| Rubber Ducky Contest WinnerHere is another winning answer to the Rubber Ducky Dilemma question:"Why are we surrounded by defective rubber duckies, and what can we doabout it?" This contest is ongoing, so please send us your answers aswell! Cheap is the problem"Why are we surrounded by defective duckies?" This is the secondultimate question. Well, not really! We are surrounded by defectiveduckies because we have given up hope for real quality, real substance,and have settled for the thing that's cheaper. In a way, that's what wewant. For rubber duckies, manufacturers grew to believe the best rubberducky would be the cheapest and most cost effective for their companies,which screws us and Ernie out of cool rubber duckies that actually work.In the long run the average consumer does not realize that "Hey wait I'mgetting shafted!" but instead goes out and buys another one, in hopesthat it will work. This continuously leads to the downturn of rubberduckies. Much unlike its predecessor, the new rubber ducky is vain andseeks attention. It wants to give children false hope of standingstrong, while its ancestors only wanted to add fun time to bath time. Tochange the situation I believe we should enlighten the masses ofdefective duckies, gain their influence, and make these manufactures ofbroken duckies know that we want duckies that withstand a slight nudgeof a wave, to be able to stand tall and proud to honor us and Ernie.--Nicole Alexander CONTEST RULESOur modern culture is awash in cute new rubber duckies,but few or none of them float like a rubber ducky should. Most of themfall over with just a slight nudge. What does this say about us? How didwe get here? Are we modern people like these lame ducks, toppling overat the slightest wave of trouble or criticism, unable to stick up forourselves? Is this the ultimate victory of style over substance? Can weever design a workable health insurance system if we can't even designworkable rubber ducks? Do you have any answers about this? Sure you do,and here's a ducky deal: write or email us with an answer to thequestion "Why are we surrounded by defective duckies, and what can we doabout it?" Answers must be short, say less than 200 words (no MobyDucks, please), and they may be edited. If your answer floats, we willprint it along with your name, and you will win a free one-yearsubscription (or subscription extension) to the Free Press. (Note: we donot enter you on any junkmail lists.) Send your answers and address (incase you win) to WAfreepress@gmail.com (be sure to write "Rubber DuckyContest" in the subject heading), or "Rubber Ducky Contest", c/o WA FreePress, PMB#178, 1463 E. Republican St, Seattle 98112. If you don't winthe free subscription, please don't take it hard. Just take a nice warmbath to soothe yourself--minus the duck.
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