Duck, duck, horse
October 8, 2012 7:00 PM
Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck? That's not my question (much as I might like it to be). I'm trying to find the origin of this question, which was asked to President Obama recently.
The earliest cite I can find on-line is from 2003. Then practically nothing until 2010. Was this question original in 2003? Where did it go in the intervening years?
The earliest cite I can find on-line is from 2003. Then practically nothing until 2010. Was this question original in 2003? Where did it go in the intervening years?
knowyourmeme didn't even list it. Thanks for the Atlantic link, though. The only other reference I found was a pointer to a deleted question on yahoo who as to would win in a fight of 4 duck-sized horses against a horse-sized duck. The date was unclear.
posted by Obscure Reference at 7:32 PM on October 8, 2012
posted by Obscure Reference at 7:32 PM on October 8, 2012
The 'Metro' article was referenced in a google cache of iamcal.com.
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posted by unliteral at 8:08 PM on October 8, 2012
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posted by unliteral at 8:08 PM on October 8, 2012
Looks like Zuckerman from the Atlantic is trying to find the source of the 'Metro' letter - Chris Brannick.
posted by unliteral at 8:16 PM on October 8, 2012
posted by unliteral at 8:16 PM on October 8, 2012
I'd imagine it probably came from Would You Rather?, either the original book or one of the many, many offshoot websites/forum threads etc.
posted by Happy Dave at 1:00 AM on October 9, 2012
posted by Happy Dave at 1:00 AM on October 9, 2012
Popbitch tends to ask celebrities who would win a fight between a baboon and a badger. It's possible someone just htought it was a funny question, asked it, and then it got picked up on later.
posted by mippy at 4:34 AM on October 9, 2012
posted by mippy at 4:34 AM on October 9, 2012
A long-gone web site called World Wide Web Fights Grudge Match once asked "Which would win: a rottweiler or a rottweiler's weight in chihuahuas?" And I like to think that all of these questions since are merely descendants of that one Great Question.
posted by wenestvedt at 7:45 AM on October 9, 2012
posted by wenestvedt at 7:45 AM on October 9, 2012
I've also always seen that as a variant of the WWWF Grudge Match question.
posted by martinrebas at 7:59 AM on October 9, 2012
posted by martinrebas at 7:59 AM on October 9, 2012
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