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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