A Challenge For The “Lobby Duck”

I have to admit that I’m utterly fascinated, amused, bewildered and in awe with and of the concept of placing rubber ducks around the Capitol (and elsewhere) and photographing them as blog Lobby Duck has been doing of late (though LD is a new blog to me, it’s been around since last session and has even been mentioned on ITPT, I believe).

Maybe it is because this reminds me of the stories you hear about the kidnapping of garden gnomes and then photographing them in strange places and sending the pictures back to their owners.

It’s almost cheesy, almost avant-garde, maybe campy. Surprising, for a lobbyist.
Since I know Lobby Duck is reading this blog, I thought it might be funny to issue Lobby Duck a little challenge.
Primiarly, just because I think it’d be hellishly funny if he was able to accomplish a few little tasks—without photoshopping.  Sadly, there is no prize except our admiration and awe-struck wonder.

So, Lobby Duck (or anyone else for that matter, if you’re brave enough…you can also do this and post the photos to your own blog or email them to the Annex), here is your challenge. It’s multi-part so read the instructions carefully.

1.) A picture of “yourself” (aka the little rubber duckie) sitting on the bust of Gib Lewis in the Capitol Extension…you know the one, down that hall in that ‘rotunda-like’ area.

2.) A picture of yourself/the duck swimming in water with the water fountain on in one of the brass water fountains off the rotunda on the ground floor.

3.) Lobby Duck sitting amidst a plate of tacos from the Capitol Cafateria in the Extension.

AND, the bonus:

1.) Lobby Duck on the desk of a senator or house member either in their personal office or in the senate or house chamber, and the photo should show where the desk is in relation to other desks (if in the chamber) so we know who it belongs to. If it’s the legislator’s personal desk, there needs to be an identifying object placed thereupon that identifies it as that legislators, or it needs to be photographed in such a way we can tell it is in a Capitol office.

OR, you may do this one as bonus, if you can…it’s a real challenge.

2.) Any one of (or all, if you are that connected and that brave) the following legislators holding Lobby Duck, with Lobby Duck perched on their shoulder, or kissing lobby duck on the cheek (do ducks have cheeks? ‘Bill’ maybe…): Kent Grusendorf, Carter Casteel, Martha Wong, Donna Howard, Senfronia Thompson, Terry Keel, Florence Shapiro, Lois Klokhorst, Aaron Pena. (These were selected at random off the top of my head).

or, in the alternative…

3.) A picture of lobby duck being detained by DPS officers in the capitol (or picked up by staffers, total strangers, tourists, etc.,” after being found loitering on the seal of the nation of France in the rotunda OR under the photo of Ann Richards in the rotunda, or on the head of the bust of Lyndon Johnson or Sam Rayburn in the extension. Bonus points if Lobby Duck has the Lobby Duck blog URL written on his body or somehow attached.

Well, it is something to do on a Friday night, anyway…

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