I picked these up from the Minnesota chat list and thought all you
punners would be amused. There was an additional thread about ducks
diving and staying submerged after being shot - but I'll let y'all
subscribe yourselves if you want to follow that.

Don't blame me if you read this and GROAN!

On a hunting excursion on Sunday 11/24/96, a fellow hunter told me he had
a large flock of birds buzz him this fall on a lake in Pine County. He
shot three of them but could retreive only one because the others dove and
swam so far and so fast. Much better than any regular diver. When he
picked up the one he did get, he identified it as an Eider.

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When a hunter shoots an eider, does he or she yell out, "Eider down!"

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Yes, it is the hunter's responsibility to do this. However, if there is
a partner along, he or she must act as the enforcer of this rule. If
the shooter will not cooperate, the partner must loudly declare the
option:

"Eider you do it, or I WILL!"

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It's nice to know that Eider way someone is responsible.

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Actually the conversation is more like this:
Hunter 1 "Was that a duck?"
Hunter 2 "Eider know."

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Lois Schultz
lois at acpub.duke.edu
Music Cataloger, Duke University

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In Looking-Glass Land you can't get very far,
You must run like the wind just to stay where you are!
As for those whose ambition is getting ahead,
They must run twice as fast!", her Imperial Majesty said.

Lewis Carroll. Through the Looking Glass
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