10.23.02
Sniper References
The news is reporting that the police were asked to say “caught like a duck in a noose” for the sniper who has been terrorizing the Washington DC area. I wondered what it could mean so I did a Google search.
Some of the results are below. Most of them revolve around a story about a rabbit who gets a noose around a duck, but the duck then flies away, carrying the rabbit with him.
Perhaps he’s leading the FBI on a wild noose chase…
Choice returns from Google:
Searched the web for duck in a noose. Results 1 – 10 of about 5,880. Search took 0.07 seconds.
Native American Lore for October 1997
… caught it. The duck struggled hard and finally spread its wings and flew up from the water with the Rabbit hanging on to the noose. …
www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/1097lore.html – 8k – Cached – Similar pages
The Rabit, the Otter, and Duck Hunting. —
… among the remaining six ducks. He quickly fastened his noose around the neck of the closest duck. Startled, the duck began to struggle …
tsalagi-l.net/rabduck.html – 7k – Cached – Similar pages
Marty’s Trading Company – ducksupply.com – Duck Decoys and Goose …
… Decoys Runamuck Decoys “Keeping the art of hunting decoy carving alive” As duck … Goose Noose Decoys Goose Noose decoys The slightest breeze brings to life the …
www.ducksupply.com/decoys.html – 14k – Cached – Similar pages
Daffy Duck on Laserdisc!
… Person to Bunny 54. Daffy’s Inn Trouble 55. Quackodile Tears 56. Good Noose 57. Fast Buck Duck 58. The Million Hare 59. Aqua Duck 60. The Iceman Ducketh 61. …
www.geocities.com/bugsvideo/daffylaser.htm – 19k – Cached – Similar pages
Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting
… The duck took him. Rabbit threw the noose over the duck’s head. The duck went flying out of the water into the sky. Rabbit got tired of holding on. …
www.dnet.net/jparker/duck.htm – 4k – Cached – Similar pages
ARCTIC STRING FIGURE PROJECT
A Man Throwing a Duck Noose (Indian Point) 1. Position 1. 2. R1 distally catches up L5f from the near side (fig. 149a). … 149q – A Man Throwing a Duck Noose.
www.isfa.org/arctic/149.htm – 7k – Cached – Similar pages