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Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#1: Aug 19th 2013 at 4:57:39 PM

Trope is the joke about confusing 'duck' (animal) with 'duck' (verb).

Image is not.

Got ideas?

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#2: Aug 19th 2013 at 5:20:46 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested. It's a self-demonstrating joke, like the image itself confused on with the other.

Definitely room for improvement, though.

EDIT: The last four panels of this works. Not great, but the art is pretty. Or possibly panels 2-4.

edited 19th Aug '13 5:23:02 PM by Larkmarn

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#3: Aug 19th 2013 at 5:53:58 PM

Other options:

The Prime Of Ambition: , the last four frames, or 2, 3& 4

The Noob: (all four)

Bob And George: (not as good as the others, I think)

Chicken Wings: one and two

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#4: Aug 19th 2013 at 6:42:41 PM

Previous thread.

The first two panels of either of the Chicken Wings suggestions get the most context out of the least content.

edited 19th Aug '13 6:47:42 PM by Willbyr

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#5: Aug 19th 2013 at 10:54:06 PM

Current is sufficient. The only improvement to it would be me.

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#6: Aug 19th 2013 at 11:41:11 PM

2 migth work for me.

3.1 doesn't load for me. 3.2 could work (assuming we can use all 4 panels there). 3.3 looks a bit off-putting. 3.4 could go; 3.5 doesn't work for me.

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#7: Aug 20th 2013 at 12:07:26 PM

Image is fine. I don't think any of the suggestions are especially better.

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#8: Aug 21st 2013 at 2:43:06 AM

[up][up][up] No, the other one tongue

Anyway I don't see the issue with the current pic.

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#9: Aug 21st 2013 at 3:13:19 AM

I found this pic which may illustrate the trope better.

http://imgur.com/FwCGj5I

Original site the pic was on: http://mattdawsonblog.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/ducking-about.html

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Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#10: Aug 21st 2013 at 8:19:51 AM

That's pretty close to what I'm thinking. A single panel with somebody shouting "Duck!", something flying/thrown at the victim, and the victim going "What duck? Where?" . Every other suggestion seems to require two or more panels to explain.

Either way, the caption on the current one is bad.

edited 21st Aug '13 8:20:07 AM by Stratadrake

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Melkior Since: Dec, 2011
#11: Aug 21st 2013 at 9:04:29 AM

I tried to find a better image but the only one which I thought was better (a man ducking to avoid a duck zipping over his head) had one or more of watermarks, poor copy and/or copyright notice on every instance of the image.

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#12: Aug 21st 2013 at 9:05:28 AM

[up][up] No, it isn't. It aids the Visual Pun. There is nothing bad about it.

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#15: Sep 7th 2013 at 9:26:53 PM

This one's ready to call. The new pic's up, potholed, and tagged. Caption or no?

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#17: Sep 7th 2013 at 10:24:37 PM

[up] *snerk* Clever. I like it.

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#18: Sep 10th 2013 at 6:30:56 AM

No consensus; locking up.

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