How to Pick Up a Duck

How to Pick up a duck So, you’ve found yourself a duck It always runs away when you try to pick it up If you’re behind that should remind So get in front of the duck Hello, Duck My name is Human Name Palm-side up And lift New Achievement Unlocked: “Pick Up A Duck”

A white duck wanders across a parking lot while a person demonstrates how to approach it from the front, introduce themselves, place a palm underneath, and lift it. The joke treats picking up a duck like a formal tutorial and video-game achievement, with the overly serious narration making the ordinary act absurd. Background music gives the clip a playful instructional-video feel and heightens the comedic payoff when the duck is finally held up like a trophy.

How to pick up a duck. Part 3. Common problems and mistakes. So, you've found yourself a duck, but you find yourself chasing after it. It always runs away when you try to pick it up. Don't do this. If you're behind, that should remind you that that's wrong. If you chase a duck, it'll run. So get in front of the duck, and introduce yourself, and state your intentions. Hello Duck. My name is Human Name and I'm going to pick you up now. Place your hand firmly underneath the duck, palm side up and lift. Congratulations! You're now holding a duck.

• @afrosidemoon / 47958 2022-04-23