It seems that lately we are going down memory lane. This time I want to talk about baths and our childhood. We all remember when we were little and we took those really long baths in the tub where we brought toys to play in. As i think about it, it might have been a really good trick from our parents to just to get us in.
A traditional toy that was in every single tub is the yellow rubber duck. The origin of the rubber duck is not known, but its history is inevitably linked to the emergence of rubber manufacturing in the late 1800s. The earliest rubber ducks were made from harder rubber and lacked squeakers. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in American pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing or bath tubs and bubbles and to babies and toddlers.
Jim Henson popularized rubber ducks in 1970, performing “Rubber Duckie” as Ernie, a popular Muppet from Sesame Street. The song had two follow-ups, “Do de Rubber Duck” and “DUCKIE,” and Ernie frequently spoke to his duck and carried it with him in other segments of the show. The song “Rubber Duckie” and many of the characters of the show were done by Jim Henson.
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In 2001, The Sun, a British tabloid newspaper reported that Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her bathroom that wears an inflatable crown. The duck was spotted by a workman who was repainting her bathroom.[1] The story prompted sales of rubber ducks in the United Kingdom to increase by 80% for a short period.
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