“What’s the difference between a lawyer and a duck?” (lawyer joke)

A lawyer joke was posted on the newsgroup wpg.general on February 3, 2005:
       
Q: What’s the difference between a lawyer and a duck?
A: Occasionally a duck will stick its bill up its ass.

   
     
Google Groups: wpg.general
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Hard Fiskur
Feb 3, 2005, 3:18:08 PM
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What’s the difference between a lawyer and a duck?
Occasionally a duck will stick its bill up its ass.
     
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Judith Ann
@prissy121
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a duck?
Occasionally a duck will stick its bill up its ass.
10:23 AM · Sep 27, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Justin Nelson
@JustinNelson_
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a duck?
  Occasionally a duck will stick its bill up its ass.
4:50 AM · Jul 3, 2010·Hootsuite
   
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a duck? Occasionally a duck will stick its bill up its ass.
6:34 PM · Jun 12, 2011·TweetDeck
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/dregsy July 21, 2014
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a duck?
People sometimes get upset if you shoot a duck. The duck is much less greasy. BUT MOST IMPORTANT Nobody ever complains about a duck’s bill.
     
Twitter
This Charmless Man
@Jhimmibhob
Replying to @MisfitsPolitics
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a duck?
A duck can’t take his bill and shove it up his ass.
8:41 PM · Feb 6, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/kickypie February 8, 2021
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a duck?
People sometimes get upset if you shoot a duck. The duck is much less greasy. BUT MOST IMPORTANT Nobody ever complains about a duck’s bill.