that I read praising it afterwards.
TrueNorthernLights
Yeah, because the Tories never waste money. XD
hodorgoestomordor
Bull shit... How many of those 700k ppl actually changed their plans because of a giant rubber duck?
astrakko
You mean like a good bussiness?
evillittlecar
Also that included a tour of about 6 other places in the province as well.
ImHereForTheCera123MeltSteelBeams
But how many people usually visit and spend? Is there a comparison so i can see what the difference actually was.
hodorgoestomordor
Hard to say considering there has never been another 150th birthday for Canada
ImHereForTheCera123MeltSteelBeams
Is there a difference in projections? What if the duck didn't bring the people and the vast majority would have come anyway?
TysonGoesOutside
Why are more people at the waterfront good?
mousemarie94
Yeah, all those tour boats that go around are like geared for the islands and that duck.
PaulyParker
Tourism. Means money. Strange shit normally equals internet publicity. Turns into people visiting & investing money in local businesses
CaratacusOfBritannia
They spend money!
TheBergz
Honestly, I've seen so many negative posts about that thing costing money but honestly it's chump change in regards to Government spending
hodorgoestomordor
Wasteful spending can't be justified by the small percentage of total spending.
TheBergz
Yeah it really can tho, It accounts for about 0.000013% of our estimated GDP. The whole reason they did this was to celebrate Canada's 150th
hodorgoestomordor
Ok, but again, my point is you can't just say "It's chump change". You can say "It's projected to bring in $XXX.XX for our economy"
TheBergz
Economy. So yes, its chump change and we've long since made our money back for that investment.
TheBergz
For Ottawa (my city) by the end of the year they project a 1.75m increase in tourist which in turn brings an estimated $350m to our city's
Krystoking
DEBATABLE. You could argue many or most of those people came for the 150th bday, not solely for the duck.
shortcakechuckles
I went just for the duck.
OtterAvalanche
No, because the duck was around for several days before the birthday. I know several people who travelled to TO just to see it.
Krystoking
Anecdotal evidence isn't real evidence. I live in Toronto and i was only on the harbourfront for the fireworks, didnt even see the duck
OtterAvalanche
"Anecdotal evidence isnt real" *procedes to provide anecdotal evidence*
Krystoking
>irony intended. The whole point is there is no real way of knowing how much of an effect the duck really had
AlbrechtEh
Not to mention that they also rent it out to other cities.
LostCatWantedDeadAndAlive
"Darkwing Duck Detroit coming soon"
thespacecowboyx
Not to mention he'll make a great Peking Duck for the whole city in a few years.
NocturnalGreed
It wasn't rented out by canada. The one in Pittsburgh(I live there) was made by an artist, and rented by him.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
An conform, it made it to Australia. He looked like he was tired after that swim.
MrJimmyC
Can anyone just rent it out? If I was rich I would definitely do that.
highteck9
It came to Tacoma Washington. But by the time I knew it was there it was the last day and I had to work
bab51
I saw it in Long Beach!!
pudgychicken
I saw it in Dubai c:
motherhoodlum
Saw it in Tacoma. Pretty sure they paid a fortune just to get people to not be afraid of the waterfront for a few days.
hodorgoestomordor
http://globalnews.ca/news/3495290/canada-150-giant-duck-illegal-counterfeit/
chiefsmackahoe
I saw it in Sydney
Saigon333
Please, be that guy. Anyone who defends public artwork is good in my book.
hodorgoestomordor
http://globalnews.ca/news/3495290/canada-150-giant-duck-illegal-counterfeit/
hodorgoestomordor
It's not public artwork... if anything its fake public artwork
happyishturtle
Wow. That is one busy duck to be able to invite 700k people over!
ArmandoManatee
AND it's cute as shit.
TheOne11111
I saw it from the side up close, and my 1st impression was "what a waste of money" then I looked at this photo. my god its adorable
ObnoxiousComma
2. ubber duck and set it afloat".
Dargan
*afloot
ObnoxiousComma
This is the exact type of thing I'd expect Canada to do. "Eh, should we go attack a nation?" "No that's not polite. Let's make a giant r
chbarts
ed rocket."
27yoUGLYvirgin
But they made a giant duck, not a giant r.
ObnoxiousComma
You missed the rest of the comment......
27yoUGLYvirgin
You missed to layer your comments properly..... Nobody is going to go search for comments in a flood of other comments.
Mdp2525
AmaZeDz
As an American, we spend 200,000$ on worse things every month
xheyther
Like the congress ?
IAmAHollow
Over 1.1 million every hour on the military, so I mean...does anything else really matter?
AsaMetric
Costed*
Karlwsands
Amen
DoublevBomb
Guns!
ronin1869
Like every weekend the POTUS goes to play golf only the costs are much higher.
farny99
and that drives people away
ChinaMike808
I think I have a new hobby online; putting the $ wherever I feel like it. So here is my 300,0$0,000 worth of input.
GavinScreaming
One of trump's weekend trips to his own golf resort cost taxpayers 3.6 millions dollars
1Plebian
Waaaaaaay worse...
Treblaine
"I know, but Mar-a-Laga is worth every penny"
AuntSharron
*worser
ThunderingEarl
Well, it did come from the USA.
PoppinLochNessHopster
Day.
Occasionalfunnycomment
Man.
PoppinLochNessHopster
It's pronounced gif.
SaraFourImgur
Minute
pragmatao
Second
TojS
Week
CheeseIsNaturesFudge
What did you call me??
SaraFourImgur
The fat controller laughed
stoler202
"You are wrong", he said.
todayok
A day of security for Melania Trump at her New York apartment because she can't stand to be in the same building as Wrinkles Cheetho Trump.
DataNet
Each
aoenofhorus
Strange that you write dollar amounts like you're French....
AmaZeDz
Strange that I just typed it as I say it? I don't ask for a dollar 2 draft at the bar, but I won't judge if you do.
aoenofhorus
No but as a native speaker you would probably be familiar with that particular idiosyncrasy.
AmaZeDz
Well, being it's a comment, and not a novel, it was typed in speech style.
Plexaygg
Day*
27yoUGLYvirgin
Golf course trips for example? That being said, 200k for Canada are a different sum than for the US.
TransistorRadio
Like Viagra for soldiers
HULKSMASHMOUTH
We oughta just give them that stuff Jesse The Body was chewing at the beginning of Predator. You know what they say about that stuff...
airwalker4567
Hey, they need it, ok? Once you shoot an M2 50 Cal machine gun or MK 19 automatic grenade launcher, not much else gets you hard.
reaperhead
You do realize Viagra is also for hypertension right? That's what it was originally made for
Koshunae
Our delightful president donated half of that to the dept of education. Who needs education anymore?
doritobandito84
Throwing money at education doesn't mean an actual difference will be made at all, as was seen with Mark Zuckerberg's attempt in Newark.
newsguycraigevans
Donates $100k but actively wants to strip billions from the same department. It's almost like he's being disingenuous.
Koshunae
thatsthejoke.jpg
Hootinthehouse
second
heghmoh
Like salaries for senators and house reps.
gurglingsteak
What american says 200,000$? That is a pretend American. $200,000...
Lesbiansass
I do but I lived out of the country a lot and Im diet american. Im more Taiwanese than American based on a lot of things... 200k NT, 200k $
asm80dfa8sdfj
Sorry about the penis
Lesbiansass
What penis?
AmaZeDz
LaLiam
In the Uk I was taught 200$ was how Americans always wrote it?
DoctorPitt
That's how we say it, but when it's written it's $200 and when you see it in a store it's $199.99 for reasons.
GodEmperor0fMankind
It's because pennies still exist. Because reasons.
Prismosdreampickles
I'm American and it bothers the absolute shit out of me when anyone puts the dollar sign after the number!
kittybuttwiggle
Right, the dollar comes first
JewishMonk
Amen
AgolfHiller
Isn't that why your Congress is as corrupt as fuck?
ClaustrophobicOxtopus
Left* /s
Balisarius
I dunno... I mean I the way Americans write dates is kinda fucked up. How could day/month/year not occur to them? Bloody colonists.
JewishMonk
You're both wrong. It's Year/Month/Day
ThePerfectTemperatureForHeresy
Wrong again, use a hash function to turn it into a single 4-bit integer thus rendering order inconsequential.
JewishMonk
Fair point. We could just take this to the logical conclusion and use the number of seconds since time began.
BukakeNoHeroAcademia
No one starts with the year.... It goes from lowest to highest which is Month(12)/Day(28-31)/Year(2017+)
JewishMonk
China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Belgium, Lithuania, Hungary and Sweden beg to differ. Listing the numbers in order of significance FTW.
Balisarius
Jews get monks?! Jesus!
JewishMonk
Not Jesus.
GodEmperor0fMankind
You're all wrong. It's year/day/month/time
JewishMonk
O-o But... no... just no.
ausernamewhat
As an American, I would be OK with that.
FuzzieSocks
We had that duck in Pittsburgh for a while. It was amazing.
Lamplord
Yeah, we spend more than that on a single congressmans mistress. I'd take a duck over a mistress. Or a duck mistress.
ausernamewhat
A duck mistress...
blueblythe
With a duck, I can always crack a smile instead of reading how a congressman overdosed on crack.
KentuckyBlue
With a duck mistress he could overdose on quack