Ducking Out Down Under

We have a number of expressions relating to Ducks down here:

To Duck: To get out of the way, often by pulling one's head in.

To Duck in: To go in somewhere, like a pub, or the loo, often just for a short time.

To Duck out: To leave and go somewhere and do something else.

To Duck up: To go up to the the shops or to the pub.

To Duck down: A variation on "up" - depending on where you are. To squat a bit.

The Duck 'n' Fishes: Doctor Spooner's favourite pub. Try it.

The Duck's guts: Something that is top class, top of the heap, great stuff! Like WAU.

To Duck (the issue): To avoid something by dodging, diverting or withdrawing from it.

To play Ducks and Drakes: Muck around, play games, play tricks on someone..

Out for a Duck: A cricketing term, meaning the batsman is dismissed without scoring.

The Duck's arse: What you see here. The working end of the Duck's guts.

Q: How do you get down from an elephant?

A: You don't - you get down from a Duck! Where do you think "eiderdown" comes from?

So - what's all this "Duck" business about?

Well, I'm going to duck out of WA for a while.

Been here for a year, made some good friends, made some affiliates a bit more wealthy. Learned a bit of stuff, what not to do and how not to do it. Posted a few blogs, made a few people smile perhaps, but not contributed anything of a "technical" nature that will help anyone make more money - which is why everyone's here, isn't it?

Now, there are some issues that I have to deal with - both with my own health and with Jessie's as well. You don't need the details. Priorities have to be set and followed and resources, scarce as they are, used to their maximum effect.

When the time is right, I'll duck back in.

In the meantime, keep your tails up!

:) george