Freefall: A Rubber Duck

The current strip, whose permanent link I believe to be

http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff4100/fc04060.htm

has Florence speaking of a "rubber duck", the sort of yellow plastic
floating toy common in the bath in North America, as something one
talks to, when an answer is not expected.

This reminded me of the song from which I learned that in France, it's
usually a red plastic fish that plays this role (un poisson rouge)...

Ed Sullivan thought that Elvis Presley's hips were too sexy for
television. This young lady has them beat...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX5pLwHbllg

John Savard