{"id":138,"date":"2006-09-19T09:47:32","date_gmt":"2006-09-19T16:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=138"},"modified":"2006-09-25T09:35:26","modified_gmt":"2006-09-25T16:35:26","slug":"peabody-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/19\/peabody-ducks\/","title":{"rendered":"Peabody Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nThe Peabody Hotel<\/a> in Memphis, Tennesee has a very interesting tradition, a march of the ducks each day at 11:00am. There are 5 ducks, 1 drake and 4 hens, that take the elevator down from their penthouse duck mansion to waddle down the red carpet up a step and then into the fountain in the lobby of the hotel.
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\nVideo of the ducks leaving (click to view)
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\nApparently this all started as a prank when the general manager and a hunting buddy after a night of drinking Tennesee sipping whisky (Jack Daniels<\/a>) decided it would be fun to put their live decoy ducks in the hotel fountain. They went to sleep, came back in the morning and there was a crowd. Thus, a tradition was born. I can attest to the fact that the lobby was full this morning for the duck parade and that’s got to be good for business.
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\nMeatspace coordinates: N35.085 W90.031<\/a>
\nOhio State\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2006 record: 3-0<\/a> Next up: Penn State 9\/23
\nTune: Diving Duck Blues<\/a> by Sleepy John Estes<\/a>
\nTechnorati Tags: Travel<\/a> | Roadtrip<\/a> | Tennessee<\/a> | Mike Harding Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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