answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

It's been in my family in Australia for close to 100 years. My grandfather and father both told it to their children.

Don't believe anyone who claims to have started it.

It's older than anyone alive today, who was old enough to hear it in their childhood.

User Avatar

Bob Dircks

Lvl 2
βˆ™ 3y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
User Avatar

Mike Hirschhorn

Lvl 1
βˆ™ 1y ago
I used to know it as "What is the difference between a duck? Because the higher it flies, the fewer." Pure nonsense. Due to Lewis Carroll?
User Avatar

cris.loveless

Lvl 1
βˆ™ 6mo ago
I believe it was created by Groucho Marx. It's a joke my 95 year old Dad used to say all the time! It is now part of the family lore. :)
User Avatar

cris.loveless

Lvl 1
βˆ™ 6mo ago
The answer we used to say is "One of it's legs is the same."
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

βˆ™ 13y ago

this question is a joke. it has 2 different answers 1. one of its legs are both the same! 2. the higher they fly the fewer!

This answer is:
User Avatar
User Avatar

Bob Dircks

Lvl 1
βˆ™ 3y ago
One of its legs is both the same.Β 
User Avatar

Bob Dircks

Lvl 1
βˆ™ 3y ago
Why does a mouse when it spins?
User Avatar

Bob Dircks

Lvl 1
βˆ™ 3y ago
Why does a mouse when it spins? A: Because the fewer the higher.Β  This is a similar nonsense joke to the Duck one. Also traditional,Β  and about 100 years old in my family.Β 

User Avatar

Greg Herman

Lvl 2
βˆ™ 5mo ago

Groucho Marx game show. What’s the difference between a Duck? One leg is both the same.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

John Heath

Lvl 2
βˆ™ 2y ago

I was told "You can get down from a duck" !

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Anonymous

Lvl 1
βˆ™ 4y ago

1965 The Apsley public house Southsea, Portsmouth.

My name is David Wallis, just home from Aden. I was with some of my friends, including Michael (Tim) Turner.

Tim posed the question out of the blue. He turned to me and said, "Wally, What's the difference between a Duck". Quick as a flash, I responded with. "One of his legs is both the same."

This became a bit of joke within our group. We would pose the question and laugh at the expression of puzzlement in response.

A couple of years later, I was listening to Tony Blackburn, on Radio One and heard him ask the question, but the response he gave was "one of its legs is the same as the other."

I have left this message to correct that which Tim and I developed through our twisted sense of humour. Just to emphasis - The original answer was - One of his legs is both the same, which is much more understandable!!

David Wallis, now living in God's County (Cornwall)

This answer is:
User Avatar
User Avatar

Bob Dircks

Lvl 1
βˆ™ 3y ago
Not so, my father told this joke years before that.Β  And his father had told it to him, in the 1930s.

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: The origin of the joke What is the difference between a duck?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Continue Learning about Zoology

What do you call a frozen duck it a joke?

The joke, 'a frozen cookie' is usually known as dry ice.


What are the differences of eagle and duck?

It would be impossible to list all of the differences between frogs and ducks, but here are some of the most notable ones: Frogs are amphibians; ducks are birds. Frogs are cold blooded; ducks are warm blooded. Frogs have smooth, slimy skin; ducks have dry skin covered in feathers. Frogs have four webbed feet; ducks have two webbed feet and two wings. Frogs travel by swimming and hopping; ducks travel by flying and swimming. Frogs catch food with their tongues; ducks eat food with their bills. Frogs must lay their eggs in water; ducks lay their eggs in nests on land, but must keep them warm. Frogs start out as tadpoles, which breathe through their gills; ducks start out as hatchlings, and can never breathe under water.


Who is moby duck?

Moby Duck is a book written by Donoban Hohn. It is not about any specific "duck". It is about a discovery made about ocean currents and ocean ecology made recently with the help of an accident. 28,800 bath toys (mostly rubber ducks) were spilled into the northern Pacific ocean in 1992. In 2005 some of these ducks were turning up in Maine (US) and along the US eastern seaboard. The name Moby Duck is a joke taken derived from the book title "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville about a sea captain's obsession to kill Moby Dick, the name given to a giant white whale.


What is a bee joke?

A bee joke: Why was the bee so itchy? He had hives.


What is a joke that goes where did the bee?

Where did Noah keep his bees? In archives is the bee joke that you have been asking.

Related questions

What is the difference between a joke and a lie?

a joke is funny a lie isint


What is the difference between a messy bee and a bed it a joke?

The difference between a messy bee and a bed it a joke is that the bed bee talks about a bee and the bed while the messy bee joke does not.


How should mr joke and what is the difference between a cold bee and Elmo?

I am not sure what you mean by mr joke and there is no difference between a cold bee and Elmo.


What is the difference between a pun and a joke?

nothing really!


What do you call a frozen duck it a joke?

The joke, 'a frozen cookie' is usually known as dry ice.


What is the difference between a bee and milk it a joke?

the actual joke is "what kind of bee's can you get milk from? and the answer is "boobies"


What is the difference between a frog and a bee who sing it a joke?

The difference between a frog and a bee is that the frog's honey is inedible.


Know any duck jokes?

One duck joke is: Q: What time does a duck wake up? A: At the quack of dawn!


What do you call a duck in a cracker box it a joke?

A box of quackers


Difference between culture and tradition?

Tradition is something you do annually, biannually etc. Culture is something we r all a part of every day


Does a one legged duck swim in a circle?

I love this joke. Yes! a one legged duck does swim in a circle. :-)


How do you get duck tape of a face?

well, technically... LOL joke, you pull it.