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I just saw someone saying that lemmy will get better once we all move on and stop talking about reddit. So in the spirit of things, tell me a random story from your life. Something happy, something sad, special, mundane, recent, or a far off memory. What is something that happened to you that pops into your head?

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[–] Jables 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the first light hearted "story" that came to mind: I was in the UK last year (Cornwall) in May. We were driving through some towns and we came by a farm that sold duck eggs at the road side. It was one of those "give as much as you want" stands where they relied on good faith, because it was unmanned. We initially wanted to eat the duck eggs, but after some Googling we found out that these eggs have great odds of being fertilized! So instead of eating the three duck eggs, we put them in the refrigerator for the remainder of our trip to the UK. We did this so we could put the eggs under a heat lamp (we have chickens).

Well surprise surprise, all three of them actually hatched! So now we have two Peking ducks and one Swedish black duck! Honestly, they're so funny and their personalities are great. We recently "celebrated" their first birthday lmao. Anyway, I'll add a picture as duck tax (with bonus cat) :D

[–] marin 4 points 1 year ago

Belated happy birthday to the duckies! Say hello to the cat from me too c: This photo looks amazing

[–] Kuma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That is a very nice story! This reminds me of when a lot of youtubers went to different supermarkets to buy hen eggs in hope they could do what you did. Very interesting to see the process of them growing until they peck them self out!

Happy late birthday to them all! :D