Talk:Duck, duck, goose/Archive 1

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WTH? Hard?

I suggest either expansion or deletion... this is basically meaningless.

This user has also posted nonsense in another new entry... A possible vandalism, or just someone being odd? --KA

As somebody born and raised in Minnesota, it is often very hard to convince that there is something known as "Duck Duck Gray Duck". As it turns out, I have just recently won a office arguement with assistance of this article. What's more, this is not the first time I have been caught in verbal fracus over this childs game; but in the past, I never won. My faith in my own memory and this childhood game has been restored.

But seriously... you other fellas ran in *opposite* directions? Wierd...

Well this just explained a Family Guy and FYAD joke to me. Consider it useful --Chips 20:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Duck Duck Drake
I remember playing this game many years ago as "duck duck drake". It was basically the same, except "drake" was called. I'm not sure if this is a regional variant or not.

regional variant
I really don't see how saying "Grey duck" instead of goose adds "layers" to the game... It's just a superficial change. I find the reference to "psychological warfare" to be completely inappropriate as well (to the point of ridiculousness). Themindset 18:42, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


 * "Psychological warfare" is definitely an absurd thing to call it, but "grey duck" does add layers of complexity that "goose "lacks; the former provides the ability to confuse the other players and gain more time to get around the circle, while the latter doesn't. (There aren't too many words that sound sufficiently like "goose".)134.29.33.111 19:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Needs sourcing.
"The game dates back to the early 1900's, the first recorded playing of the alternative was at Madison School in Minneapolis, where teacher Paul Connaker (October 25, 1883) used the alternative version of the game."--SeizureDog 23:46, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

It's duck duck grey duck
It's duck duck grey duck, I really don't know what Duck Duck Goose is, but it's grey duck not goose, because that's the way it is. It's not casserole either, it's hot dish, and it's not soda, it's pop. --Footballplayr69 02:06, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I played in it Minnesota, we just called it grey duck. Typically we played it by saying a different color of ducks, and the one you called "grey duck" had to chase you. A favorite trick was to say "Green duck", drawing out the "Grrrr..." so the person would think you said "Grey duck".--RLent 14:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)


 * It was "duck duck goose" when I was a kid in New York state. *Dan T.* 04:48, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Haha, hells yes! Although actually I'd argue that there are plenty of things that can be properly called casseroles that don't meat the criteria for the hotdish label.134.29.33.111 19:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, some things can be hotdish that are not casseroles. A hotdish isn't necessarily baked in the oven, some things qualify as hotdish that are cooked on the stovetop.--RLent 14:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

In 1970s South Texas the children modified "Duck, Duck, Goose" into a game called "Mexican, Mexican, Wetback" using the pail of water to drench the intended "Wetback". Of course the "picker" was "The I.N.S.". Looking back I can see how we probably shattered the lives of those chosen "Wetbacks", and those of us who participated should be made to go to sensitivity training and or be de-programed but that's the way it was.


 * Has anybody tried to survey which name is actually more common among the various regional variants, to settle the issue of which name should be used for the main article title? *Dan T.* (talk) 14:13, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

"Duck Duck Goose" gives 882,000 results on Google. "Duck Duck Grey Duck" gives 2,610. This debate is moronic, and an example of the Wikipedia provincialism that results in petty editing wars for inconsequential articles. Make a note for all the regional variations you want, but the name of the game is Duck Duck Goose.68.57.148.213 (talk) 03:49, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Crapneto Source
I see that crapneto.com is sourced at the bottom of the Duck Duck Goose page. Their newest video, "Dogshirts," contains a variation of the game entitled "Duck Duck Goose: Travel Edition." It seems to be a combination of a Chinese Fire Drill and Duck Duck Goose. The picker chooses a person in the car as the goose and they have to stop and run around the car and get into each other's seats. Is this relevant enough to pop into the page? I think so. theglockner 14:14, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Backwards redirection
Why is it that Duck Duck Goose redirects to Duck Duck Gray Duck. Shouldn't it be the other way around. It is only those that live in the land of 10,000 retards that use this verbiage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.145.34.95 (talk) 16:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC)