22 April 06

Rubber Ducky Washing

washing oiled duckies Picnic Day was today; there was no rain. I calligraphed certificates for all the junior ducky washers (in the absence of a real oil spill, the vet students had covered the ducks in paint) and we moved along to see the Dachshund races (the Doxie Derby).

Instant replays ruled out any controversy on the part of overzealous doxie owners and there was the usual assortment of sausage dogs—well over half—who wandered off, distracted, never getting to the finish line. The Rec Hall had at least 4,000 people in it while we were there.

On to the baseball, where the Aggies were getting soundly thrashed by Cal State Long Beach, and a trip to the Memorial Union for a cup of tea. It’s so hokey. It’s so fun. It’s so… Davis.

Posted by at 09:22 PM in Miscellaneous | Link |
  1. I wore my UC Davis Amorphophallus titanicus or whatever it’s really called Tshirt yesterday, when we squeezed in a few hours at Cal Day, in the Life Sciences Building festivities. It was duly appreciated by the paleobotanist who took our little group into the compressor room to see the fossils, and by the women we chatted with about care and feeding of Darlingtonia californica outside the Herbarium. Got some appreciative grins from others there, too, including some of the vertebrate zoology folks.

    Everybody Loves Ted ‘n’ Tabitha! Davis rocks!

    Geez, are Picnic Day and Cal Day always the same day? That would be a shame; I’d love to see the doxie races some day, but there are unexplored fossils down here too. (D’ja know Joe had a dachshund when he was a kid? And ask me about Dutchess the incredibly clever beer-swiller sometime.)
    — Ron Sullivan    23. April 2006, 09:35    Link

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