[TheForge] Fw: Good Ole Days

Jeff Harding [email protected]
Sun Feb 17 11:15:02 2002


Ok...since we are "debunking", here is what I posted to Dave privately
on the "duck's quack" sig line he used...

I've seen the "duck's quack not echoing"
> thing before, in fact I saw a piece on it on TV. These guys I was
> watching do what they can to debunk urban legends, as I recall.
They
> took a small flock of ducks into a "cavern" between several tall
> buildings and their quacks echoed quite nicely. Sound is sound, if
the
> circumstances are such that an echo is formed, and echo will be
> formed.
>
>    I suspect the quack not echoing thing was either purposely
started
> by someone knowing it was false and wanting to see how far it would
> go. OR, was an observation made by people hearing echoes of
themselves
> on the ground and not hearing the echoes of quacking ducks passing
> over head...
>
>    Just for your information.
>
>    God Bless
>
>    Jeff   ><>
>