I've seen it all now...

Sep 22, 2014 00:00

Admiral Nelson Duck. Yours for £5 from the National Museum of the Royal Navy Portsmouth.


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naval, nmrnp, nelson, age of sail, nonsense

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davesmusictank September 21 2014, 23:30:18 UTC
Actually I think he is cute

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anteros_lmc September 25 2014, 22:11:40 UTC
He's very cute indeed :)

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vespican September 22 2014, 00:31:35 UTC
Dignity and taste are in the eyes of the beholder. He looks plenty dignified to me! And I agree... "cute!"
Dave

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anteros_lmc September 25 2014, 22:12:35 UTC
Agreed. He is a most dignified duck!

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anteros_lmc September 25 2014, 22:14:09 UTC
I suspect the arrangement of the buttons on his jacket are not quite correct. Otherwise he is perfectly historically accurate. *nods*

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mylodon September 22 2014, 11:28:58 UTC
Were there not, in Lord Nel's time, lots of fan stuff you could buy, like "I love Nelson" brooches? I bet he'd have loved the duck.

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idler_1814 September 23 2014, 05:29:20 UTC
"Lord love a duck", hmm?

Oh, someone had to say it sooner or later. Might as well be me.

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charliecochrane September 23 2014, 10:37:49 UTC
LOL

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anteros_lmc September 25 2014, 22:17:10 UTC
*groan* XD

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eglantine_br September 22 2014, 14:26:42 UTC
Charlie said it before I could. That is a very eager duck-- ready to 'go right at 'em.'

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anteros_lmc September 25 2014, 22:18:13 UTC
Think of the havoc he'd cause in the bath!

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