Felix (right) and ‘Ducky’ (arrowed) in happier times
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Carol Ballantine writes:
I know you don’t usually do this, but this weekend we lost my son Felix’s extremely beloved duck on the Number 77 bus from Pearse Street [Dublin]. It was around 5pm, and we got on at Pearse St and off at Cork St. Dublin Bus lost property doesn’t operate at the weekends, and by the time we called, there was no sign of Ducky.
If anybody saw Ducky and could give us a lead, it would be amazing. Alternatively, if anyone has any ideas about where we could get a replacement Ducky. We won him at a fair in the Green Door Market on Newmarket Square at the beginning of the summer – I think it was for the Hope Foundation…
Anyone?
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First world problems.
First world answer.
+7bn
go f yourself ,
as a dad I know the pain of when the special teddy goes missing.
our eldest teddy spent a night in dunnes stores once ,
hope it works out for the little guy
+1
You tell ’em Kong !
He’s ducky you’re on the internets and not having a duck out, bill to bill !
Hope yiz find it!
Emotional attachments to inanimate objects are first world problems? Evidence (at least from the medieval period, which I know best, but I suspect from even longer ago) suggests otherwise.
My mam knit an absolutely hideous bear for my daughter before she was born. She adores it. When it went missing she knit a new one, which was plump and furry and gorgeous. He has been ignored with that single-mindedness that only a two yr old can muster
Are you saying you know the medieval period best, bro?
You wanna throw down a medieval off or what, bro?
I’ll medieval all over you!
I’m strangely turned on by that…
First world problem= sharing photo with strangers of child and lost “Ducky” in happier times. Irritating, precocious and self indulgent.
But that is, by definition, not a problem. You have just stated an action (i.e., sharing a photo). The problem is the emotional attachment to a lost item, which is not a ‘first-world problem.’
well aren’t you just adorable!
teach us ALL how to internet why don’t you!!
maybe you should stop being a brave internet warrior and feck off to the third world and help out eh ?
Any chance you could do some more time travel and let me know your thoughts on “stoicism”?
I suspect, even in antiquity, it’s a bit much to expect a stoic approach to emotional attachments from a child. Although, that’s what I assume you are getting at, because I don’t have a time machine, only some books and the opportunity to teach history. On balance…I’d prefer a time machine though.
Fardays is like the icing on my bun (cupcake if you prefer). A sprinkling of goodness on a Tuesday afternoon. Yum Yum
So its felix and ducky, why does a duck named felix have a life size teddy of a boy called ducky?
life size*
Cynic
Whether you find Ducky or not, buy the boy “Dogger” by Shirley Hughes. One of the best children’s books ever. Everybody should have a big sister like the little boy in “Dogger” has.
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CCkQtwIwAWoVChMI48_JuIucyAIVhTsaCh2M6gZ5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHD3DURks15E&usg=AFQjCNGENCbcvw780sUnnOEHwT_1LHr4kw&bvm=bv.103627116,d.d24
Thanks for the book tip JoeO: it looks gorgeous. Work away with the preaching – it’ll be worth it if it helps find Ducky. Parenting can be pretty stressful in the first world as well as the other ones, and anything that makes it go more smoothly is a good thing.
I’m sure I saw him at Merrion Square, on an electrical box by the Oscar Wilde statue!!!
For serious? Any idea when you saw that? We were in the playground in Merrion Sq after the march for choice, and then headed home on the bus. We could have lost him in the playground…
What’s going on with the cutting short of comments???
Check the Grand Canal. Might have gone native and joined the Swans.
Good luck but I suspect that Ducky has either been adopted or used, abused and dumped by gurriers…
Because it’s Cork Street?
What a cute kid.. he should be on the telly
‘Sounds like a plan
Alright
In an ad for sugary fatty food for kids voiced by a child so it sounds harmless and cute?
I think there’s room on the internet for help in finding lost duck. I could be wrong though.
Duck Duck Go?
I left my Ducky on the subway in New York about 20 years ago, I imagine he’s had great adventures ( he was dressed as a sailor) but has probably settled down by now.
Was the arrow really necessary? I hope you find the child’s ducky.
Fair play to Jayann Maher, fundraiser extraordinaire at the Hope Foundation. She tracked down a box of Ducky’s cousins in Skerries, and we’re in the process of organising a handover and a teary reunion. Felix will be delighted. Thanks everybody for the support through the dark times.
http://www.hopefoundation.ie/