Quacks Like A Duck

 Dear Fellow South Africans 

I vaguely remember a piece of wisdom that went something like:

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. 

Why, in South Africa, are we so loath or afraid to call a duck a duck? 

Ken Blanchard once likened the pathetic performance and sniveling excuses of mampara service providers to quacking like ducks, instead of flying like eagles. What we wouldn't give to see some eagles in flight in South Africa.

Mr Zuma, like a KZN Sydney Carton, ready to meet Madame Guillotine with equanimity, once declared his eagerness to face his accusers in court. Ready to be imprisoned (wrongfully, of course), for justice, truth and other noble stuff.  One even expected to hear him say:  'It is a far, far better thing that I

do....'  

That heroic posture disintegrated into a frantic duck walk of mysterious illnesses and protracted litigation. What happened, Excellency and supporters? Sounds remarkably like (quoting Mr Blanchard):

'Quacka - quack  - quack  - quack',

If our honourable members were to answer truthfully the question as to what value they have added, most would answer:

'Quacka - quack  - quack  - quack'

Of course, the sky would also fall in.

What's going on with Eskom's unbelievable, long-running farce? Yes, a torrent of quacks issues forth from an assortment of the fine, fat birds.

Duck fertilizer is a messy, almost liquid substance, squirted out as, when and where it pleases the bird. We have lots of the stuff. 

Municipalities: 'quacka - quack - quack  - quack'

What's the strategy to combat out-of-control crime?  'quacka  - quack  - quack  - quack'

What about the economy? 'quacka - quack - quack - quack'

And so the merry refrain rings across the beloved land.

Our ducks can swim in all kinds of weather but ducks are not much good for anything besides roasting and eating. On this Animal Farm, the ducks are overdue for a booting out.

Let's roast 'em. Lawfully and democratically.

Anyone for some golden, crisp roast duck?

Yours in the struggle to find some decent poultry.

Richard 

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