Don't lick the duck!

[MOB]

 

Ok, so "Don't lick the duck!" is Twitter's valiant effort at translating the Japanese, but come to think of it that is probably sensible advice too... #DontMessWithTheDucks 

[Evilroddy]

Yah, you might get a fowl and fully-fledged mallardy, have to be medi-vacced by a Huey and then be stuck with an enormous medical bill from some quack. And who knows where that duck has been; you could get a dirty duck pawned off on you. Licking a duck can be a real downer and can lower the egg-spectations you have for the nest of your life, sort of like licking a cane toad. So it's a pretty daffy thing to do, even for the dewey-eyed youths in Japan and even in the mad climate of the age of the Donald. 

I'm so sorry! What was I thinking?

Apologies.

Evilroddy.

Edited May 7, 2018 by Evilroddy

[Sayerson]

Definitely not what it's quacked up to be.. sorta fowl.

 

[Shimozakura]

The funny thing is there's nothing wrong with the translation as such: in Japanese, "not licking" somebody is a way of saying not to mess with them (dunno if it's intentional feature of the language or just a weird accident. Probably the former). I must say I'd prefer the licking too, the current translation is way too bookish. And you don't learn not to lick a duck before you've had to go home with a mouth full of feathers.