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Sculptor tries out her work in the Public Garden
By adamg on Mon, 10/09/2017 - 9:43pm
The Friends of the Public Garden snapped sculptor Nancy Schon sitting on Mrs. Mallard on the 30th anniversary of the installation of her Ducklings statues in the Public Garden this past weekend.
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Adorable!
Question
I can't access Twitter at work. Is the soldier duck mascot explained?
That's no soldier
It's a bit of a mixed metaphor, but it's somebody playing a duck playing Officer Mike.
Ah
The camo threw me off.
See the answer below, though
Which makes way more sense than mine. For starters, a Boston cop wouldn't have sgt. stripes on his cap. And he wouldn't wear a camo hat (I completely missed the camo when looking at the photo on my phone, alas).
The duck is the mascot for
The duck is the mascot for Boston Duck Tours.
Question is not allowed
You must stand and salute the duck soldier without any questions or you are un-American.
Or wait, is this some kind of anatidaen stolen valor situation?
But what
If the duck is taking a knee, like in this photo?
Good catch
Who knows how deep this thing goes. Clearly deep state action.
Kilroy the BDT Mascot
The duck is the mascot of Boston Duck Tours, his name is Kilroy. He is in camo because of the WWII history of the vehicles.
Photobomb
So it's an advertising campaign photobombing. Well, I guess we could have expected as much.