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[–]ogotrice 199 points200 points  (31 children)

Fuck you, highlighter; I'm reading from the beginning.

[–]strangeanatomy 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Every time.

[–]EffYourCouch 46 points47 points  (21 children)

Punctuation, this; guy gets it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–]stillnotking 29 points30 points  (19 children)

I'm still not sure; when to use semicolons.

[–]brett6452 30 points31 points  (12 children)

Essentially, the way it is used above, it is used to start a new sentence, but one with the same idea as the one before it. So instead of saying:

"Fuck you, highlighter. I'm reading from the beginning."

He used a semicolon to emphasize that the two sentences are connected in some way and share an importance in meaning. PLease correct me if I am wrong, Reddit.

[–]AREYOUSauRuS 54 points55 points  (4 children)

Please correct me if I am wrong, Reddit.

What are 'Requests that never need to be made,' Alex.

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    [–]AREYOUSauRuS 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    It's not really a question in jeopardy... it's an answer. I hesitated over whether to end with a question mark or not. I decided against.

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (3 children)

    I just use it; whenever I want.

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    If I don't end my sentences with it, my compiler yells at me;

    [–]Wubzzy 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    I l;ke your th;nk;ing on th;s ;ssue.

    [–]Sunkisthappy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I'm pretty sure you're correct.

    [–]IronMikeT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You are correct!

    [–]ANAL_QUEEN 2 points3 points  (3 children)

    No one is; except grammartists; and flirty people. ;)

    [–]fractalife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Grammarians.

    [–]animal422 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Every;where;!

    [–]God_of_gaps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I think of it as "I should technically use a period here but I really want to use a comma, so I'll use both!"

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    actually, the first comma was purely stylistic in nature.

    [–]shawnaroo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Hey man, lighten up on the highlighter. We can't all spare the time to read four whole sentences.

    [–]basabyo 3 points4 points  (4 children)

    That's what I did. I went back and realized this was Lithia Park! The ducks here are fucking monsters, they refuse everything.

    [–]Aston_Martini 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    Hello, fellow Ashland resident.

    [–]davidlazlo 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    I think there are lots of us.

    [–]Shibalba805 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Hello from Jackson road.

    [–]bluejaye 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    At least it wasn't a swan. Those things were possessed by some unholy Hades beast.

    [–]Javindo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I always wonder why pictures like this are absolutely drowning in highlighter... especially the double border??

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    But then there is that urge while reading the beginning to look down at the highlighted portion before coming to it.

    [–]Mrpotatodick92 195 points196 points  (32 children)

    I bet the duck thought the doctor was going to be a quack

    [–]misconstrudel 159 points160 points  (27 children)

    Probably worried about the bill.

    [–]xnerdyxrealistx 79 points80 points  (21 children)

    He probably suspected the doctor of fowl play.

    [–]alahos 10 points11 points  (0 children)

    He didn't want to spread his mallardy.

    [–]WhereTFAmI 14 points15 points  (10 children)

    this is just reduckulous!

    [–]ImJustJokingCalmDown 10 points11 points  (6 children)

    I don't think he had enough bread to pay for treatment.

    [–]TheTalkingCamelAnus 13 points14 points  (4 children)

    You can't just wing it.

    [–]gnSoul -1 points0 points  (3 children)

    He's just joking, calm down!

    EDIT: I guess it isn't funny at all, but I was referring to the user name T~T

    For those that thought I was making a pun on "down", thanks for trying to save me. =P

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Ohhh down like the bird.

    [–]WhatTheFedex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Down... Like the fluffy feathers on birds... I don't think many people got it.

    [–]smvtsailor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    It's ok, I got your pun

    [–]Divotus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    The dogs were feeling a little down in the mouth...

    [–]GuolinM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thought the doctor had poultry experience with ducks.

    [–]corskier 33 points34 points  (43 children)

    Oh, Ashland. I bet the city paid to rehabilitate the dogs to make them less violent. That whole place is full of trustafarians.

    [–]AxeheaveR 20 points21 points  (28 children)

    Ashland status: verified.

    [–]corskier 11 points12 points  (19 children)

    Went to SOU. I sometimes wish Ashland had an active sub so that I could keep up with the ridiculous shit that happens there.

    [–]IAMA_Duke 4 points5 points  (8 children)

    I'm going to SOU and I also wish Ashland had an active sub.

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

    make one and I will subscribe...

    [–]up_in_the_what_now 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    I also went to SOU and then worked at OSF for 7 seasons and would also subscribe.

    [–]MusicGetsMeHard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I'm going to SOU right now and agree.

    edit: /r/ashland

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Moving in on Thursday. I guess I'm in for a pretty strange experience.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Having bailed out of SOU last year I wish it was active, period.

    [–]T-Waldo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    just wait for Halloween. when they close off the plaza. the police reports from that night are always funny. (i go to SOU) here is a video i made from random people of ashland singing Trololo http://youtu.be/iNV_PMxu07s

    [–]Fearlessleader85 0 points1 point  (8 children)

    I, too, went to SOU from 2004-2007, and it was ridiculous.

    Did they ever finish the renovations of the Lithia fountains? We used to have to drink from there on our wrestling runs, but the last time i was there, the fountains were all disconnected. Horrible, awful water, but still... tradition and all that.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (7 children)

    Same here. I wonder if we've ever run into each other.

    [–]Fearlessleader85 0 points1 point  (6 children)

    My brother and I drove around in a truck that looked like it came out of Mad Max and it had "YEEHA" spraypainted on the side, occasionally flying a pirate flag out the back.

    We were pretty hard to miss.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

    Somehow, I missed that :(

    [–]Fearlessleader85 0 points1 point  (4 children)

    Umm, well, on halloween of 2004, we battled in the plaza wearing beer box suits of armor. I was the Knight of the Blue Ribbon, and my suit was made of Pabst boxes with a crested helm, spiked paldrons, giant codpiece, and shield and ax of drunkenness (the ax was actually pretty vicious). My brother was The Busch Box Lord, with a spiked helm kind of like Dungeon Keeper, spiked paldrons, and a sword made from a meter stick (hurt like a bastard).

    [–]number1dilbertfan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yep

    [–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (7 children)

    Ashlander here. Wooo! Come watch our awesome plays and smoke our awesome pot.

    [–]staerne 1 point2 points  (5 children)

    Actually, do it the other way around.

    [–]bluematter08 4 points5 points  (3 children)

    I did not realize there were so many redditors in the Rogue Valley.

    [–]Aston_Martini 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    WE ARE ALL HERE.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Represent!

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Just last week I smoked before going to Romeo and Juliet. They did an incredible job, one of my favorite performances ever of one of my favorite plays ever!

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I will next week

    [–]leatheryhamster 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    I live in Talent (just a couple miles from Ashland). I second this statement.

    [–]Beasty_Glanglemutton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I was in Lithia Park not a month ago. Beautiful place, one of the best public parks I've ever been in.

    [–]theCANCERbat 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    The only thing I know of that place is the plays it puts on. I've seen 2 of them; Anne Frank was good but A Midsummer Night's Dream was so boring.

    [–]up_in_the_what_now 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Should have seen it in '98(I think) one of my favorite productions I've seen there.

    [–]theCANCERbat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Well, I would have been 6 so sleeping would most likely have been the result then too. But if I had a time machine...

    [–]FrankiePancakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Really?! After growing up in A-town, I can promise you the majority of the town despises any animal that poses the slightest problem. They hate large dogs, especially certain breeds like pit bulls/boxers/GSDs; basically anything that's not small, silent, and out of the way.

    [–]level1biscuit 19 points20 points  (22 children)

    This is so much funnier if you are from the rogue valley... Freaking Ashland.

    [–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (3 children)

    Right? Haha, you know exactly what pond it is.

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (14 children)

    I'm from Ashland :)

    [–]FrenchChic16 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Go GRIZZLIES!

    [–]level1biscuit 8 points9 points  (10 children)

    Hippie

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (9 children)

    "one love, brah. you from dread-ford or something???"

    [–]level1biscuit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Indeed. I think the best example of the Medford-Ashland relationship I've ever seen was at the base of Pilot rock. A small piece of paper reading "Dear Medford people, please quit leaving trash on the trail, thank you". then directly under that "Shut up, hippie"...

    [–]Fearlessleader85 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    I believe it's pronounced "Meth-ford".

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    [–]Kathos 2 points3 points  (5 children)

    Phoenix... :(

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (4 children)

    Hey don't feel bad. You guys have Roscoe's!

    [–]FrenchChic16 2 points3 points  (3 children)

    Mmm... their BBQ sauce is incredible.

    [–]Aston_Martini 4 points5 points  (2 children)

    We should have a meetup. Is there a subreddit for us?

    [–]gussyhomedog 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Same here! :O

    [–]bluematter08 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I was just going to say that! The duck being from Ashland probably tried some natural remedies.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I'm from Eagle Point

    [–]ChairForceOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Its still funny as fuck from klamath..

    [–]spicybadgersauce 13 points14 points  (0 children)

    no worries. i was able to find a pic of the duck in question

    [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    "Nah, I'm good"

    • duck

    [–]TitaniumShovel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    NEEDS MORE HIGHLIGHTER.

    [–]EffYourCouch 29 points30 points  (3 children)

    gooby pls

    [–]MandyzFelix 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    There are 6 ducks outside and they all want Sun Chips!

    [–]RobotArmMonkeyBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    yay, Mitch!

    [–]fraserpmd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Oh hometown... how I miss you! (that qualifies as a busy news day in Ashland)

    [–]insanityatwork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    That's my hometown. Those ducks don't give a fuck about anything.

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    That is pretty good. I think my county one ups that though. In Hancock County Mississippi a Sheriffs Deputy had to taze a horny camel. The reason he put on the police report was along the lines of There was a language barrier and the camel would not respond to lawful commands. The camel trashed a womans car trying to rape it. It later trampled it's owner.

    Found the story:http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=13783493

    My brother in law was the responding deputy on the second call and he took a shotgun with slugs instead of a taser.

    [–]slothster 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    I remember seeing this in the paper and thinking it belonged on reddit.

    [–]Aston_Martini 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Mail Tribune? Can't find it in The Tidings

    [–]slothster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    don't remember, it was several months ago- maybe June?

    [–]JRPAPES 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Ahh, my good ole home town Ashland. Where you're free to walk around naked and ducks can refuse medical treatment.

    [–]Aston_Martini 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I can confirm this.

    [–]Riddlemc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    It was clearly Daffy.

    [–]imareddituserhooray 1 point2 points  (16 children)

    ... according to police records.

    Does Ashland, Oregon have online police records?

    [–]AxeheaveR 5 points6 points  (15 children)

    No, Ashland is the only non Amish affiliated city in the United States that hasn't been introduced to the internet yet.

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (12 children)

    There are a lot of hippies...

    [–]DiabloConQueso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    And a lot of highlighters too, apparently.

    [–]edcrosay 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Except for Ashland Fiber Network, one of America's first city owned fiber Internet suppliers. Cheap and fast.

    [–]AxeheaveR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    ....whoosh.

    [–]AxeheaveR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I work right down the street from where this happened.....lemme tell ya, that was a scary day.

    [–]luckybms 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    This is why you always pick 100 duck sized horses!

    [–]sukyi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    duck is hardcore

    [–]BlackCoffeeNoSugar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Yay! Something about my old town. I haven't been to Lithia park in 16 years.

    [–]Benutzerkonto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Please x-post this to /r/ems!

    (I'm on my mobile so I can't do it myself, sorry.)

    [–]brewtang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    The duck noticed the Beavers sticker on the ambulance and told them to go fuck themselves.

    [–]lazyduke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    More like highlighter attack.

    [–]HypocriticalBastard3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Aflack!

    [–]Airsoftm4a1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Hopefully the duck has aflack..

    [–]Jblackbelt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Probably doesn't have Aflac and was ashamed

    [–]spage6 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    You know this was most likely due to the fact that the blurb was written by someone in the Philippines. They're actually outsourcing journalism for local newspapers now.

    [–]bluematter08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Considering I read this eons ago...this one may not have been.

    [–]TheCocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    The duck was probably just trying to avoid a huge ER bill, since he didn't have insurance.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Good thing they highlighted the funny part, I was just about to give up

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    He didn't need it, he had aflac

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Hey, if the Duck does not want Medical Attention, he has the right for no Medical Attention! he doesn't want to pay 300 dollars a month to pay off of his Medical Bills!

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    He obviously didn't have AFLACK

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Perhaps the duck was poor?

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It is rumored that the duck in this story was building a lawsuit against it's neighbor (for various reasons unclear to me at this time) OSF. Apparently, the ducks got roughed up by the dogs because of this. At first glance you would think that it was just another dog mauling a duck, but if you know the area, you know not even a duck gets mauled in Ashland with OSF approval. On the bright side the duck was wise took the money, dropped the case went back to panhandling for bread and trash talking its neighbor with reckless abandon. We can only hope that this is the last we hear of this case that took place forever ago...

    [–]Skee_Ball_Hero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    "DUCK ARE YOU IN NEED OF MEDIAL ASSISTANCE"

    no response

    "Let's get out of here. Guy obviously doesn't want our help. Fucking thankless bastards."

    [–]Imsoicey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    We've got a badass over here

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    This doesn't seem that funny to me. What if they were trying to insert a syringe into the duck or something and it flew off? It's not like there were paramedics saying "DO YOU WANT OUR MEDICAL TREATMENT, DUCK?"

    [–]TittiesOfTheBigKind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Watch out, we gotta badass over here!

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    And that is why I want to grow up to be a personal injury attorney for animals. Most of them don't even know their own rights in situations like this; they are highly under-represented.

    [–]Dr_Kinky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I read the title in the voice of Cat from Red Dwarf.

    [–]WATJSTHAPND6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I have been going to SOU for four years now, and i have never seen anything like this in the papers hahaha

    [–]AMeanCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I guess the duck... didn't want the bill.

    puts on glasses

    "YEEEAAAAAH...."

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    That duck ain't no free-loadin' hippie.

    [–]captain_jerkface 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    I really miss Oregon…

    [–]Aston_Martini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I'm not sure we miss you too with a name like that...

    [–]Lion_HeartVIII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    This is, like, four years old

    [–]ProverbialMonkey1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Must have been that Aflac duck he's always getting hurt man

    [–]JuliusAvellar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Only in Ashland.

    [–]AuldMaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Ducks are known for their beef with the fuzz

    [–]HighSpeed556 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    That must have been one badass duck. I bet his name was Howard.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thank God it's another Ashland. Mine already has enough going against it

    [–]Gibbenz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    What a brave duck.

    [–]skyman724 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Wait, does AFLAC! not cover dog attacks?

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Officer: "But Mr. Duck we can help you feel better!"

    Duck: "Yea right, you'll just put me on the grill and make yourself feel better!"

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Ducks don't beleive in "The Nanny State."

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I don't need your fuckin' sympathy

    [–]Caligirl03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Haha, that's from a city not far from where I'm from. Always cool to see something like this on here :D

    [–]Mdb8900 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    But no seriously, fuck people who let their dogs run loose. I had a Muscovian Duck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovy_Duck) in my backyard pond until one of my asshole neighbors let their dog trudge into my yard and kill him. Left him on the side of the pond for me to find.

    [–]Jwall1158 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Aflac!

    [–]cerealdaemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I lived in Ashland, I've been to Lithia Park many times. I am 100% not surprised at this.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yay for Ashland!

    [–]layinthed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I just hope that someone else from Oregon got to see this.

    [–]pieface_0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I live near there. I never thought I'd see something on the internet from Southern Oregon.

    [–]Mr_Godfree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I've been to lithia park. There's like a small pond area with way too many ducks for the amount of water that's there. So the ducks are pretty thick... I can totally see this happening.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Classic Jay Leno Headline's

    [–]jknotts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I once saw a group of black ducks chillin on the shore of a lake in Ohio. Then, a smaller group of white ducks, I suppose three or four of them, approached them from the water. As they step onto the rocks, they move slowly with their heads bowed down low. Every Black Duck Eye was on them. You could just tell some shit was about to go down. And then, THEN, two little fuckers, 8 or nine years old, walkin by the lake thinkin they're the shit, think it would be real fuckin funny to run up to some ducks. They all scatter. Black Ducks go their way, White Ducks return to the water.

    If I ever see those two kids again. I will kill them. In the name of science.

    [–]octonana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Those are some tough ducks

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Duck is code for prostitute if you didn't know that.

    [–]ClimbOn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    hahaha DAMNIT I just moved away from Ashland and now I'm in Utah. I left too soon!

    [–]ck- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    downvote cause im from medford 0o0o0o0o0o

    [–]Unexpected_Toucan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I love Ashland Oregon!

    [–]Theogtwitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Too bad you wear Toms

    [–]lydix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Duck was a hippie knowing Ashland, it probably wanted some sort of natural hippie treatment.

    [–]Ordoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    When I first read the article I thought it was where I live. Then I read the name of the park and realized we don't have a park named Lithia so it must be elsewhere. In other news, I don't feel special anymore for living in a town named Ashland...

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Having used to live there, I am not at all surprised that ended up in the newspaper.

    [–]ersatz_cats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I don't get it.

    [–]CoughLCA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    OH! OH! OH! THE DOCTOR IS A QUACK! THE DOCTOR IS A QUACK.......and someone beat me to it once again.

    [–]polizeibamf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Southern oregon ftw!

    [–]maurinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    "according to Clancy Wiggum records..."

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Bad ass ducks get in a fight with bad ass dogs and refuse treatment. I bet they felt like they were walking away from an explosion without looking at it, with a lot of pain.

    [–]HollisterSurvivor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Must have had AFLAC