Rubber Duck Says, “Happy Aphelion Day!”

Posted on by paultmorrison

At 11 AM this morning the earth moved the furthest away from the sun all year. Sure doesn’t feel like it. But 3 million miles further away than in the middle of winter is no big deal when the average is 93 million miles from the closet star we call the sun.

Aphelion: we are furthest from the sun.
Aphelion: we are furthest from the sun.

But we do get one good benny from aphelion being in the middle of the summer. The earth moves slower while it is swinging out there in the distance so our summer is longer than our winter. Australia gets screwed on that one.

And Rubber Duck needs those long days since there are so many seagulls to sell.

Selling seagulls down by the seashore.
Selling seagulls down by the seashore.

RD: “And don’t call me Sally!”

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7 thoughts on “Rubber Duck Says, “Happy Aphelion Day!””

    1. Oh they are very tame and all Rubber Duck seagulls are highly trained. They will occasionally shit all over the kitchen, chase the dog, and leave footprints in the smoked bluefish páte* but what do you expect? They’re Cape Ann Seagulls!

      Juvenile Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls $8.95, Adult trained $14.95
      Glaucous and Laughing Gulls $19.95 No Returns. Major Credit Cards accepted with additional 3% carrying charge.

      *this is how you know if you have a seagull in your refrigerator.

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  3. One comment about Photoshop being the bain of our existence. Photoshop is the bain of our existence. No one believes how hard you worked training seagulls and Rubber Ducks and placing the sign and the tip cup all out there on the rocky shore of Cape Ann.

    But there is no photoshopping of Sally the Rubber Duck selling seagulls down by the seashore. Shoot, I forgot to not call her Sally. (You can click then click again to embiggen the photo and try to find the photoshop demarcations between RD and seagulls. None.)

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  4. Paul, while scanning my GMG mail today, I had to chuckle when I came across your photo of “Seagulls for sale.” I do enjoy your sense of humor.

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