I've had the talking duck toy since the days when I still took baths instead of showers. He shut up about six months after I got him; battery-operated toys and bath water don't really mix. But on Saturday - thanks to spirited ASU football fans - my duck was famous.
The Sun Angel Foundation held its first annual tailgate contest. My boyfriend and his friends decided that their tailgate amenities had to be bigger and better than ever. Getting into the spirit, I offered up my duck for lynching as part of the tailgate decorations.
The duck journeyed from Lot 42 to Sun Devil Stadium with the tailgaters. He ended up in the student section where he was hanged, punched, kicked and violated with a foam finger. After students started chanting "Show the duck, show the duck," he appeared on the Jumbotron.
So my bath toy got on the Jumbotron, the guys won the tailgate contest and the Sun Devils drowned the Ducks. Not a bad Saturday.
Reach the reporter at sara.thorson@asu.edu.
