Duck, Ruptured
Tod Mahony
mahony at halcyon.com
Fri Nov 15 21:02:49 CST 1996
> > 5) "Got a hard-on in my fist [. . .]" (61.30) Anyone know the song?
> > And what the fuck is a ruptured duck (pardon my French).
>
> I always assumed the tune was "Bye Bye Blackbird." The ruptured duck has
> something to do with a military discharge (and I don't mean STD's,
> Jackson).
I think a Ruptured Duck is an *honorable* discharge. It was also the name
of a bomber in some WWII movie I caught about 5 minutes of last Sunday.
And then of course there's this definition:
Ruptured Duck
2 oz. creme de noyaux
2 oz. banana liqueur
2 oz. light cream
Shake, strain into lowball glass.
Tod
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