Comments on: The Ruptured Duck http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/ The Obsessive Study Of Athletics Aesthetics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:25:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Charles Ruffing http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-252816 Charles Ruffing Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:12:17 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-252816 I have seen that picture of my Dad many times , but never knew about the patch. I noticed that the NY Daily News feature on Yankee Stadium shows that picture of my father in this past Sunday's paper. If anyone had the email of the author of the piece I would like to send him a correction about my dad. Thanks, Charles Ruffing Jr I have seen that picture of my Dad many times , but never knew about the patch. I noticed that the NY Daily News feature on Yankee Stadium shows that picture of my father in this past Sunday’s paper.
If anyone had the email of the author of the piece I would like to send him a correction about my dad.
Thanks,
Charles Ruffing Jr

]]> By: Joel Schneider http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-232687 Joel Schneider Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:46:45 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-232687 "Ruptured Duck" I am a Veitnam vet who is 100% disabled with PTSD and have done resurch on this fact. It was given to thouse with PTSD during WWII to show that they had served honerable and were not Non Hackers or Cowards. It was dubbed the Ruptured Duck by their peer and become Tabo to ware or display. Today, I ware it prodley to help remove the stigma of thouse who don't understand. PTSD is a normal human reaction to an abnormal situation. You too can help. Thanks! “Ruptured Duck”
I am a Veitnam vet who is 100% disabled with PTSD and have done resurch on this fact. It was given to thouse with PTSD during WWII to show that they had served honerable and were not Non Hackers or Cowards. It was dubbed the Ruptured Duck by their peer and become Tabo to ware or display. Today, I ware it prodley to help remove the stigma
of thouse who don’t understand. PTSD is a normal human reaction to an abnormal situation.
You too can help. Thanks!

]]> By: Laurie http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-210059 Laurie Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:29:54 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-210059 The original Ruptured Duck was a cloth insignia depicting an eagle inside a wreath. It was worn on uniforms above the right breast pocket by WWII servicemen and women. It was issued to service personnel who were about to leave the military with an Honorable Discharge. It also allowed them to continue to wear their uniform for up to thirty days after they were discharged since there was a clothing shortage at that time. This showed the MP's that they were in transit and not AWOL. Well, the boys thought the eagle looked more like a duck; and, because it meant they were going home, the popular saying was, "They took off like a Ruptured Duck"...hence the nickname. The RD later became a metal pin that veterans attached to their lapel and all wore them proudly. Those who were collecting the 20 dollars a week the government gave for unemployed veterans, wore the pin upside down and they became known as members of the 52/20 club. The original Ruptured Duck was a cloth insignia depicting an eagle inside a wreath. It was worn on uniforms above the right breast pocket by WWII servicemen and women.
It was issued to service personnel who were about to leave the military with an Honorable Discharge. It also allowed them to continue to wear their uniform for up to thirty days after they were discharged since there was a clothing shortage at that time. This showed the MP’s that they were in transit and not AWOL. Well, the boys thought the eagle looked more like a duck; and, because it meant they were going home, the popular saying was, “They took off like a Ruptured Duck”…hence the nickname.

The RD later became a metal pin that veterans attached to their lapel and all wore them proudly. Those who were collecting the 20 dollars a week the government gave for unemployed veterans, wore the pin upside down and they became known as members of the 52/20 club.

]]> By: Bendert http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209541 Bendert Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:23:22 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209541 Flacco is back in his Blue Hens helmet, it simply hadn't arrived in Mobile according to a scout who is covering the Senior Bowl in his <a href="http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/features/seniorbowl/blog.html" rel="nofollow">blog</a> Flacco is back in his Blue Hens helmet, it simply hadn’t arrived in Mobile according to a scout who is covering the Senior Bowl in his blog

]]> By: Jay http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209396 Jay Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:24:29 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209396 [quote comment="209227"]<em>[quote comment="208888"][quote comment="208867"]...come on now... lets not forget apollo creed & rocky's american flag shorts from the rocky movies! i'm sure there were no stars anywhere on those shorts (if my memory is correct)... just too lazy to go look for a picture! and, i know it's just a movie... haha. NOBODY should ever wear an american flag as pants, shorts, shirts, etc. i know you all know that though.[/quote] <a href="http://www.keithwilliamson.com/jpegs/carl.jpg" rel="nofollow">Apollo Creed's shorts</a> (later worn by Rocky himself in Rocky III) <a href="http://www.basketball365.co.uk/images/globetrotters_action.jpg" rel="nofollow">Harlem Globetrotters shorts</a>. You could get away with just saying they're white shorts with red stripes (or red shorts with white stripes, I guess).[/quote]</em> I believe it was Rocky IV. Balboa wears the shorts in tribute to Creed after he is killed by Drago.[/quote] Nope, Rocky III. Apollo trained Rocky to fight Mr. T. Apollo gave Rocky the shorts for the fight. lwiedy said:

KT said:

ryan c #40 said:

…come on now… lets not forget apollo creed & rocky’s american flag shorts from the rocky movies! i’m sure there were no stars anywhere on those shorts (if my memory is correct)… just too lazy to go look for a picture! and, i know it’s just a movie… haha.

NOBODY should ever wear an american flag as pants, shorts, shirts, etc. i know you all know that though.

Apollo Creed’s shorts (later worn by Rocky himself in Rocky III)

Harlem Globetrotters shorts.

You could get away with just saying they’re white shorts with red stripes (or red shorts with white stripes, I guess).

I believe it was Rocky IV. Balboa wears the shorts in tribute to Creed after he is killed by Drago.

Nope, Rocky III. Apollo trained Rocky to fight Mr. T. Apollo gave Rocky the shorts for the fight.

]]> By: James Craven http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209394 James Craven Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:18:35 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209394 [quote comment="209097"]<b><i>"So let me get this straight...the blue team has a silver back panel, but there is going to be a team in white...on the front only? Wow, this is going to be confusing. It's hard enough to distinguish the Patriots' silver jersey from the white, now you want me to remember which team is white in front, which one is silver on the back, AND that that isn't the same team? Isn't that a bit much? Last time I checked, there are going to be two teams playing in the All-Star Game. East and West. Why make it look like three or four teams? "The Toronto Raptors had a similar schizophrenic jersey, when it was purple with a black back. Its fate? The jersey graveyard/Straight Cash Homey funny farm. And why is it a good idea now? "Say it with me: High contrast. Light vs. Dark. One main jersey color. Not very hard concepts, in my opinion."</i></b>[/quote] And why aren't they using the Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold? IMHO that would have worked better. White with green, gold and purple trim for the West and Green with purple, gold and white (or purple with white, gold and green trim) for the East. Mike Engle said:

“So let me get this straight…the blue team has a silver back panel, but there is going to be a team in white…on the front only? Wow, this is going to be confusing. It’s hard enough to distinguish the Patriots’ silver jersey from the white, now you want me to remember which team is white in front, which one is silver on the back, AND that that isn’t the same team? Isn’t that a bit much? Last time I checked, there are going to be two teams playing in the All-Star Game. East and West. Why make it look like three or four teams?

“The Toronto Raptors had a similar schizophrenic jersey, when it was purple with a black back. Its fate? The jersey graveyard/Straight Cash Homey funny farm. And why is it a good idea now?

“Say it with me: High contrast. Light vs. Dark. One main jersey color. Not very hard concepts, in my opinion.”

And why aren’t they using the Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold? IMHO that would have worked better. White with green, gold and purple trim for the West and Green with purple, gold and white (or purple with white, gold and green trim) for the East.

]]> By: who cares http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209233 who cares Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:34:04 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209233 Here's a close-up of the <a HREF="http://www.ghanafa.org/photos/gallery/200712/600/ZZZZZ.jpg" rel="nofollow">CAN 2008 ball</A>. Here’s a close-up of the CAN 2008 ball.

]]> By: lwiedy http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209227 lwiedy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:26:23 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209227 <em>[quote comment="208888"][quote comment="208867"]...come on now... lets not forget apollo creed & rocky's american flag shorts from the rocky movies! i'm sure there were no stars anywhere on those shorts (if my memory is correct)... just too lazy to go look for a picture! and, i know it's just a movie... haha. NOBODY should ever wear an american flag as pants, shorts, shirts, etc. i know you all know that though.[/quote] <a href="http://www.keithwilliamson.com/jpegs/carl.jpg" rel="nofollow">Apollo Creed's shorts</a> (later worn by Rocky himself in Rocky III) <a href="http://www.basketball365.co.uk/images/globetrotters_action.jpg" rel="nofollow">Harlem Globetrotters shorts</a>. You could get away with just saying they're white shorts with red stripes (or red shorts with white stripes, I guess).[/quote]</em> I believe it was Rocky IV. Balboa wears the shorts in tribute to Creed after he is killed by Drago.

KT said:

ryan c #40 said:

…come on now… lets not forget apollo creed & rocky’s american flag shorts from the rocky movies! i’m sure there were no stars anywhere on those shorts (if my memory is correct)… just too lazy to go look for a picture! and, i know it’s just a movie… haha.

NOBODY should ever wear an american flag as pants, shorts, shirts, etc. i know you all know that though.

Apollo Creed’s shorts (later worn by Rocky himself in Rocky III)

Harlem Globetrotters shorts.

You could get away with just saying they’re white shorts with red stripes (or red shorts with white stripes, I guess).

I believe it was Rocky IV. Balboa wears the shorts in tribute to Creed after he is killed by Drago.

]]> By: lwiedy http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209223 lwiedy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:17:27 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209223 <em>[quote comment="208701"][quote comment="208638"]The NBA Authentics video guy asks why they don't make Authentics authentic. So.... Why <em>don't</em> they make Authentics authentic? Is it just the higher margins of offshore production? Lead times? Cussedness?[/quote] Two words: e Bay. If you make an authentic too good, it's easy to make a counterfeit "game worn" jersey. There was an article in USA Today about how the Astros replicas by Majestic have a felt star rather than a screen-printed or tackle-twill star. Mitchell & Ness does its best to replicate everything, but even then, there are limits to exactly how far it will go to replicate The Actual Jersey.[/quote]</em> Sounds like a lame excuse to not offer the best product possible. If there are those who overpay because they can’t tell the difference, so be it.

Al said:

Richard from MA said:

The NBA Authentics video guy asks why they don’t make Authentics authentic.

So….

Why don’t they make Authentics authentic? Is it just the higher margins of offshore production? Lead times? Cussedness?

Two words:

e Bay.

If you make an authentic too good, it’s easy to make a counterfeit “game worn” jersey. There was an article in USA Today about how the Astros replicas by Majestic have a felt star rather than a screen-printed or tackle-twill star.

Mitchell & Ness does its best to replicate everything, but even then, there are limits to exactly how far it will go to replicate The Actual Jersey.

Sounds like a lame excuse to not offer the best product possible. If there are those who overpay because they can’t tell the difference, so be it.

]]> By: JamesB http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209197 JamesB Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:06:50 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/01/23/the-ruptured-duck/#comment-209197 More info about the ruptured duck via the Oxford English Dictionary: 3. ruptured duck U.S. Forces' slang, (a) a damaged aircraft; (b) the discharge button given to ex-service men, with reference to its eagle motif. More info about the ruptured duck via the Oxford English Dictionary:

3. ruptured duck U.S. Forces’ slang, (a) a damaged aircraft; (b) the discharge button given to ex-service men, with reference to its eagle motif.

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