The Legend of... Bill the Duck

For Dave who inspired me to share this tale. For Ruth who made it happen.

A number of years ago while in Michigan I received a call from a dear friend Ruth. It seems Ruth who owns a family farm had located a very hard item she needed for the farm. The item was located in N. Wisconsin.

The issue was that Ruth hates driving long distances and asked if I would accompany her and do the driving.

"Sure," I said, "Whatta we going to get?"

"Oh, I found a Duck Plukker up there on Craigslist. I want to take a duck up and if it does a good job, bring it home."

By bring it home she of course meant the Plu...