AFLAC Duck Egg Savings Bank
Hawaiian Odysseus photo
Boredom can make one do some crazy things.
The other day, I rummaged through the freebies area just outside a thrift store. I don't know...maybe I've been watching too many Storage Wars episodes on TV lately, or maybe what I was able to tolerate of the lackluster Seahawks offense did me in. In any case, I was bored like a gourd, and I needed to do something.
So I...okay, I'll just say it...I dumpster-dived outside a thrift store. Except it wasn't a dumpster. It was more of a table with boxes and paper sacks and plastic bags filled with dusty, dirty stuff, making like Barry the antique aficionado hoping to unearth in all that debris a treasure of immense significance.
My wife kept interrupting me, showing me some great stuff she'd found inside the thrift store. It was beginning to annoy me just a little bit because I was feverishly employed in my intense battle with the donated knickknacks.
You see, the more I get involved in this self-employed (and hopefully not self-delusional) gambit to sell novelty items along with my standard fly tying niche fare on eBay, the more I'm driven to prove a point...to myself more than anyone else...that on any given day, a very determined man can muster up every bit of his resourcefulness and sell another man's junk. (Okay, this is the part in my daydream where the piped-in THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM music volume builds to a crescendo as Richard Kiley belts out "...To reach the unreachable star!")
Falling abruptly back to earth, and fast-reversing to about an hour ago, I took a half dozen photos and whipped up a quick description and posted the item. (I am posting a link to the item, but it'll be gone after three months, so I'll just copy and paste the verbiage below as well.)
Have fun! I did! And I'm curious to see how the bidding goes on this one.
Ciao!
LORDS OF THE FLY COLLECTIBLES
Presents
CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIBLE
AFLAC DUCK EGG SAVINGS BANK
The AFLAC duck is at it again. This time, she played us pretty close to home.
It appears that she went dumpster diving outside a local College Place, Washington, thrift store. Since we've been tracking her whereabouts ever since she "dissed" Yogi Berra at the barber shop in that TV commercial, the owners of the thrift store called us to investigate.
We pulled out our forensic investigation tools--stuff we'd found on eBay--and went to work.
And we found enough evidence to indict her of vandalism and littering if she ever shows up in our conservative town again.
She had the nerve to lay an egg in the midst of all the donated merchandise from the locals. We're now offering it up on auction, hoping some good citizen can make good use out of something she'd left as a poor joke on us.
The egg has a photo of this public enemy next to the AFLAC logo. It is approximately 4-1/2 inches tall with about a 3-inch diameter. The duck must have been eating a diet rich in PVC lately because the egg has a plastic composition. It is cracked and can be disassembled and re-assembled quite easily. There is a handy slot at the top into which you or your youngster can insert coins.
There is a reward out for this duck, so please be on the lookout. In the meantime, bid heartily, and have a great time!
PayPal is the preferred method of payment.
We will ship to either USA or international destinations via USPS First Class Mail.
Thank you for participating in this eBay listing. More importantly, thank you for vigilantly being on alert for this rascal little duck!
Why Collectibles?
- To preserve Americana
- To understand our heritage
- To appreciate our social, cultural, political, and economic roots
- To enhance our grasp of history
- To compare and contrast the past with the present
- To own as antique or contemporary treasures
- To acknowledge the art and artists of yesteryear and contemporary times
- To frame and craft into attractive gifts
- To utilize as decorative household pieces
- To buy, sell, and trade
- To enjoy a good return on investment
- To keep tens of thousands of eBay sellers from becoming chronic couch potatoes
PayPal is the preferred method of payment.
We will utilize USPS Parcel Post to ship to USA destinations. For international destinations, we will use USPS First Class Mail International.
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