When I realized it was a mallard duck in the fireplace (my wife thought it
was a parakeet!), I called the local police to talk to the animal control
officer. He asked me if I knew how the duck got in the fireplace (!!??!!).
I replied that he MIGHT have used the front door and closed himself behind
the fireplace screen but in all probability he came down the chimney. The
officer was not amused and hung up on me.
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Brian Denley
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"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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"Brian Denley" wrote in message
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I had a duck in my fireplace!

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Don't let Fish & Game find out.. they'll write you up for poaching. Utah
Fish & Game did that to my dad. We were driving along in our '62 Dodge
(the one with the bullet tail lights on the side of the car) minding our
own business when a duck flew right into the side of the car. He got
caught on that bullet tail light and broke his neck (may have been dead
before getting his neck caught in the tail light). We TOOK it to F&G to
turn it in (the one honest thing my dad ever did in his life) and they
WROTE HIM A TICKET with a $50 fine. That was a lot of $$$ in 1966!