Grey Duck

Alanna is learning how to play Duck Duck Grey Duck, much to Mommy's dismay. I believe that the only people in the world who play "Duck Duck Greay Duck" are Minnesotans and Wisconsinites. I grew up playing Duck Duck Goose.

I have gathered a lot of evidence as to the correctness of Goose over Grey Duck. There's a Hasbro Game , here's the formal description of the game , even a movie .

Up until recently, I'd vehemently denied any good reason to play Grey Duck over Goose. I mean really if you're going to discriminate you may as well just be blatant about it. For those who have no idea what I'm referring to, the primary difference between the variations is that in Grey Duck, the person walking around says different colors of ducks instead of saying Duck Duck Duck Duck Goose! they say things like Red Duck, Blue Duck, Green Duck, Grey Duck!!

Josh finally gave me a good reason. His logic is that you can psych the other kids out more with Grey Duck by stretching things out since the final word is always Duck, whereas in Goose you can pretty much tell when the person starts the word if you're going to have to jump up and give chase.

So, the other night Alanna was sitting on her bed with her nightlight on and we heard her saying "red duck, blue duck, green duck, french fry duck...." French fry duck? Hmm...that's a new one.