# Ducks!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ducks/99850>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 25, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ducks/99850 "2006-07-25T22:52:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ducks/99850/1 "2006-07-25T22:52:36Z")

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Hi –

I was just in downtown Portland, taking a lunch break from OSCON, and  
I happened to walk past the Duck Shop! It turns out that University  
of Oregon’s athletic teams are called the Ducks. I guess if it bats  
like a duck or putts like a duck…

You can shop at the Duck Store, visit [GoDucks.com](http://GoDucks.com), join the Junior  
Ducks (if you’re of the right age), and generally do duck-type things.  
You’ll find yourself frequenly enjoined to “get your quack on.”

Perhaps next year we can have a duck typing panel, and get sponsorship  
from U of O 🙂

David

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ducks/99850/2 "2006-07-25T23:15:39Z")

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And if that fails, try getting sponsorship from OSU’s team – the  
Beavers. I wish I were making that up. The Beavers vs Ducks ‘civil  
war’ game is big news in these parts.

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ducks/99850/3 "2006-07-26T04:41:37Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> Perhaps next year we can have a duck typing panel, and get sponsorship  
> from U of O 🙂  
> Welcome to my home town. 🙂 BTW, the Ducks/U of O are in Eugene. The  
> Beavers/OSU are in Corvallis. Portland has Portland State, who call  
> themselves Viking. So … if it walks like a Duck, it’s in Eugene. 🙂

Me … I sidestepped all of that and became an Illini. 🙂 But my heart  
is with the Cougars. If it snarls like a cougar …