The incredible story of a duckling and how he conquered the world
How it all began
The capricious and changeable fashion sets new priorities every day and the sphere of toys is no exception. However, there are toys that are changing the changing tendencies - they are popular at all times and among people of all ages. Yellow rubber duckling makes a competition for the popularity of such toys as the Barbie doll or the designers of "LEGO" and is a real veteran among the toys of industrial production!
Hollow ducklings made of rubber began to be produced back in the 30s of the 20th century, equipping them with a peeple. A modern version of the duck for swimming was patented in 1949.
Looking into your bathroom, almost every person, among the range of bathing accessories, will be able to detect a rubber duckling, perhaps not even one. And it does not matter if there are small children in the house or they have already grown up - once having settled in the bathroom, the duckling will remain there forever. They say that even in the bathroom of the English queen there is such a positive rubber resident!
It would seem that toys made of rubber - the last century. With them, it is good to play unless the babies during bathing or when their teeth and dogs are chewed, which it is convenient to chew soft, elastic material. But a duckling, this is not an ordinary rubber toy - it's not a hippopotamus and not a bunny, which can only be funny to squeak.
This toy has a superpower: in addition to the pischealki and funny appearance, it also floats. You can arrange a tsunami in the bathroom, and the yellow swimmer will remain on the crest of the wave! Super powers now cause admiration and delight, so it's no wonder that the rubber duckling has so many fans today.
What are we so attracted by this unpretentious toy?
Look at its shape: the duck is almost perfect, consists of two almost spherical elements: the head and trunk. And the ball, as you know, is a harmonious and flawless figure. Duck is comfortable to hold in your hand, and she enjoys it, and asking in the palm of your hand!
Besides the comfortable form, the duckling also has a very presentable appearance - bright, positive, naive and smiling! Well, who can resist such a charm? So you want to squeeze, pat, or just touch it.
Rubber duckling - a fashionista, a star, a scientific researcher and an athlete!
Since the rubber duckling exists in the world for a very long time, it was not ignored by historical events and fashion trends. Ducks are produced in various colors, with accessories( for example, sunglasses), they dress in various costumes, give them similarities with popular real personalities and literary characters. Issue even thematic collections of ducks about sports, political and other events.
This variety of ducks attracts even more fans to this toy. There are online stores selling only rubber ducklings and clubs of yellow duckling fans who collect these toys. Fans change with each other ducklings and sell some rare specimens at fabulous prices!
The largest collection of rubber ducks even recorded in the Guinness Book of Records: 2,583 unique toys were collected by their untiring admirer. There are also forums for fans of ducks and the place of sale of collectible toys, where fascinated fans raid.
Rubber ducks are real brave. Once they experienced a real ocean storm! It happened in January 1992.As a result of the disaster, almost 29,000 ducklings were on the open sea, and swam safely, where the eyes look. Where they were only later not seen - off the coast of Indonesia and Australia, South America and Japan, Russia and Canada. .. The movement of ducks was tracked by the oceanographer from America Curtis Ebbesmeier, fixing with their help ocean currents.
A noteworthy fact - some ducklings that have been shipwrecked are still floating, lost in the endless waters of the world ocean. ..
After such a massive swim, the ducks began to be sent on a business trip already deliberately for scientific and entertainment purposes. So, NASA experts studied with the help of rubber ducks melting glaciers, firing them off the coast of Greenland and tracking the movement of toys.
In entertainment activities ducklings participate annually. In England, USA, Germany, Argentina and Singapore, duck races and regattas with an impressive prize fund and under the aegis of charitable and environmental organizations were arranged on a number of occasions. Up to 250 thousand toys participate in such competitions, and the same number of spectators with a sinking heart watches the swim, waiting for which duck first will be at the finish. Here is such an athlete - our rubber duckling!
Some ducks take not quantity, but quality. Artist of the Netherlands Florentin Hoffman January 7, 2013 in the bay of Port Jackson in Sydney, a floating giant yellow rubber duckling impressive size: 32 meters in height and more than 600 pounds in weight.
The goal of such a non-standard creation, which was created for 3 weeks, was the rapprochement of all the peoples of the world through the thought that we are all close, because we live on one planet, and the world's ocean is just a big bathroom that unites us all.
The motto of duck travel was the phrase "For joy all over the world."And indeed, wherever you meet a bird: in Brazil, Japan, the United States, New Zealand - everywhere reigned joy and delight. Still, it's a huge cute yellow and very positive duckling!
Ducks programmers
In addition to bathing in the bathroom, sports, scientific activities and travel, rubber ducks are also engaged in programming! Representatives of this profession very unconventionally use the "duckling method" for solving complex problems.
The essence of the method is that the duck is an assistant and a silent consultant. Faced with a difficult task, as if unsolvable, the programmer begins to ask the rubber duck questions, trying as best as possible and more clearly formulate them, which helps him to answer them himself.
Also the help of the duckling is required for programmers and when debugging programs, when they explain to their assistants, what each line answers for. In the process of such an explanation, it is easy to find errors and inconsistencies in the program.
In fact, this method can apply to any profession, so safely put a rubber positive duck near your workplace, and let success, creativity and prosperity be with you!
As you can see, rubber ducks are not going to conquer the world - they have already done it. Ducklings fit well in every bathroom, children and adults, toys take part in competitions and scientific researches with pleasure, and even go to work!
Let's take an example from them, and we will be as active, creative, sunny and positive long-livers!