The duck and the fish

The Duck

For those of you who watched the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and were thinking 'what the hell was that duck thing all about' well, now is your chance to get an explanation (sort of, anyway).

http://www.theage.com.au/news/commonwealth-games/a-little-duck/2006/03/15/1142098537586.html

That link is a link to an article by the author of the poem himself, Michael Leunig, where he (kind of) explains the duck metaphor.

If you can't be bothered reading it here is a quick run down. A Russian dude ran in Melbourne at the '56 Olympics and won the 10,000m. He represented the duck given the cold war was on and he was in enemy territory.

There you have it... go figure!

The Fish

And finally, those fish on the Yarra are apparently looking for a home. The proposed idea by Johnny So is to give one to different municipalities, and keep one on the Yarra near the aquarium. Not a bad idea Johnny! But I also think I deserve one in my back yard.... or we could put one in Steve's pool!