Bob Schwartz

Joke Break: Duck Walks into a Drugstore…

Duck Drug Store


We need a break. So here’s something from the joke file.

This doesn’t mean that there aren’t stupid, tragic and completely unnecessary things going on in this country and the world. That’s exactly what’s going on—but we still have to live. And laugh.

Great jokes don’t have to offend sensibilities, but they sometimes do. So a blanket apology in advance if you are put off or offended—maybe if you are sensitive about ducks or pharmacists, or are one yourself.


Duck walks into a drugstore, asks for some Chap Stick. Guy behind the counter says, “That’ll be fifty-nine cents.” Duck says, “Put it on my bill.”

Next day, the duck walks into the drugstore, asks for a package of condoms. Guy behind the counter says, “Would you like me to put that on your bill?” Duck says, “Hey, what kind of a duck do you think I am!”


© 2026 Bob Schwartz

Which is a better obsession, Trump or AI?

We are experiencing mass obsession. Both Trump and AI have found their way/forced their way into seemingly every moment of lives in America and the world.

One major distinction is that while Trump is the same old Trump, devolving as he becomes omnipresent, AI is evolving exponentially.

Another distinction is that while Trump will not be with us forever, despite his attempts at legacy, AI will be with us forever in some form at some level of capability.

Which obsession is better for us?

For those of us able to resist, as much as our real lives make it possible, the less Trump the better.

On the other hand, our interest in AI, regularly approaching obsession, can be good for us if we approach it knowingly, intelligently and conscientiously. Knowledge and intelligence about developing matters always seems to lag and for some sometimes never catches up.

Think of learning about evolving AI and applying it beneficially as an alternative to learning about Trump, about whom there is nothing more to learn, no matter how obsessed we are.

© 2026 Bob Schwartz