This past Saturday, a dare that turned into reality came to fruition in the form of a tourist calamity known as a duck. Ducks are these super annoying, eight foot wide, land and water vessels that drive tourists around the city and across Lake Washington all while the driver is telling really horrible jokes and the passengers perform YMCA from their seats.
With a hefty ticket fee of $25 or so dollars, this is probably the worst way we could have spend our money. The duck left the Space Needle area and drove around the congested city streets downtown at a tediously slow pace while the drive gave us inaccurate facts about Seattle and did seriously stupid things like played “Who Let the Dogs Out” while driving by an innocent woman walking her dog.
Its my understanding that some people from Seattle loathe the Ducks and I can clearly see why. The drivers tell ridiculous jokes about Starbucks on an endless basis and do nothing short of attempting to embarrass the people that live in this city. The best part of the trip for me was that two of my friends (which I will refer to as “the smarter ones”) decided not to ride the ducks but follow behind the land portion on their mopeds. This did not make the driver or the other passengers very happy but it was hysterical to have them following behind with duck kazoos in their mouths and no one able to figure out just exactly what was going on.
My advice? Never waste your money on the Ducks. Here’s what we thought…
Oh, and here’s a picture of the house from Sleepless in Seattle. It’s the one with the purple door and the green trim. It made Dean really happy.
All of the pictures can be seen here.
-amy
