The news is reporting that the police were asked to say "caught like a duck in a noose" for the sniper who has been terrorizing the Washington DC area. I wondered what it could mean so I did a <Google search.
[Read more] for some of the results.
Most of them revolve around a story about a rabbit who gets a noose around a duck, but the duck then flies away, carrying the rabbit with him.
Perhaps he's leading the FBI on a wild noose chase...
Choice returns from Google:
Searched the web for duck in a noose. Results 1 - 10 of about 5,880. Search took 0.07 seconds.
Native American Lore for October 1997
... caught it. The duck struggled hard and finally spread its wings and
flew up from the water with the Rabbit hanging on to the noose. ...
www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/1097lore.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
The Rabit, the Otter, and Duck Hunting. --
... among the remaining six ducks. He quickly fastened his noose around the
neck of the closest duck. Startled, the duck began to struggle ...
tsalagi-l.net/rabduck.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
Marty's Trading Company - ducksupply.com - Duck Decoys and Goose ...
... Decoys Runamuck Decoys "Keeping the art of hunting decoy carving alive" As duck ... Goose
Noose Decoys Goose Noose decoys The slightest breeze brings to life the ...
www.ducksupply.com/decoys.html - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Daffy Duck on Laserdisc!
... Person to Bunny 54. Daffy's Inn Trouble 55. Quackodile Tears 56. Good Noose 57.
Fast Buck Duck 58. The Million Hare 59. Aqua Duck 60. The Iceman Ducketh 61. ...
www.geocities.com/bugsvideo/daffylaser.htm - 19k - Cached - Similar pages
Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting
... The duck took him. Rabbit threw the noose over the duck's head. The duck went
flying out of the water into the sky. Rabbit got tired of holding on. ...
www.dnet.net/jparker/duck.htm - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
ARCTIC STRING FIGURE PROJECT
A Man Throwing a Duck Noose (Indian Point) 1. Position 1. 2. R1 distally catches
up L5f from the near side (fig. 149a). ... 149q - A Man Throwing a Duck Noose.
www.isfa.org/arctic/149.htm - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
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