The Duck

As Crafty webfoot pointed out I never mentioned the DUCK. The duck has been officially passed. While we were on the cruise I made repeated attempts to contact the ship's Captain or a senior officer, but no go, so I had to come up with another plan. During the cruise we went to a very nice wine tasting and the Wine Pro was a very nice man who spent some time chatting with us at our table, so after the tasting I asked him if he would present it to Mom over the Fancy Dress dinner that night. That night we all got dressed to the nines, had our pictures taken by the ship's photographer and went in to dinner. After we ordered cocktails the wine guy comes over to the table with a glass of Champagne for Mom and says "On behalf of Holland America I want to thank you for cruising with us, so I have a small gift for you", and he hands Mom a Holland America bag. She opens the bag thinking she is going to be getting a little Holland America gift and inside is the DUCK. She was so suprised! So, now she has it and I have to watch my back.